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Sir Joseph Banks: References & Edit History

Additional Reading

Patrick O’Brian, Joseph Banks: A Life (1993).

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Anniversary information added. Feb 09, 2026
Anniversary information added. Jun 15, 2025
First paragraph modernization. Feb 14, 2024
Add new Web site: Famous Scientists - Biography of Joseph Banks. Jun 12, 2022
Changed article title from "Sir Joseph Banks, Baronet" to "Sir Joseph Banks." Aug 07, 2014
Add new Web site: Te Ara - The Encyclopedia of New Zealand - Biography of Sir Joseph Banks. Jun 25, 2014
Add new Web site: National Library of Australia - Biography of Sir Joseph Banks. Jun 25, 2014
Add new Web site: Australian Dictionary of Biography - Biography of Sir Joseph Banks. Jun 25, 2014
Add new Web site: The Natural History Museum - Biography of Sir Joseph Banks. Jul 26, 2013
Add new Web site: PlantExplorers.com - Biography of Joseph Banks. Jul 26, 2013
Add new Web site: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew - Biography of Sir Joseph Banks. Jul 26, 2013
Add new Web site: State Library of New South Wales - Biography of Sir Joseph Banks. Jul 26, 2013
Add new Web site: Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria Australian National Herbarium - Biography of Sir Joseph Banks. Jul 26, 2013
Add new Web site: British Broadcasting Corporation - Biography of Sir Joseph Banks. Jul 26, 2013
Added new Web site: Strange Science - Biography of Sir Joseph Banks. Apr 16, 2009
Added new Web site: British Broadcasting Corporation - Biography of Sir Joseph Banks.
  • Gaurav Shukla
 May 03, 2007
Article revised. Feb 24, 2005
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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