Entry Type | Person |
Surname | Banks |
Forenames | Joseph |
Pre Title | Sir |
Title | 1st Baronet |
Epithet | English explorer, naturalist, botanist and patron of the natural sciences; President of the Royal Society ;advised King George III on the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, and by sending botanists around the world to collect plants, made Kew the world's leading botanical gardens. Resided at Overton Hall, Ashover. |
Dates | 1743-1820 |
Authorised Form of Name | Banks; Sir; Joseph (1743-1820); 1st Baronet; English explorer, naturalist, botanist and patron of the natural sciences; President of the Royal Society ;advised King George III on the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, and by sending botanists around the world to collect plants, made Kew the world's leading botanical gardens. Resided at Overton Hall, Ashover. |
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