Joseph Banks
English naturalist, botanist and patron of the natural sciences (1743-1820) · Scientists · Died at 77
Sir Joseph Banks, 1st Baronet was an English naturalist, botanist, and patron of the natural sciences.
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![A 1757 portrait of Banks with a botanical illustration, unknown artist, but attributed to Lemuel Francis Abbott or Johann Zoffany[6]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/74/Joseph_Banks_as_a_boy.jpg)
A 1757 portrait of Banks with a botanical illustration, unknown artist, but attributed to Lemuel Francis Abbott or Johann Zoffany[6]![Dr Daniel Solander, Sir Joseph Banks, Captain James Cook, Dr John Hawkesworth and Lord Sandwich by John Hamilton Mortimer, 1771.[13] Use a cursor to see who is who.[14]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Mortimer_-_Captain_James_Cook%2C_Sir_Joseph_Banks%2C_Lord_Sandwich%2C_Dr_Daniel_Solander_and_Dr_John_Hawkesworth.jpg/1280px-Mortimer_-_Captain_James_Cook%2C_Sir_Joseph_Banks%2C_Lord_Sandwich%2C_Dr_Daniel_Solander_and_Dr_John_Hawkesworth.jpg)
Dr Daniel Solander, Sir Joseph Banks, Captain James Cook, Dr John Hawkesworth and Lord Sandwich by John Hamilton Mortimer, 1771.[13] Use a cursor to see who is who.[14]
Satire on Banks titled "The Botanic Macaroni", by Matthew Darly, 1772: A macaroni was a pejorative term used for a follower of exaggerated continental fashion in the 18th century.
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Lived 1743 to 1820 · aged 77
