# John Banister

> John Baptist Banister was an English clergyman and one of the first university-trained naturalists in North America. His primary focus was botany but he also studied insects and molluscs. He was sent out as a missionary chaplain by the garden-loving Bishop Henry Compton, with whom he soon established a correspondence. Banister was first in Barbados in the West Indies and then by April 1679 in Virginia, where, while serving a rector of the parish of Charles City he became one of Bishop Compton's most energetic plant collectors, "the first Virginia botanist of any note".

*English–American clergyman and naturalist (1650-1692)*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Scientist ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631))
- **Category:** Scientists
- **Country:** United Kingdom
- **Born:** 1650
- **Died:** 1692
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

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## Fame
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## Sources
- [John Banister](https://species.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Banister)
- [Банистер Джон](https://cv.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%80_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%BE%D0%BD)
- [John Banister (Botaniker)](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Banister_(Botaniker))
- [John Banister (naturalist)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Banister_(naturalist))
- [John Banister](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Banister)
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- [Банистер, Джон](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%80%2C_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%BE%D0%BD)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1375875)

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