Happy Birthday to Sir Joseph Banks, 1st Baronet, GCB, FRS (24 February 1743 – 19 June 1820). He was an English naturalist, botanist, and patron of the natural sciences. Banks made his name on the 1766 natural-history expedition to Newfoundland and Labrador. He took part in Captain James Cook’s first great voyage (1768–1771), visiting Brazil, […]

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