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Hooker, Joseph Dalton Sir (1817–1911) View Biographical Record
Article: Hookeri; hookerii
Publication: Verklarend woordenboek der wetenschappelijke namen van de in Nederland en Nederlandsch-Indië...
Subject ID: 8798
| Subject Name: | Hooker, Joseph Dalton Sir |
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| Article Title: | Hookeri; hookerii |
| Publication Primary Author: | Backer, C. A. |
| Call Number: | L15 B126V |
| Notes: | Hooker, Sir Joseph Dalton; 1817-1911; England, born Halesworth, Suffolk, died Sunningdale, Berksh.; son of Sir William J. Hooker and Maria Hooker, née Turner; physician and bot.; made bot. tours to antarctic regions (1839-43_, New-Zealand, Australia, Tasmania, Himalaya, Sikkim, Syria, Palestine, Marocco, and N. America; 1855 asst. dir. of Kew bot. gard.; 1865 sucessor of his father as its director; 1885 retired; author of numerous bot. publ., among which very important ones, a.o. with Bentham the 'Genera Plantarum'; also a 'Flora of New Zealand'; and with many others the 'Flora of British India'. |