Joseph Dalton Hooker

Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker
OM GCSI CB PRS
Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker OM GCSI CB PRS
	Hooker in 1897
Born	30 June 1817; Halesworth, Suffolk, United Kingdom
Died	10 December 1911 (aged 94); Sunningdale, Berkshire, United Kingdom
Alma mater	University of Glasgow
Spouse	Frances Harriet Henslow (m. 1851; died 1874) Hyacinth Symonds (m. 1875);
Awards	Clarke Medal (1885); Copley Medal (1887); Linnean Medal (1888); Darwin Medal (1892); Order of Merit (1907); Darwin–Wallace Medal (1908);
	Scientific career
Fields	Botany
Institutions	Kew Gardens
Author abbrev. (botany)	Hook.f.
Signature

Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker (30 June 1817 – 10 December 1911) was a British botanist and explorer in the 19th century.^[1] He was a founder of geographical botany and Charles Darwin's closest friend.^[2] For 20 years he served as director of the Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew, succeeding his father, William Jackson Hooker, and was awarded the highest honours of British science.^[3]^[4]

^ "Hooker, Sir William Jackson (1785–1865), botanist". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. 2004. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/13699. ISBN 978-0-19-861412-8. Retrieved 21 June 2022. (Subscription, Wikipedia Library access or UK public library membership required.)
^ "Joseph Dalton Hooker". Darwin Correspondence Project. 15 June 2015. Retrieved 21 June 2022.
^ Huxley 1918.
^ Turrill 1963.

[1] "Hooker, Sir William Jackson (1785–1865), botanist". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. 2004. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/13699. ISBN 978-0-19-861412-8. Retrieved 21 June 2022. (Subscription, Wikipedia Library access or UK public library membership required.)

[2] "Joseph Dalton Hooker". Darwin Correspondence Project. 15 June 2015. Retrieved 21 June 2022.

[FOOTNOTEHuxley1918-3] Huxley 1918.

[FOOTNOTETurrill1963-4] Turrill 1963.

[1]

[2]

[3]

[4]