Ce que Charles Darwin doit à Joseph Banks

History has remembered Joseph Banks as the explorer-botanist of the first voyage of James Cook. Yet, shortly after his return, he got elected president of the Royal Society and, for over 40 years, he then played in Great Britain an eminent role in reorganizing natural sciences and advocating an “eco...

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Main Author: Le Guyader, Hervé
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Language:English
Published: Académie des sciences 2024-05-01
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Online Access:https://comptes-rendus.academie-sciences.fr/biologies/articles/10.5802/crbiol.152/
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description History has remembered Joseph Banks as the explorer-botanist of the first voyage of James Cook. Yet, shortly after his return, he got elected president of the Royal Society and, for over 40 years, he then played in Great Britain an eminent role in reorganizing natural sciences and advocating an “economic botany”. He actively intervened in acclimatization and varietal selection of plants and animals in Great Britain as in the future English colonies. Thus he built an intellectual environment which will promote the emergence of Charles Darwin’s thoughts.
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spelling doaj-art-a0edb5e231cf4e19bc988698fe4b7b052025-02-07T10:37:47ZengAcadémie des sciencesComptes Rendus Biologies1768-32382024-05-01347G1273310.5802/crbiol.15210.5802/crbiol.152Ce que Charles Darwin doit à Joseph BanksLe Guyader, Hervé0Institut de Systématique, Évolution, Biodiversité (ISYEB), Sorbonne Université, MNHN, CNRS, EPHE, Paris, FranceHistory has remembered Joseph Banks as the explorer-botanist of the first voyage of James Cook. Yet, shortly after his return, he got elected president of the Royal Society and, for over 40 years, he then played in Great Britain an eminent role in reorganizing natural sciences and advocating an “economic botany”. He actively intervened in acclimatization and varietal selection of plants and animals in Great Britain as in the future English colonies. Thus he built an intellectual environment which will promote the emergence of Charles Darwin’s thoughts.https://comptes-rendus.academie-sciences.fr/biologies/articles/10.5802/crbiol.152/Joseph BanksCharles DarwinBotany BayTransformismeExpéditions naturalistes
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Ce que Charles Darwin doit à Joseph Banks
Comptes Rendus Biologies
Joseph Banks
Charles Darwin
Botany Bay
Transformisme
Expéditions naturalistes
title Ce que Charles Darwin doit à Joseph Banks
title_full Ce que Charles Darwin doit à Joseph Banks
title_fullStr Ce que Charles Darwin doit à Joseph Banks
title_full_unstemmed Ce que Charles Darwin doit à Joseph Banks
title_short Ce que Charles Darwin doit à Joseph Banks
title_sort ce que charles darwin doit a joseph banks
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Charles Darwin
Botany Bay
Transformisme
Expéditions naturalistes
url https://comptes-rendus.academie-sciences.fr/biologies/articles/10.5802/crbiol.152/
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