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Joseph Banks (1744-1820) was a British naturalist and explorer.

Short Biography:

He accompanied Capt James (Cook on his voyage round the world 1768-1771 and brought back 3,600 plants, 1,400 of them never before classified. A founder of the Botanical Gardens, Kew, he was President of the Royal Society from 1778-1819.

The banksia genus of shrubs is named after him.

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