Outram Bangs was born on January 12, 1863, in Watertown, Massachusetts.

He was an American naturalist and ornithologist. In 1884, he graduated from the Lawrence Scientific School of Harvard University. Harvard awarded him the honorary degree of Master of Arts in 1918. In 1900, Bangs became curator of mammals at the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard University and, in 1924, curator of birds. He visited Jamaica in 1906 and collected over 100 birds there, but his trip was cut short by dengue fever. His collection of over 10,000 mammalian skins and skulls, including over 100 type specimens, was presented to Harvard College in 1899. In 1908, he presented his collection of over 24,000 bird skins to the Museum of Comparative Zoology. In 1925, he travelled to Europe, visiting museums and ornithologists and arranging scientific exchanges. He wrote over 70 books and articles. He was a Fellow of the American Ornithologist Union, a foreign member of the British Ornithologist Union, and a member of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the Washington Academy of Sciences.

In 1892, he married Elizabeth A. Bangs (1868–1907) and, in 1909, he remarried Annie Freeby. He died on September 22, 1932, in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Thomas Bannister was born about 1793 in England.

Thomas Bannister (or Banister) was admitted to the Inner Temple on February 6, 1822, at the age of 29. He was the third son of John Bannister, late of Steyning, Sussex, and an Esquire. After a brief stint in the British Army, he fought in the Greek War of Independence (1821–1832) and received decorations for his service. He was officially called to the Bar in 1842, by which time he had dropped one of the 'n's in his last name. His legal career likely ended when he left 4 Middle Temple Lane by 1848 or certainly by 1856. In the 1850s, he embarked on an extended tour of Australia and co-authored "Australia Visited and Revisited" with S. Mossman. Additionally, he authored pamphlets advocating for reforms in the Army, trade with the colonies, and suffrage. He disappeared from 5 Childs Place in 1874-75, presumably indicating his passing. Annotated copies of some of his pamphlets can be found in the Goldsmiths Library of the University of London.

He died about 1875 in London, England.

In 1889, E. G. Banks worked as a metallurgist for the Waihi Gold Mining Company in New Zealand. He contributed reports to the Transactions of the Australasian Institute of Mining Engineers. From 1913 to 1927, he served as the company's superintendent. Afterward, he relocated to Siam (Thailand) and took on the role of a consulting mining engineer in Melbourne, Australia.

Sir Joseph Banks, 1st Baronet, was born on February 24, 1743, in London, England.

He was an English naturalist, botanist, and patron of the natural sciences. As a boy, Banks enjoyed exploring the Lincolnshire countryside and developed a keen interest in nature, history, and botany. He was educated at Harrow School, Eton College, and Oxford University. In 1766, he was elected to the Royal Society and went with Phipps aboard the frigate HMS Niger to Newfoundland and Labrador intending to study their natural history. He made his name by publishing the first Linnean descriptions of the plants and animals of Newfoundland and Labrador. Banks took part in Captain James Cook's first great voyage (1768–1771) on HMS Endeavour, visiting Brazil, Tahiti, and after six months in New Zealand and Australia, returning home to immediate fame. In 1781, he was made a baronet. Banks held the position of President of the Royal Society for over 41 years. He advised King George III on the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, and by sending botanists all over the world to collect plants, he made Kew the world's leading botanical garden. He is credited for bringing 30,000 plant specimens home with him; becoming the first European to document 1,400. He was elected a member of the American Philosophical Society in 1787 and a foreign honorary member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1788. Among other activities, Banks found time to serve as a trustee of the British Museum for 42 years. He was the high sheriff of Lincolnshire in 1794. He was invested as a Knight of the Order of the Bath (KB) in 1795, which became Knight Grand Cross (GCB) when the order was restructured in 1815.

In 1779, he Lady Dorothea Hugessen (1758-1828). He died on June 19, 1820, in London, England.