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William Jackson Hooker
William Jackson Hooker

William Jackson Hooker

English, 1785 – 1865
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Sir William Jackson Hooker was an English botanist and botanical illustrator, who became the first director of Kew when in 1841 it was recommended to be placed under state ownership as a botanic garden. At Kew he founded the Herbarium and enlarged the gardens and arboretum. The standard author abbreviation Hook. is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.

Hooker was born and educated in Norwich. An inheritance gave him the means to travel and to devote himself to the study of natural history, particularly botany. He published his account of an expedition to Iceland in 1809, even though his notes and specimens were destroyed during his voyage home. He married Maria, the eldest daughter of the Norfolk banker Dawson Turner, in 1815, afterwards living in Halesworth for 11 years, where he established a herbarium that became renowned by botanists at the time.

He held the post of Regius Professor of Botany at Glasgow University, where he worked with the botanist and lithographer Thomas Hopkirk and enjoyed the supportive friendship of Joseph Banks for his exploring, collecting and organising work. in 1841 he succeeded William Townsend Aiton as Director of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. He expanded the gardens at Kew, building new glasshouses, and establishing an arboretum and a museum of economic botany. Among his publications are The British Jungermanniae (1816), Flora Scotica (1821), and Species Filicum (1846–64).

He died in 1865 from complications due to a throat infection, and was buried at St Anne's Church, Kew. His son, Joseph Dalton Hooker, succeeded him as Director of Kew Gardens.

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Schizopetalon Walkeri

Schizopetalon Walkeri (1823)

William Jackson Hooker (English, 1785 – 1865)
Botanical
Scutellaria parvula

Scutellaria parvula (1823)

William Jackson Hooker (English, 1785 – 1865)
Botanical
Serapias Lingua

Serapias Lingua (1823)

William Jackson Hooker (English, 1785 – 1865)
Botanical
Shotia Latifolia

Shotia Latifolia (1823)

William Jackson Hooker (English, 1785 – 1865)
Botanical
Solanum Anguivi

Solanum Anguivi (1823)

William Jackson Hooker (English, 1785 – 1865)
Botanical
Stapelia hirsuta

Stapelia hirsuta (1823)

William Jackson Hooker (English, 1785 – 1865)
Botanical
Stetis Micrantha

Stetis Micrantha (1823)

William Jackson Hooker (English, 1785 – 1865)
Botanical
Stylidium laricifolium

Stylidium laricifolium (1823)

William Jackson Hooker (English, 1785 – 1865)
Botanical
Synedrella nodiflora

Synedrella nodiflora (1823)

William Jackson Hooker (English, 1785 – 1865)
Botanical
Talinum ciliatum

Talinum ciliatum (1823)

William Jackson Hooker (English, 1785 – 1865)
Botanical
Thunbergia alata

Thunbergia alata (1823)

William Jackson Hooker (English, 1785 – 1865)
Botanical
Thunbergia angulata

Thunbergia angulata (1823)

William Jackson Hooker (English, 1785 – 1865)
Botanical
Thunbergia coccinea

Thunbergia coccinea (1823)

William Jackson Hooker (English, 1785 – 1865)
Botanical
Tillandsia aloifolia

Tillandsia aloifolia (1823)

William Jackson Hooker (English, 1785 – 1865)
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Tillandsia bulbosa

Tillandsia bulbosa (1823)

William Jackson Hooker (English, 1785 – 1865)
Botanical
Tillandsia nitida

Tillandsia nitida (1823)

William Jackson Hooker (English, 1785 – 1865)
Botanical
Tillandsia Pulchella

Tillandsia Pulchella (1823)

William Jackson Hooker (English, 1785 – 1865)
Botanical
Toenitis graminifolia

Toenitis graminifolia (1823)

William Jackson Hooker (English, 1785 – 1865)
Botanical
Trichilia odorata

Trichilia odorata (1823)

William Jackson Hooker (English, 1785 – 1865)
Botanical
Trichomanes elegans

Trichomanes elegans (1823)

William Jackson Hooker (English, 1785 – 1865)
Botanical
Trichomanes membranacea

Trichomanes membranacea (1823)

William Jackson Hooker (English, 1785 – 1865)
Botanical
Trixis senecioides

Trixis senecioides (1823)

William Jackson Hooker (English, 1785 – 1865)
Botanical
Trizeuxis falcata

Trizeuxis falcata (1823)

William Jackson Hooker (English, 1785 – 1865)
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Utricularia alpina

Utricularia alpina (1823)

William Jackson Hooker (English, 1785 – 1865)
Botanical
Vanda recurva

Vanda recurva (1823)

William Jackson Hooker (English, 1785 – 1865)
Botanical
Vanda trichorhiza

Vanda trichorhiza (1823)

William Jackson Hooker (English, 1785 – 1865)
Botanical
Velleia lyrata

Velleia lyrata (1823)

William Jackson Hooker (English, 1785 – 1865)
Botanical
Viola hederacea

Viola hederacea (1823)

William Jackson Hooker (English, 1785 – 1865)
Botanical
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