Joseph Banks, Robert Brown, David Don, and The Linnean Society stone plaque
Joseph Banks · Botanist
Inscription
“Sir Joseph Banks 1743-1820, President of the Royal Society, Robert Brown 1773-1858 and, David Don 1800-1841 botanists, lived in a house on this site, The Linnean Society met here 1821-1857”
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1743-1820
Life dates
32 Soho Square, Westminster, W1
W1D
Erected 1938
administered by English Heritage as part of the London wide plaque scheme, London County Council
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Joseph Banks
botanist, President of the Royal Society, Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath, and Baronet Banks of Revesby Abbey · (1743-1820)
Robert Brown
botanist · (1773-1858)
David Don
botanist · (1800-1841)
The Linnean Society
society · (1788-present)
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