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Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker OM GCSI CB PRS (30 June 1817 – 10 December 1911) was a British botanist and explorer in the 19th century. He was a founder of geographical botany and Charles Darwin's closest friend.
- 30 June 1817, Halesworth, Suffolk, United Kingdom
- Kew Gardens
Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker (born June 30, 1817, Halesworth, Suffolk, England—died December 10, 1911, Sunningdale, Berkshire) was an English botanist noted for his botanical travels and studies and for his encouragement of Charles Darwin and of Darwin’s theories.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
One of the most respected scientists of his day and one of the most important botanists of the 19th century. Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker (1817-1911) The second son of William Jackson Hooker and Maria Hooker, nèe Turner, Joseph Dalton Hooker was born on the 30th June 1817 in Halesworth, Suffolk.
Jun 23, 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.
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.
Jun 22, 2017 · Joseph Dalton Hooker, born 200 years ago this month, made extraordinary contributions to science over a life (1817–1911) that spanned the Victorian era and beyond. Royal Society president and...
