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| Close friend of Joseph Banks - Charles Clarke & Capt. James Cook |
 In the Wake of Captain Cook by
Gordon Cowley and Les Deacon is an entertaining and detailed account of Charles Clerke who sailed, as Capt. James Cook’s apprentice, aboard The Endeavour. He was a close friend of Joseph Banks to whom he wrote his last letter. Clerke also sailed as second in command to Cook on HMS Discovery, taking command when Cook was killed in Hawaii on 4th Feb 1779, until he himself died six months later from tuberculosis (contracted in the King’s Bench Prison, where he was held as guarantor for his brother’s debt) within sight of Kamchatka, aged just 38 years.
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KayBooksOnline on August 26 2008 20:45:09 ·
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| New Article by J. Norman Clarke |
Horncastle benefited greatly from the work of J.Norman Clarke. A local historian and author of many books and journals relating to Lincolnshire and Horncastle. His latest work was recently published posthumously by the Society of Lincolnshire History and Archeology entitled The Shadow of the workhouse, edited by D N Robinson OBE. The Society would like to thank SLHA for their kind permission to publish this article. Click here to read article or navigate to articles |
pscott on April 25 2008 22:13:22
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| Apologies to those of you who may have noticed that two people posing as members posted pornographic material as comments to some articles and news. Unfortunately this has forced us to remove the comments function on the articles and to remove automatic/instant membership. New members are very welcome and will be granted full rights after a simple verification process. |
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pscott on February 14 2008 22:34:37 ·
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| New Article submitted by Julia Bruce |
We are indebted to Julia for allowing us to publish her recent study on The Life, Legacy and Letters of Sir Joseph Banks. This first appeared in All Things Lincolnshire. A collection of papers and tributes to celebrate the 80th Birthday of David N Robinson OBE MSc, edited by Jean Howard & David Start.
The publication is available from the Society for Lincolnshire History and Archaeology, Jews Court, Steep Hill, Lincoln, LN2 1LS.
Click here to read the article.
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pscott on November 22 2007 21:38:19 ·
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| New website |
Welcome to the BETA VERSION our new website
We are delighted to formally launch our new website which both celebrates the life of Sir Joseph Banks but also provides a service and virtual meeting place for the members of the Sir Joseph Banks Society.
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pscott on November 03 2007 21:15:47 ·
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| Research and archive committee formed |
A sub-committee has been formed to look at the development of the Research Room and Archive that will be based at the Centre. It is our intention to contact those members who have registered their interest in this project in early November when we will discuss a number of ideas and opportunities.
One of our objectives is to collect “paper” reference material for the Archive to augment the very necessary internet research. We can announce, thanks to the generosity of individuals and organisations such as the Banks Archive, based at the natural History Museum in London, that we already have some fascinating reference books and papers. This is an ongoing process and we would be delighted to hear from people who have material relating to Banks’ life, achievements and his impact on Lincolnshire and Australia. With the excellent copying facilities that exist, we can arrange to have material reproduced for depositing in the Archive. If you wish to contact the Society about this or any other matter, the office telephone number is 01507 528223 and, if unmanned, you can leave a message on the answerphone. |
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pscott on November 03 2007 20:53:57 ·
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