# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/joseph-dalton-hooker
# Generated: 2026-08-13T17:08:11.893Z

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name: "Joseph Dalton Hooker"
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description: "Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker was a British botanist and explorer in the 19th century. He was a founder of geographical botany and Charles Darwin's closest friend. 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."
tagline: "British botanist, lichenologist, and surgeon (1817–1911)"
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birthDate: "1817-06-30"
deathDate: "1911-12-10"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump