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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. [2]
- 30 June 1817, Halesworth, Suffolk, United Kingdom
- Kew Gardens
Mar 13, 2024 · 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 younger son of Sir William Jackson Hooker, he was assistant director of the ...
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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. Hooker's passion for plants was ignited early - his father William was appointed Regius Professor of Botany at Glasgow University in 1820 and later became the ...
Jun 23, 2017 · Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker. 2017 marks 200 years since Joseph Hooker’s birth in Halesworth, Suffolk in 1817. One of the nineteenth century’s most famous and lauded British scientists, Joseph Hooker remains an influential figure to modern botanical science.
Jun 27, 2018 · Joseph Dalton Hooker was one of the leading British botanists of the late nineteenth century. He was born in Halesworth, Sussex, and was the son of another great British botanist, Sir William Jackson Hooker (1785-1865). Hooker graduated with a degree in medicine from Glasgow University, where his father was a professor of botany.
Joseph Dalton Hooker. 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. The image on the left is believed to be the last photograph ever taken ...
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 ...
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