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Jun 23, 2017 · 23 June 2017. Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker: trailblazing global botanist and explorer. We explore Joseph Hooker's lifelong research into plant diversity and economic botany, as part of the celebrations at Kew to mark the bicentenary of his birth. By Cam Sharp Jones. Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker.
Jun 27, 2018 · Hooker, Sir Joseph Dalton (1817–1911) A British botanist, who in 1865 succeeded his father, Sir William Jackson Hooker, as director of the Royal Botanic Gardens, at Kew, London. He was a friend and champion of Charles Darwin , who relied greatly on Hooker's botanical knowledge in his books on evolution.
Joseph Dalton Hooker was arguably the most important British botanist of the nineteenth century. A traveler and plant-collector, he was one of Charles Darwin’s closest friends and eventually became director of Britain’s Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker (1817-1911), botanist and explorer, was born on 30 June 1817 at Halesworth, Suffolk, England, second son of the distinguished botanist, Sir William Jackson Hooker (1785-1865), and his wife Maria Sarah, eldest daughter of Dawson Turner, banker and naturalist of Norwich.
Jun 22, 2017 · 1 Citations. 168 Altmetric. Metrics. Jim Endersby revisits the legacy of trailblazing botanist Joseph Dalton Hooker. Joseph Dalton Hooker, born 200 years ago this month, made extraordinary...
Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker was a British botanist and explorer in the 19th century. He was a founder of geographical botany and Charles Darwin's closest friend. 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.
May 5, 2017 · On the last day of September 1839, the 22-year-old Joseph Dalton Hooker boarded HMS Erebus bound for far southern seas. He spent the next four years as assistant ship’s surgeon – a lowly position...
