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Sir Joseph Banks:
(1743-1820) British naturalist. A member of Captain Cook's expedition around the world (1768-1771) he helped to establish botany as a science and was instrumental in developing Kew Gardens in London.
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    Sir Joseph Banks, 1st Baronet, GCB, PRS (13 February 1743 – 19 June 1820) was an English naturalist, botanist and science patron. He took part in Captain James Cook 's first ...

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    Encyclopedia ... 1743–1820), British naturalist, who helped to establish botany as an academic discipline.

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