See also:

• SIR

SIR See also:

• JOSEPH
• JOSEPH, COMTE DE (1785-1870)
• JOSEPH, FATHER (FRANCOIS LECLERC DU TREMBLAY) (1577-1638)

JOSEPH See also:

• BANKS, GEORGE LINNAEUS (1821-1881)
• BANKS, NATHANIEL PRENTISS (1816–1894)
• SIR JOSEPH BANKS
• BANKS, THOMAS (1735-1805)

BANKS  , See also:

• BART, JEAN (1651-1702)

Bart . (1743—1820), See also:

• ENGLISH

English naturalist, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born in Argyle See also:

• STREET
• STREET, GEORGE EDMUND (1824-1881)

Street, See also:

• LONDON

London, on the 13th of See also:

• FEBRUARY

February 1743 . His See also:

• FATHER

father, See also:

• WILLIAM
• WILLIAM (1143-1214)
• WILLIAM (1227-1256)
• WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
• WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
• WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
• WILLIAM, 13TH

William See also:

• BANKS, GEORGE LINNAEUS (1821-1881)
• BANKS, NATHANIEL PRENTISS (1816–1894)
• BANKS, SIR JOSEPH
• BANKS, THOMAS (1735-1805)

Banks, was the son of a successful See also:

• LINCOLN
• LINCOLN, ABRAHAM (1809-1865)
• LINCOLN, EARLS OF

Lincoln-See also:

• SHIRE

shire See also:

• DOCTOR (Lat. for " teacher ")

doctor, who became See also:

• SHERIFF

sheriff of his See also:

• COUNTY (through Norm. Fr. comae, cf. O. Fr. cunte, conk', Mod. Fr. comae, from Lat. comitatus, cf. Ital. comitato, Prov. comtat; see COUNT)

county, and represented See also:

• PETERBOROUGH

Peterborough in See also:

• PARLIAMENT (Anglo-Lat. parliamentum, Fr. parlement, from parler, to speak)

parliament; and See also:

• JOSEPH
• JOSEPH, COMTE DE (1785-1870)
• JOSEPH, FATHER (FRANCOIS LECLERC DU TREMBLAY) (1577-1638)

Joseph was brought up as the son of a See also:

• RICH, BARNABE (c. 1540-1617)
• RICH, CLAUDIUS JAMES (1787-1821)
• RICH, JOHN (1692-1761)
• RICH, PENELOPE, LADY (c. 1562–1607)
• RICH, RICHARD, 1ST BARON RICH (1490?-1567)

rich See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

man . In 176o he went to See also:

• OXFORD
• OXFORD, EARLS OF
• OXFORD, EDWARD DE VERE, 17TH EARL
• OXFORD, JOHN DE VERE, 13TH EARL OF (1443-1513)
• OXFORD, PROVISIONS OF
• OXFORD, ROBERT DE VERE, 9TH EARL OF (1362-1392)
• OXFORD, ROBERT HARLEY, 1ST

Oxford, where he showed a decided See also:

• TASTE (from Lat. taxare, to touch sharply; tangere, to touch)

taste for natural See also:

• SCIENCE (Lat. scientia, from scire; to learn, know)

science and was the means of introducing botanical lectures into the university . In 1764 he came into See also:

• POSSESSION
• POSSESSION (Lat. possessio, possidere, to possess)

possession of the ample See also:

• FORTUNE, ROBERT (1813-188o)

fortune See also:

• LEFT

left by his father, and in 1766 he made his first scientific expedition to Newfound-See also:

• LAND

land and Labrador, bringing back a rich collection of See also:

• PLANTS

plants and See also:

• INSECTS

insects . Shortly after his return, See also:

• CAPTAIN (derived from Lat. ca put, head, through the Low Lat. capitanus)

Captain See also:

• COOK
• COOK, ALBERT STANBURROUGH (1853– )
• COOK, EDWARD DUTTON (1829–1883)
• COOK, ELIZA (1818–1889)
• COOK, JAMES (1728-1779)
• COOK, THOMAS (1808-1892)

Cook was sent by the See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government to observe the transit of See also:

• VENUS

Venus in the Pacific Ocean, and Banks, through the See also:

• INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)

influence of his friend See also:

• LORD
• LORD (O. Eng. hldford, i.e. hldfweard, the warder or keeper of bread, hlIf, loaf; the word is not represented in any other Teutonic language)
• LORD, JOHN (1810-1894)

Lord See also:

• SANDWICH
• SANDWICH, EDWARD MONTAGU, or MOUNTAGU, 1ST EARL OF (1625–1672)
• SANDWICH, JOHN MONTAGU, 4TH EARL OF (1718–1792)

Sandwich, obtained leave to join the expedition in the " Endeavour," which was fitted out at his own expense . He made the most careful preparations, in See also:

• ORDER
• ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
• ORDER, HOLY

order to be able to profit by every opportunity, and induced Dr See also:

• DANIEL
• DANIEL (DANIL)
• DANIEL, BOOK
• DANIEL, GABRIEL (1649-1728)

Daniel Solander, a distinguished See also:

• PUPIL (Lat. pupillus, orphan, minor, dim. of pupus, boy, allied to puer, from root pm- or peu-, to beget, cf. "pupa," Lat. for " doll," the name given to the stage intervening between the larval and imaginal stages in certain insects)

pupil of See also:

• LINNAEUS

Linnaeus, to accompany him . He even engaged See also:

• DRAUGHTS (from AS. dragan, to draw)

draughts-men and painters to delineate such See also:

• OBJECTS

objects of See also:

• INTEREST

interest as did not admit of being transported or preserved . The voyage occupied three years and many hardships had to be undergone; but the rich See also:

• HARVEST (A.S. hcerfest " autumn," O.H. Ger. herbist, possibly through an old Teutonic root representing Lat. car pere, " to pluck ")

harvest of See also:

• DISCOVERY

discovery was more than adequate See also:

• COMPENSATION (from Lat. compensare, to weigh one thing against another)

compensation . Banks was equally anxious to join Cook's second expeditioft and expended large sums in engaging assistants and furnishing the necessary equipment; but circumstances obliged him to relinquish his purpose . He, however, employed the assistants and materials he had collected in a voyage to See also:

• ICELAND (Dan. Island)

Iceland in 1772, returning by the See also:

• HEBRIDES, THE, or WESTERN ISLES

Hebrides and See also:

• STAFFA (Norse for staff, column, or pillar island)

Staffa . In 1778 Banks succeeded See also:

• SIR

Sir See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

John See also:

• PRINGLE, SIR JOHN (1707–1782)

Pringle as See also:

• PRESIDENT (Fr. president, from Lat. praesidens, post-Augustan Lat. for praeses, director, ruler, from praesidere, to sit in front of, preside)

president of the Royal Society, of which he had been a See also:

• FELLOW

fellow from 1766, and held the See also:

• OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")

office until his See also:

• DEATH

death .

In 1781 he was made a See also:

• BARONET

baronet; in 1795 he received the order of the See also:

• BATH
• BATH, THOMAS THYNNE
• BATH, WILLIAM

Bath; and in 1797 he was admitted to the privy See also:

• COUNCIL (Lat. concilium, from cum, together, and the root cal, to call)

council . He died at Isleworth on the 19th of See also:

• JUNE

June 1820 . As president of the Royal Society he did much to raise the See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state of science in See also:

• BRITAIN (Gr. Hperavuml vi7vot, Bperravia; Lat. Britannia, rarely Britannia)

Britain, and was at the same See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time most assiduous and successful in cultivating friendly relations with scientific men of all nations . It was, however, objected to him that from his own predilections he was inclined to overlook and depreciate the labours of the mathematical and See also:

• PHYSICAL

physical sections of the Royal Society and that he exercised his authority somewhat despotically . He bequeathed his collections of books and botanical specimens to the See also:

• BRITISH

British Museum . His fame rests rather on what his liberality enabled other workers to do than on his own achievements . See J . H . See also:

• MAIDEN, or MAID

Maiden, Sir Joseph Banks (19o9) .