Sir Joseph Banks, 1st Baronet, PRS (13 February 1743 - 19 June 1820) was an English naturalist, botanist and science patron. He took part in Cook's first great voyage (1768-1771) and around 80 species bear Banks' name. He is credited with the introduction to the West of eucalyptus, acacia, mimosa, and the genus named after him, "Banksia". Wikipedia
The definitive Wikipedia entry for Joseph Banks. Wikipedia is the biggest multilingual free-content encyclopedia on the Internet. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Banks
The history of each science will always include a place of recognition for the patron as well as the parctitioner . Heralding the era of worthwhile , full-scale plant collecting came Sir Joseph Banks , wealthy landowner and for forty-two years (1778-1820 www.orchids.co.in/orchidologists/joseph-banks.shtm
BANKS , Sir JOSEPH , naturalist; b. 2Feb.1742/43 in London, England, only son of William Banks and Sarah Bate; m. there 23March1779 Dorothea Weston-Hugessen; d.19June1820 in Heston (London). www.biographi.ca/EN/ShowBio.asp?BioId=36373
SIR Joseph Banks Online Encyclopedia Originally appearing in Volume V03, Page 333 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica. encyclopedia.jrank.org/BAI_BAR/BANKS_SIR_JOSEPH.html
