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Hooker, William Jackson Sir

Subject ID: 8797

Title: Sir
Last Name: Hooker
First Name: William
Middle Names: Jackson
Birth Date: 6 Jul 1785
Birth Place: Norwich, Norfolk, England
Death Date: 12 Aug 1865
Death Place: Kew, Surrey, England
Gender: male
HI Archives Collection #: GAC, GAC O, GAC X, #15, #74, #94, #127, #180
Notes: GAC - 42 items; GACO -2 letters, 1 mss; GACX -inscription, MB H784j 813. Coll. #15 - mentioned, letter to Brongniart, 1826. #74 - letters from Hooker, 1827, 1855. #94 -mentioned, Boott’s notebook, 1816. #127-Letter from Arabella Roupel to Hooker, book review by Hooker. #180 -Hooker mentioned in letters to Henry Fielding, 1835-1843.

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Alternate Names

  • Hooker, Prof. Sir W. J.
  • Hooker, Sir W. J.
  • Hooker, William Jackson
  • Hooker, William Jackson Sir
  • Hooker, William Sir

Specialties

Botanical Art, Botany, India, Plant Collection, Pteridology, Taxonomy