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    Sir Joseph Banks, 1st Baronet, GCB, FRS (24 February [O.S. 13 February] 1743 – 19 June 1820) was an English naturalist, botanist, and patron of the natural...
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    Joseph Banks Rhine (September 29, 1895 – February 20, 1980), usually known as J. B. Rhine, was an American botanist who founded parapsychology as a branch...
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  • Joe Banks, member of the punk band Avail Joe Banks, hero of the film Joe Versus the Volcano All pages with titles containing Joseph Banks JoS. A. Bank Clothiers...
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    Rosa banksiae, common names Lady Banks' rose, or just Banks' rose, is a species of flowering plant in the rose family, native to central and western China...
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    to assignment. Banks was concerned about the conclusions of the institute's discharge summary. On December 13, the institute sent Banks a letter explaining...
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    around Australia on his ship, the Endeavour. The ship's English botanist Joseph Banks and Swedish assistant botanist Daniel Solander, spent several days on...
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  • Joseph Banks: A Life (1987), is a biography by Patrick O'Brian of the 18th-century English naturalist, botanist and explorer Joseph Banks. It was first...
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    peninsula: Joseph Banks Lower Lookout (24°09′05″S 151°53′12″E / 24.1513°S 151.8866°E / -24.1513; 151.8866 (Joseph Banks Lower Lookout)). Joseph Banks Top...
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  • Robert Banks may refer to: Robert Banks (American football) (born 1963), former American football defensive end Robert Banks (chemist) (1921–1989), co-inventor...
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    The Sir Joseph Banks Group is an archipelago in the Australian state of South Australia located in Spencer Gulf about 20 kilometres (12 mi) off the eastern...
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  • Lieutenant-Colonel Joseph Henry Banks (1843–1916) was the British Commandant and instructor of the Auckland Militia through whose capacity the first six...
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    and Joseph Banks trading a crayfish for a piece of cloth. The drawing is referenced by Michel Tuffery in his work Tupaia's chart Cook and Banks/Tupaia's...
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    Jos. A. Bank is an American retailer of men's furnishings specializing in suits. Established in 1905, by Charles Bank and Joseph Alfred Bank, it operates...
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    Thomas Joseph Banks (1828–1896), sometimes known as "Thomas John Banks", was a British portrait and landscape painter. He died at Goathland, and an obituary...
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    the general public, however, the aristocratic botanist Joseph Banks was a greater hero. Banks even attempted to take command of Cook's second voyage but...
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  • Sarah Banks may refer to: Sarah Sophia Banks (1744–1818), English collector of antiquarian items and sister of the naturalist Joseph Banks Sarah Banks (Brookside)...
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    Robert Joseph Banks (born February 26, 1928) is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church, serving as bishop of the Diocese of Green Bay in Wisconsin...
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    hundreds of thousands of migratory birds who nest at Banks Island Migratory Bird Sanctuary No. 1 and Banks Island Migratory Bird Sanctuary No. 2. As of the...
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    The Sir Joseph Banks Conservatory is a tropical house at Woodside Wildlife Park in Lincolnshire, England. The Sir Joseph Banks Conservatory is a 5,000-square-foot...
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  • It is likely based on a passage of Joseph Banks' diary describing the HMS Endeavour's arrival in Botany Bay. Banks wrote that the natives did not appear...
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  • politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1715 to 1727. Banks was the second son of Robert Banks of Beck Hall, Giggleswick, Yorkshire and his wife Margaret...
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    1774 where he was introduced into British society by the naturalist Sir Joseph Banks (whom he had also met during Cook's first voyage). During his two-year...
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    at the time of her marriage to scientist Sir Joseph Banks on 23 March 1779, and she was described by Banks' colleague Daniel Solander as 'rather handsome...
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  • Tommy Banks may refer to: Thomas Banks (sculptor) (1735–1805), English sculptor Thomas Joseph Banks (1828–1896), also known as Thomas John Banks, British...
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  • William Banks (19 April 1719 – September 1761) was an English barrister and the father of Sir Joseph Banks, the naturalist. He was also a Member of Parliament...
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    Banks' Florilegium is a collection of copperplate engravings of plants collected by Sir Joseph Banks and Daniel Solander while they accompanied Captain...
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    The Old Sir Joseph Banks Hotel is a heritage-listed former hotel at 23 Anniversary Street, Botany, Bayside Council, New South Wales, Australia. It was...
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    Astronomer Royal, Nevil Maskelyne. Joseph Banks had been appointed to the voyage as the official botanist. Banks funded seven others to join him: a Swedish...
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    Strelitzia (category Taxa named by Joseph Banks)
    the reverse of the South African 50-cent coin. The genus was named by Joseph Banks in honour of the British queen Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz. The...
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  • Joseph Banks (21 June 1695 – 31 March 1741), of Revesby Abbey, Lincolnshire was a British landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons from...
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