...19th June [18—], Sir Joseph Banks, who had been so many years President of the Royal Society, died. He was a good-humoured and liberal man, free and various...men of science : but he required to be regarded as patron, and readily sanctioned gross flattery. When he gave anecdotes of his voyages, he was very entertaining...

...Sir Joseph Banks occurs. "He was a good-humoured and liberal man, free, and various in conversation, a tolerable botanist, and generally acquainted with...men of science; but he required to be regarded as patron, and readily sanctioned gross flattery. When he gave anecdotes of his voyages, he was very entertaining...

...19th June, 1820, Sir Joseph Banks, who had been so many years President of the Royal Society, died. He was a goodhumoured and liberal man, free and various in conversational L_ powers, a tolerable botanist, and generally acquainted with natural history. He had not much reading,...

...he was. And when he spoke people listened. Barrow listened more than most. Banks was, as Davy said, 'always ready to promote the objects of men of science,...as a patron and readily swallowed gross flattery'. 17 Barrow was an old hand at the patronage game but, far from using Banks as a stepping stone to his...

...he was. And when he spoke people listened. Barrow listened more than most. Banks was, as Davy said, 'always ready to promote the objects of men of science,...be regarded as a patron and readily swallowed gross flattery'.17 Barrow was an old hand at the patronage game but, far from using Banks as a stepping stone...

...Humphrey Davy, Banks's successor as president of the Royal Society^ summed up his predecessor as. ... "He was a good-humoured and liberal man, free and...had not much reading, and no profound information. . , ."4 2Banks, 1962: 1: p. 3. 2 Brougham, 1872 : pp. 367-368. 4 Banks, 1962 : 1 : p. 123. THE SECOND...