botanist
Joseph Dalton Hooker.
British botanist, lichenologist, and surgeon (1817–1911)
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About Joseph Dalton Hooker
Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker was an English botanist and explorer in the 19th century. He was a founder of geographical botany and Charles Darwin's closest friend. For 20 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.
Everything about Joseph Dalton Hooker →- Occupation
- botanist, explorer, pteridologist, bryologist
- Position held
- President of the Royal Society
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Born
- June 30, 1817, 1817
- Died
- December 10, 1911, 1911