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Joseph Dalton Hooker
1817Jun, 30

Joseph Dalton Hooker

Joseph Dalton Hooker, English botanist and explorer (d. 1911)
Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker (30 June 1817 – 10 December 1911) was a British botanist and explorer in the 19th century. He was a founder of geographical botany and Charles Darwin's closest friend. For twenty 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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