# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-hooker
# Generated: 2026-08-13T09:35:28.769Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-hooker"
name: "William Hooker"
slug: "william-hooker"
description: "William Hooker (1779–1832) was a British illustrator of natural history. He studied under Franz Bauer (1758–1840), becoming the official artist of the Royal Horticultural Society from 1812 until retirement in 1820, whose publications he illustrated. His paintings of fruit were particularly appreciated."
tagline: "British illustrator of natural history (1779-1832)"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1779"
deathDate: "1832"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           38.45
  momentum:             2.201415848367207
  historical:           4.605508
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  45
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A3%D1%96%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%8F%D0%BC_%D0%A5%D1%83%D0%BA%D0%B5%D1%80"
    title: "Уільям Хукер"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Hooker_(botanical_illustrator)"
    title: "William Hooker (botanical illustrator)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Hooker_(1779-1832)"
    title: "William Hooker (1779-1832)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A6%E3%82%A3%E3%83%AA%E3%82%A2%E3%83%A0%E3%83%BB%E3%83%95%E3%83%83%E3%82%AB%E3%83%BC_(%E6%A4%8D%E7%89%A9%E7%94%BB%E5%AE%B6)"
    title: "ウィリアム・フッカー (植物画家)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://species.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Hooker_(botanist%2C_1779%E2%80%931832)"
    title: "William Hooker (botanist, 1779–1832)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3568709"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump