Sir William Jackson Hooker KH FRS FRSE FLS DCL 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... Wikipedia
Born: July 6, 1785, Norwich, United Kingdom
Died: August 12, 1865 (age 80 years), London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, United Kingdom
Children: Joseph Dalton Hooker and William Dawson Hooker
Grandchildren: Marie Elizabeth Hooker, Charles Paget Hooker, Brian Harvey Hodgson Hooker, and more
Partner: Maria Turner
Parents: Joseph Hooker and Lydia Vincent
Books: Botanical Miscellany, Exotic flora ..., Niger Flora, and more
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