Joseph Banks
1744 - 1820
- Born
-
13 February 1744
Argyle Street, London, England
- Died
-
19 June 1820
His house at Spring Grove, Isleworth
- Nationality
- British
- Gender
- Male
- Date of election for Royal Society fellowship
- 01/05/1766
- Fields of Interest
- Botany
- Relationships
- Son of William Banks of Revesby Abbey, Lincolnshire; grandson of Joseph Banks (FRS 1730)
- Catalogue
- View catalogue entry
- Wikipedia
- View wikipedia entry
Author of
-
Unpublished copy of a letter, regarding Wildbore's paper from [Sir Joseph Banks] to [Charles Wildbore]
Creator: Joseph Banks Reference number: AP/7/26a -
Letter, 'Of a stone identified as Quartzium fossils' from Joseph Banks to the Royal Society
Creator: Joseph Banks Reference number: L&P/6/44 -
Letter, 'Rainfall at Gibraltar, 11 September 1783 to 10 May 1784 and other meteorological observations' from Thomas Davies to Joseph Banks
Creator: Joseph Banks Reference number: L&P/8/145 -
Letter, 'Investigation of all the changes in the variable star in Sobieski's Shield' from Edward Pigott to Joseph Banks#
Creator: Joseph Banks Reference number: L&P/12/89 -
Letter, 'Account of Acarus scabiei and its effect on the human body' from Joseph Adams and Joseph Banks
Creator: Joseph Banks Reference number: L&P/12/93
Referee of
-
Letter, 'Description of a new comet' from Caroline Herschel to Joseph Banks
Creator: Caroline Lucretia Herschel Reference number: L&P/9/180
Recipient of
-
Unpublished letters and extracts, regarding innovations in watchmaking sent from James Hutton to Joseph Banks
Creator: James Hutton Reference number: AP/4/10 -
Unpublished letter and paper, 'A philosophical discourse on the growth and culture of the vine, in various parts of the world' by William Cooper
Creator: William Cooper Reference number: AP/5/10 -
Unpublished letter and drawings, on Henry Smeathman's designs for a flying vessel by [George] Cumberland
Creator: George Cumberland Reference number: AP/5/12 -
Unpublished paper, on Egyptian monuments by the Duc de Chaulnes [Louis Joseph d'Albert d'Ailly]
Creator: Marie Joseph Louis d'Albert d'Ailly Picquigny Reference number: AP/5/13 -
Unpublished letter and paper, regarding a Venezuelan woman and her fortieth child by John Skey Eustace
Creator: John Skey Eustace Reference number: AP/5/15
Most frequently corresponded with
-
Caroline Lucretia Herschel
4 letters