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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]
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 26, 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.
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.
Nov 18, 2011 · One of the most influential botanists and scientists of the 19 th Century, in addition to being Director of Kew from 1865 to 1885, he was President of the Royal Society from 1873 to 1878.
Jun 27, 2018 · Hooker, Joseph Dalton. British Botanist 1817-1911. 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).
Jun 22, 2017 · Jim Endersby revisits the legacy of trailblazing botanist Joseph Dalton Hooker. Joseph Dalton Hooker, born 200 years ago this month, made extraordinary contributions to science over a life...
