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Sir William Jackson Hooker KH FRS FRSE FLS DCL (6 July 1785 – 12 August 1865) was an English botanist and botanical illustrator, who became the first director of Kew when in 1841 it was recommended to be placed under state ownership as a botanic garden.
Jul 2, 2024 · Sir William Jackson Hooker (born July 6, 1785, Norwich, Norfolk, England—died August 12, 1865, Kew, Surrey) was an English botanist who was the first director of the Royal Botanic Gardens (Kew Gardens), near London.
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William Jackson Hooker was named after his godfather William Jackson (1757–1789), his mother's cousin, and son of John Jackson (1710–1795), a wealthy brewer and farmer, three times mayor of Canterbury, Kent.
Sir William Jackson Hooker was born in Norwich, 6 July 1785. His interest in botany developed early - he discovered the moss Buxbaumia aphylla in 1805 and the positive response he...
May 17, 2018 · Sir William Jackson Hooker [1], 1785–1865, English botanist. A leading authority of his time on ferns, he formed a famous herbarium and built up the Glasgow Garden and the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew. At Kew he founded the first museum of economic botany.
William Jackson Hooker (1785–1865), botanist, was the first Director of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, in which capacity he had significant influence on the study of Australian flora.
Sir William Jackson Hooker was an English botanist and botanical illustrator, who became the first director of Kew when in 1841 it was recommended to be placed under state ownership as a botanic garden. At Kew he founded the Herbarium and enlarged the gardens and arboretum.
