| Evidence: | 'During his holidays he found on his mother's dressing-table an old torn copy of Gerard's "Herbal", having the names and figures of some of the plants with which he had formed an imperfect acquaintance; and he carried it back with him to school.' |
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| Century: | 1700-1799 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 1 Jan 1756 and 31 Dec 1760 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | city: Eton county: Berkshire other location: school |
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| Reader: | Joseph Banks |
| Age | Child (0-17) |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | 13 Feb 1743 |
| Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
| Occupation: | Naturalist |
| Religion: | n/a |
| Country of origin: | England |
| Country of experience: | England |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | John Gerard |
| Title: | The Herball or General Historie of Plants |
| Genre: | Science, Agriculture / horticulture / husbandry, Botany |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | borrowed (other) |
| Record ID: | 9920 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | Joseph Banks | |
| Editor: | Joseph Hooker | |
| Title: | Journal of the Right Hon. Sir Joseph Banks Bart., K.B. PRS during Captain Cook's First Voyage in HMS Endeavour in 1768-71 to Terra del Fuego, Otahite, New Zealand, Australia, the Dutch East Indies etc. | |
| Place of Publication: | London | |
| Date of Publication: | 1896 | |
| Vol: | n/a | |
| Page: | xxiv | |
| Additional comments: | Published by MacMillan & Co. Ltd |
| Citation: | Joseph Banks, Joseph Hooker (ed.), Journal of the Right Hon. Sir Joseph Banks Bart., K.B. PRS during Captain Cook's First Voyage in HMS Endeavour in 1768-71 to Terra del Fuego, Otahite, New Zealand, Australia, the Dutch East Indies etc. (London, 1896), p. xxiv, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=9920, accessed: 23 April 2024 | |
| Date of birth corrected from that given in the book (2 February 1743 O.S.) |
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