Definition of Sir Joseph Banks

1. Noun. English botanist who accompanied Captain Cook on his first voyage to the Pacific Ocean (1743-1820).

Exact synonyms: Banks
Generic synonyms: Botanist, Phytologist, Plant Scientist

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sir Joseph Banks

Sir John Carew Eccles
Sir John Cockcroft
Sir John Cowdery Kendrew
Sir John Douglas Cockcroft
Sir John Everett Millais
Sir John Falstaff
Sir John Frederick William Herschel
Sir John Gielgud
Sir John Hawkins
Sir John Hawkyns
Sir John Herschel
Sir John Ross
Sir John Suckling
Sir John Tenniel
Sir John Vanbrigh
Sir Joseph Banks (current term)
Sir Joseph John Thomson
Sir Joseph Paxton
Sir Joshua Reynolds
Sir Lancelot
Sir Laurence Kerr Olivier
Sir Leonard Hutton
Sir Leonard Woolley
Sir Leslie Stephen
Sir Martin Frobisher
Sir Matthew Flinders
Sir Mortimer Wheeler
Sir Noel Pierce Coward
Sir Oliver Joseph Lodge
Sir Oliver Lodge

Literary usage of Sir Joseph Banks

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Cavendish by Christa Jungnickel, Russell McCormmach (1996)
"Sir Joseph Banks to Charles Blagden, 15 July 1789, Blagden Letters, Royal Society ... Charles Blagden to Sir Joseph Banks, 25 July 1789, Blagden Collection, ..."

2. Cavendish by Christa Jungnickel, Russell McCormmach (1996)
"Sir Joseph Banks to Charles Blagden, 15 July 1789, Blagden Letters. ... Charles Blagden to Sir Joseph Banks, 25 July 1789, Blagden Collection, Royal Society ..."

3. Cavendish by Christa Jungnickel, Russell McCormmach (1996)
"Sir Joseph Banks to Charles Blagden, 15 July 1789, Blagden Letters, Royal Society ... Charles Blagden to Sir Joseph Banks, 25 July 1789, Blagden Collection, ..."

4. The Life of John Ledyard, the American Traveller: Comprising Selections from by Jared Sparks (1829)
"Interview with Sir Joseph Banks in London.—Engages to travel ' In Africa under the auspices of the African Association.—Remarkable instance of decision of ..."

5. Philosophical Transactions by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1805)
"... State in which the true Sap of Trees is deposited during Winter. In a Letter Jrom Thomas Andrew Knight, Esq. to the Right Hon. Sir Joseph Banks, Bart. ..."

6. Cavendish by Christa Jungnickel, Russell McCormmach (1996)
"Sir Joseph Banks to Charles Blagden, 15 July 1789, Blagden Letters, Royal Society ... Charles Blagden to Sir Joseph Banks, 25 July 1789, Blagden Collection, ..."

7. Cavendish by Christa Jungnickel, Russell McCormmach (1996)
"Sir Joseph Banks to Charles Blagden, 15 July 1789, Blagden Letters. ... Charles Blagden to Sir Joseph Banks, 25 July 1789, Blagden Collection, Royal Society ..."

8. Cavendish by Christa Jungnickel, Russell McCormmach (1996)
"Sir Joseph Banks to Charles Blagden, 15 July 1789, Blagden Letters, Royal Society ... Charles Blagden to Sir Joseph Banks, 25 July 1789, Blagden Collection, ..."

9. The Life of John Ledyard, the American Traveller: Comprising Selections from by Jared Sparks (1829)
"Interview with Sir Joseph Banks in London.—Engages to travel ' In Africa under the auspices of the African Association.—Remarkable instance of decision of ..."

10. Philosophical Transactions by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1805)
"... State in which the true Sap of Trees is deposited during Winter. In a Letter Jrom Thomas Andrew Knight, Esq. to the Right Hon. Sir Joseph Banks, Bart. ..."

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