What is Joseph Banks?
{{Infobox scientist | name = Sir Joseph Banks, Bt | box_width = | image = Joseph Banks 1773 Reynolds.jpg | caption = Joseph Banks, as painted by [[Joshua Reynolds|Sir Joshua Reynolds]] in 1773. | birth_date = {{birth date|1743|02|13|df=y}} | birth_place = 30 Argyll Street, London | death_date = 19 June 1820 (aged 75) | death_place = London, England | nationality = British | field = [[Botany]] | work_institutions = | alma_mater = [[University of Oxford]] | doctoral_advisor = | doctoral_students = | known_for = Endeavour voyage and exploration of Botany Bay | author_abbrev_bot = Banks | influences = [[Israel Lyons]] | influenced = }} '''Sir Joseph Banks, 1st Baronet''' [[Order of the Bath|GCB]] [[President of the Royal Society|PRS]] (13 February 1743 – 19 June 1820) was an English [[Natural history|naturalist]], [[Botany|botanist]] and patron of the natural sciences. Banks was President of the [[Royal Society]] 1778–1820; [[baronet]] 1781; [[Privy Council of the United Kingdom|Privy Counsellor]] 1797. His collections were given to the [[British Museum]].<ref name=DNB>''Dictionary of National Biography''. Oxford University Press.</ref> Banks took part in [[James Cook|Captain James Cook]]'s first great voyage from 1768 to 1771.<ref name=Life>O'Brian, Patrick 1987. ''Joseph Banks: a life''. London: The Harvill Press. {{ISBN|0-00-217350-6}}.</ref> He inherited a large fortune, and was able to hire his own team to help collect, package and transport his finds. Banks discovered and collected ''[[Eucalyptus]]'', ''[[Acacia]]'', ''[[Mimosa]]'', and ''[[Banksia]]''. About 80 [[species]] of plants are named after Banks. == Education == Banks was educated at [[Harrow School]], [[Eton College]] and [[Christ Church, Oxford]]. == Exploration == === Newfoundland and Labrador === In 1766 Banks was elected to the [[Royal Society]], and in the same year he accompanied Phipps to [[Newfoundland and Labrador]] to study their natural history. He made his name by publishing the first [[Linnaean taxonomy|Linnean]] descriptions