tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post1285292476434505190..comments2024-03-23T12:38:46.260+00:00Comments on The History Girls: Joseph Banks: Traveller in Paradise - by Sue PurkissMary Hoffmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06241989732624913706noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-63408749797765633952012-07-18T13:58:04.157+01:002012-07-18T13:58:04.157+01:00I did enjoy this - and yes, he looks definitely fi...I did enjoy this - and yes, he looks definitely fit. I think the stories of plant hunters are rreally interesting - so many of our 'ordinary ' garden plants were found.so far away and often brought us after many adventures.Leslie Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15105465949970430998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-29036679324972367602012-07-17T17:26:47.658+01:002012-07-17T17:26:47.658+01:00I think that's the thing i like most about him...I think that's the thing i like most about him - his interest in other people, and his generosity.Sue Purkisshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09084528571944803477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-91049167777924129902012-07-17T10:51:53.133+01:002012-07-17T10:51:53.133+01:00PS Nice to hear he helped out the Herschels too. C...PS Nice to hear he helped out the Herschels too. Caroline is one of my heroines. She and her brother started life in music and ended up as astronomers.Sue Bursztynskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09362273418897882971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-16989995594651048762012-07-17T10:49:34.895+01:002012-07-17T10:49:34.895+01:00"Well known? Possibly not." I can't ..."Well known? Possibly not." I can't help chuckling over that. How well known he is depends where you live. Here in Australia he is a very big name! You can't go to Botany Bay in Sydney without thinking of him; Cook named it because of all the plants found by Banks there. Banksia are named in his honour. And so on. :-)<br />Nice post, Sue!Sue Bursztynskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09362273418897882971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-6002967807100411072012-07-16T19:56:31.829+01:002012-07-16T19:56:31.829+01:00Thank you, Paeony - and how interesting! I didn...Thank you, Paeony - and how interesting! I didn't know you used to do publicity. Were there free trips to Tahiti - free gifts of plants he discovered?Sue Purkisshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09084528571944803477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-42701833486838717532012-07-16T19:21:21.281+01:002012-07-16T19:21:21.281+01:00I like your interesting choice, Sue, and your love...I like your interesting choice, Sue, and your lovely turns of phrase. He wasn't a perfect man, but I don't think he would have achieved so much if he was 'perfect'. <br />The subject brought back memories of when I did the publicity in the late 80s for 'Sir Joseph Banks' by H B Carter (a tome from the Natural History Museum).Paeony Lewishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13129555451791248798noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-33576896783833477262012-07-16T10:20:41.884+01:002012-07-16T10:20:41.884+01:00They are fascinating, those eager early botanists,...They are fascinating, those eager early botanists, and your Joseph seems a lovely man - and yes, a dose of loveliness IS good for the rain-drenched soul!Joan Lennonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15763862159032836768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-60580841460374443572012-07-16T08:28:00.912+01:002012-07-16T08:28:00.912+01:00Thanks, everyone - I think we need a jolly Joseph ...Thanks, everyone - I think we need a jolly Joseph and a dream of Tahiti on a morning like this! Penny - his family home was Revesby, in Yorkshire - I don't know if it still exists, or if you've heard of it?Sue Purkisshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09084528571944803477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-29197868474413557542012-07-16T08:00:57.543+01:002012-07-16T08:00:57.543+01:00I love the 'mutual appreciation'. How deli...I love the 'mutual appreciation'. How delicately phrased! :-) <br />He ties in with several people I've read a lot about and yet I'd never heard of him. Fascinating!Marie-Louise Jensenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18006940874591015786noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-54721259184540656852012-07-16T07:46:38.095+01:002012-07-16T07:46:38.095+01:00I am occasionally reminded of Joseph Banks by the ...I am occasionally reminded of Joseph Banks by the "banksii" on latin plant names so feel very pleased to discover from your post that the man himself was such a warm and forward-thinking person. (And a good post to read after an hour or more of R4 news! The day now feels better. Thanks.)Penny Dolanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16386668303428008498noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-89654130653703421382012-07-16T07:35:46.230+01:002012-07-16T07:35:46.230+01:00Great post, Sue! I can see why you like him!
I...Great post, Sue! I can see why you like him!<br /><br />I've always assumed Banks was the inspiration for Stephen Maturin, the naturalist side-kick to Jack Aubrey in Patrick O'Brian's masterpiece Master and Commander series of sea-novels. But from what you write, O'Brian switched the temperaments of Cook and Banks for Aubrey and Maturin!Caroline Lawrencehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07249424644829463560noreply@blogger.com