William Jackson Hooker
Sir William Jackson Hooker was an English botanist and botanical illustrator, who became the first director of Kew when in 1831 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. The standard author abbreviation Hook. is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.
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Birth Place
United Kingdom, England
Date of Death
August 12nd, 1865
Died Aged
-104
Star Sign
Cancer
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Joseph Dalton Hooker
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Maria Turner
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William Dawson Hooker
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Elizabeth Hooker
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Elisabeth Hooker
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Joseph Hooker
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Lydia Vincent
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