Sir Dr William Jackson Hooker DCL FRS LLD KH
(1785-1865)
creator of The Royal Botanical Gardens at Kew, Fellow of the Royal Society, Doctor of Law, Doctor of Civil Law, botanist, Professor of Botany, 1st director of The Royal Botanical Gardens at Kew, Knight Bachelor (from 1836), Knight of the Royal Guelphic Order (from 1836), and Director of Kew Gardens (from 1841)
Commemorated on 3 plaques
1785-1865 creator and first director of The Royal Botanical Gardens at Kew Sir William Jackson Hooker RH FRS LLD CDL the great botanist lived here
Hooker House, Quay Street, Halesworth, United Kingdom where they lived
Sir William Hooker 1785-1865 Sir Joseph Hooker 1817-1911 Botanists Directors of Kew Gardens lived here
49 Kew Green, Kew, London, United Kingdom where they lived
Sir William Jackson Hooker, Professor of Botany lived here
10 Woodside Crescent, G3 7UL, Glasgow, United Kingdom where they lived