Joseph Dalton Hooker
British botanist, lichenologist, and surgeon (1817–1911) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker OM GCSI CB MD FRS (30 June 1817 – 10 December 1911) was a British botanist and explorer of the 19th century. Hooker was one of the founders of geographical botany, and Charles Darwin's closest friend. He was Director of the Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew, for twenty years, in succession to his father, William Jackson Hooker, and was awarded the highest honours of British science.[1][2]
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Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker | |
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Born | (1817-06-30)30 June 1817 Halesworth, Suffolk, England |
Died | 10 December 1911(1911-12-10) (aged 94) Sunningdale, Berkshire, England |
Nationality | British |
Alma mater | Glasgow University |
Awards | Order of Merit (1907); Grand Cross Star of India; Royal Society Copley (1887) & Darwin Medals (1892); Linnean Society Linnean (1888) & Darwin–Wallace Medals (1908) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Botany |
Institutions | Kew Gardens |
Influences | Sir William Jackson Hooker; Charles Darwin; George Bentham |
Influenced | Thiselton-Dyer |
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