Joseph Dalton Hooker
British botanist, lichenologist, and surgeon (1817-1911) · Scientists · Died at 94
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.
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1911Died10 December 19111908Darwin-Wallace MedalAward1907Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts orderAward1900Cothenius MedalAward1897Knight Grand Commander of the Order of the Star of IndiaAwardVictoria Medal of HonourAward1892Darwin MedalAward1888Linnean MedalAward1887Copley MedalAward1885Clarke MedalAward1883Albert MedalAwardFounder’s MedalAward1869Companion of the Order of the BathAward1854Royal MedalAward1817Born30 June 1817
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Daguerreotype of Hooker by William Edward Kilburn, circa 1852
Frances Harriet Henslow, by William Edward Kilburn
Tibet and Cholamo Lake from the summit of the Donkia Pass, looking North West from Hooker's Himalayan Journals. Hooker reached the pass on 7 November 1849.
Rhododendron argenteum illustration by Walter Hood Fitch from Rhododendrons of Sikkim Himalaya.
An 1854 illustration showing Hooker with his Lepcha collectors in Sikkim (Mezzotint by William Walker after a painting by Frank Stone)
Engraving of Hooker by Charles Henry Jeens (1827-1879)
Hooker in the 1860s during his period at KewAwards
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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.
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Lived 1817 to 1911 · aged 94
