Banks, Joseph 1744-1820. British naturalist
and explorer. He accompanied Capt James Cook
on his voyage round the world 1768-71 and
brought back 3,600 plants, 1,400 of them
never before classified. A founder and
unofficial first director of the Botanical
Gardens, Kew, he was president of the Royal
Society from 1778 to 1819. The Banksia genus
of shrubs is named after him.