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Joseph Dalton Hooker
Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker | |
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| Born | 30 June 1817 Halesworth, Suffolk, United Kingdom |
| Died | 10 December 1911 (aged 94) Sunningdale, Berkshire, United Kingdom |
| Alma mater | University of Glasgow |
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| Fields | Botany |
| Institutions | Kew Gardens |
| Author abbrev. (botany) | Hook.f. |
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Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker (30 June 1817 – 10 December 1911) was a British botanist and explorer in the 19th century.[1] He was a founder of geographical botany and Charles Darwin's closest friend.[2] For 20 years he served as director of the Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew, succeeding his father, William Jackson Hooker, and was awarded the highest honours of British science.[3][4]
- ^ "Hooker, Sir William Jackson (1785–1865), botanist". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. 2004. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/13699. ISBN 978-0-19-861412-8. Retrieved 21 June 2022. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ "Joseph Dalton Hooker". Darwin Correspondence Project. 15 June 2015. Retrieved 21 June 2022.
- ^ Huxley 1918.
- ^ Turrill 1963.
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