James Stirling was accompanied by two botanists at different times.
New South Wales government botanist, Charles Fraseraccompanied James Stirling, as did James Drummond.
No "famous" botanist accompanied the First Fleet.Famous botanist Sir Joseph Banks accompanied James Cook on the Endeavour when Cook became the first European to chart the eastern coast of Australia.
James Cook was accompanied by three botanists: Sir Joseph Banks, and Swedish and Finnish botanists Daniel Solander and Dr Herman Spöring.
James Stirling was born on April 22, 1692.
James Hutchison Stirling was born in 1820.
James Hutchison Stirling died in 1909.
James Dickson - botanist - died in 1822.
James Anderson - botanist - was born in 1739.
James Anderson - botanist - died in 1809.
James Bowie - botanist - died in 1853.
James Dickson - botanist - was born in 1738.
James Forbes - botanist - died in 1861.
James Forbes - botanist - was born in 1773.