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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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A century of ferns Pl.06

A century of ferns Pl.06 (1854)

William Jackson Hooker (English, 1785 – 1865)
Botanical
A century of ferns Pl.05

A century of ferns Pl.05 (1854)

William Jackson Hooker (English, 1785 – 1865)
Botanical
A century of ferns Pl.04

A century of ferns Pl.04 (1854)

William Jackson Hooker (English, 1785 – 1865)
Botanical
A century of ferns Pl.03

A century of ferns Pl.03 (1854)

William Jackson Hooker (English, 1785 – 1865)
Botanical
A century of ferns Pl.02

A century of ferns Pl.02 (1854)

William Jackson Hooker (English, 1785 – 1865)
Botanical
A century of ferns Pl.01

A century of ferns Pl.01 (1854)

William Jackson Hooker (English, 1785 – 1865)
Botanical
Abronia arenaria

Abronia arenaria (1823)

William Jackson Hooker (English, 1785 – 1865)
Botanical
Acrostichum appendiculatum

Acrostichum appendiculatum (1823)

William Jackson Hooker (English, 1785 – 1865)
Botanical
Adiantum caudatum

Adiantum caudatum (1823)

William Jackson Hooker (English, 1785 – 1865)
Botanical
Ageratum conyzoides

Ageratum conyzoides (1823)

William Jackson Hooker (English, 1785 – 1865)
Botanical
Alstroemeria pulchella

Alstroemeria pulchella (1823)

William Jackson Hooker (English, 1785 – 1865)
Botanical
Alstroemeria rosea

Alstroemeria rosea (1823)

William Jackson Hooker (English, 1785 – 1865)
Botanical
Alstroemeria tricolor

Alstroemeria tricolor (1823)

William Jackson Hooker (English, 1785 – 1865)
Botanical
Andromeda salicifolia

Andromeda salicifolia (1823)

William Jackson Hooker (English, 1785 – 1865)
Botanical
Aneilema longifolia

Aneilema longifolia (1823)

William Jackson Hooker (English, 1785 – 1865)
Botanical
Anemia humilis

Anemia humilis (1823)

William Jackson Hooker (English, 1785 – 1865)
Botanical
Anisopetalum Careyanum

Anisopetalum Careyanum (1823)

William Jackson Hooker (English, 1785 – 1865)
Botanical
Arabis arenosa

Arabis arenosa (1823)

William Jackson Hooker (English, 1785 – 1865)
Botanical
Arbronia umbellata

Arbronia umbellata (1823)

William Jackson Hooker (English, 1785 – 1865)
Botanical
Arethusa bulbosa

Arethusa bulbosa (1823)

William Jackson Hooker (English, 1785 – 1865)
Botanical
Asarum arifolium

Asarum arifolium (1823)

William Jackson Hooker (English, 1785 – 1865)
Botanical
Aspidium nodosum

Aspidium nodosum (1823)

William Jackson Hooker (English, 1785 – 1865)
Botanical
Aspidium Wallichii

Aspidium Wallichii (1823)

William Jackson Hooker (English, 1785 – 1865)
Botanical
Asplenium flabelliforme

Asplenium flabelliforme (1823)

William Jackson Hooker (English, 1785 – 1865)
Botanical
Balsamina setacea

Balsamina setacea (1823)

William Jackson Hooker (English, 1785 – 1865)
Botanical
Banksia verticillata

Banksia verticillata (1823)

William Jackson Hooker (English, 1785 – 1865)
Botanical
Baptisia nepalensis

Baptisia nepalensis (1823)

William Jackson Hooker (English, 1785 – 1865)
Botanical
Begonia argyrostigma

Begonia argyrostigma (1823)

William Jackson Hooker (English, 1785 – 1865)
Botanical
Begonia humilis

Begonia humilis (1823)

William Jackson Hooker (English, 1785 – 1865)
Botanical
Begonia picta

Begonia picta (1823)

William Jackson Hooker (English, 1785 – 1865)
Botanical
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