William Jackson Hooker
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title:
William Jackson Hooker
text:
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
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18th/19th-century English botanist
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Jackson_Hooker
date created:
2003-12-12T14:52:46Z
date modified:
2024-08-29T15:47:04Z
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