Sir Dr Joseph Dalton Hooker OM CB DCL PRS GCSI FRS LLD
(1817-1911)
Director of Kew Gardens, botanist, Doctor of Medicine, Doctor of Civil Law, Doctor of Law, Fellow of the Royal Society (from 1847), Companion of the Order of the Bath (from 1869), 32nd President of the Royal Society (1873-1878), Knight Commander of the Most Exalted Order of the Star of India (1877-1897), Knight Grand Commander of the Most Exalted Order of the Star of India (from 1897), and Order of Merit recipient (from 1907)
Died aged c. 94
Wikidata WikipediaSir Joseph Dalton Hooker OM GCSI CB PRS (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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Commemorated on 2 plaques
1817-1911 succeeded his father as director of Kew 1865 Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker OM GSCI CB FRS MD DCL LLD botanist born in this house
Hooker House, Quay Street, Halesworth, United Kingdom where they was born (1817)
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