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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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Diospyros vaccinioides

Diospyros vaccinioides (1823)

William Jackson Hooker (English, 1785 – 1865)
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Donia ciliata

Donia ciliata (1823)

William Jackson Hooker (English, 1785 – 1865)
Botanical
Doodia aspera

Doodia aspera (1823)

William Jackson Hooker (English, 1785 – 1865)
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Doodia caudata

Doodia caudata (1823)

William Jackson Hooker (English, 1785 – 1865)
Botanical
Dorstenia arifolia

Dorstenia arifolia (1823)

William Jackson Hooker (English, 1785 – 1865)
Botanical
Dryas integrifolia

Dryas integrifolia (1823)

William Jackson Hooker (English, 1785 – 1865)
Botanical
Epidendrum ellipticum

Epidendrum ellipticum (1823)

William Jackson Hooker (English, 1785 – 1865)
Botanical
Epidendrum monophyllum

Epidendrum monophyllum (1823)

William Jackson Hooker (English, 1785 – 1865)
Botanical
Epidendrum nutans

Epidendrum nutans (1823)

William Jackson Hooker (English, 1785 – 1865)
Botanical
Epidendrum polybulbon

Epidendrum polybulbon (1823)

William Jackson Hooker (English, 1785 – 1865)
Botanical
Eucrosia bicolor

Eucrosia bicolor (1823)

William Jackson Hooker (English, 1785 – 1865)
Botanical
Euphorbia cotinifolia

Euphorbia cotinifolia (1823)

William Jackson Hooker (English, 1785 – 1865)
Botanical
Euphorbia hypericifolia

Euphorbia hypericifolia (1823)

William Jackson Hooker (English, 1785 – 1865)
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Ficus coriacea

Ficus coriacea (1823)

William Jackson Hooker (English, 1785 – 1865)
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Ficus nitida

Ficus nitida (1823)

William Jackson Hooker (English, 1785 – 1865)
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Fieldia australis

Fieldia australis (1823)

William Jackson Hooker (English, 1785 – 1865)
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Galega tricolor

Galega tricolor (1823)

William Jackson Hooker (English, 1785 – 1865)
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Glycine mollis

Glycine mollis (1823)

William Jackson Hooker (English, 1785 – 1865)
Botanical
Gongora atropurpurea

Gongora atropurpurea (1823)

William Jackson Hooker (English, 1785 – 1865)
Botanical
Goodyera procera

Goodyera procera (1823)

William Jackson Hooker (English, 1785 – 1865)
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Graemia aromatica

Graemia aromatica (1823)

William Jackson Hooker (English, 1785 – 1865)
Botanical
Grammitis serrulata

Grammitis serrulata (1823)

William Jackson Hooker (English, 1785 – 1865)
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Grevillea pubescens

Grevillea pubescens (1823)

William Jackson Hooker (English, 1785 – 1865)
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Gusmannia tricolor

Gusmannia tricolor (1823)

William Jackson Hooker (English, 1785 – 1865)
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Habenaria alata

Habenaria alata (1823)

William Jackson Hooker (English, 1785 – 1865)
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Habenaria blephariglottis

Habenaria blephariglottis (1823)

William Jackson Hooker (English, 1785 – 1865)
Botanical
Habenaria bracteata

Habenaria bracteata (1823)

William Jackson Hooker (English, 1785 – 1865)
Botanical
Habenaria dilatata

Habenaria dilatata (1823)

William Jackson Hooker (English, 1785 – 1865)
Botanical
Habenaria fimbriata

Habenaria fimbriata (1823)

William Jackson Hooker (English, 1785 – 1865)
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Habenaria gracilis

Habenaria gracilis (1823)

William Jackson Hooker (English, 1785 – 1865)
Botanical
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