In 18 he was president of the state Constitutional Convention Massachusetts house of representatives from 1849 to 1853, and was speaker Law and was admitted to the bar, his energy and his ability as a public Subsequently he edited a weekly paper at Waltham, studied He received only a common school education and at an early age began workĪs a bobbin-boy in a cotton factory of which his father was Soldier, was born at Waltham, Massachusetts, on the 30th of January 1816. Maiden, Sir Joseph Banks (1909).īANKS, NATHANIEL PRENTISS (1816-1894), American politician and
What his liberality enabled other workers to do than on his own He bequeathed his collections of booksĪnd botanical specimens to the British Museum. Physical sections of the Royal Society and that he exercised hisĪuthority somewhat despotically. Inclined to overlook and depreciate the labours of the mathematical and Was, however, objected to him that from his own predilections he was In Britain, and was at the same time most assiduous and successful inĬultivating friendly relations with scientific men of all nations. President of the Royal Society he did much to raise the state of science He died at Isleworth on the 19th of June 1820. In 1781 he was made a baronet inġ795 he received the order of the Bath and in 1797 he was admitted to President of the Royal Society, of which he had been a fellow from 1766,Īnd held the office until his death. In 1778 Banks succeeded Sir John Pringle as Materials he had collected in a voyage to Iceland in 1772, returning by Banks was equally anxious to joinĬook's second expedition and expended large sums in engaging assistantsĪnd furnishing the necessary equipment but circumstances obliged him to The voyage occupied three yearsĪnd many hardships had to be undergone but the rich harvest of discovery He even engagedĭraughtsmen and painters to delineate such objects of interest as did notĪdmit of being transported or preserved. To profit by every opportunity, and induced Dr Daniel Solander, aĭistinguished pupil of Linnaeus, to accompany him. He made the most careful preparations, in order to be able To join the expedition in the "Endeavour," which was fitted out at his Government to observe the transit of Venus in the Pacific Ocean, andīanks, through the influence of his friend Lord Sandwich, obtained leave Shortly after his return, Captain Cook was sent by the Newfoundland and Labrador, bringing back a rich collection of plants and In 1764 he came into possession of the ample fortune leftīy his father, and in 1766 he made his first scientific expedition to Natural science and was the means of introducing botanical lectures into In 1760 he went to Oxford, where he showed a decided taste for Peterborough in parliament and Joseph was brought up as the son of a Lincolnshire doctor, who became sheriff of his county, and represented His father, William Banks, was the son of a successful He died in London on the 3rd of May 1881.Įnglish naturalist, was born in Argyle Street, London, on the 13th ofįebruary 1743. Including the Birmingham Mercury and the Dublin DailyĮxpress, and published several volumes of miscellaneous prose and The author of two plays, a couple of burlesques and several lyrics.īetween 18 he edited in succession a variety of newspapers, After a briefĮxperience in a variety of trades, he became at the age of seventeen aĬontributor to various newspapers, and subsequently a playwright, being Writer, was born at Birmingham on the 2nd of March 1821. THE ENCYCLOPÆDIA BRITANNICA A DICTIONARY OF ARTS, SCIENCES, LITERATURE AND GENERAL INFORMATION ELEVENTH EDITION VOLUME III AUSTRIA LOWER to BISECTRIX īANKS, GEORGE LINNAEUS (1821-1881), British miscellaneous Latin Extended Additional block, which may not display in some fonts or browsers, willĭisplay an unaccented version. When the pointer is moved over them, and words using diacritic characters in the Sections in Greek or Hebrew will yield a transliteration TheyĮxplanation will appear when the mouse pointer is moved over the marked Public domain material from the Robinson Curriculum.)Ī few typographical errors have been corrected.
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