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Sir William Jackson Hooker KH FRS FRSE FLS DCL (6 July 1785 – 12 August 1865) 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.
William Jackson Hooker (Norwich, 6 de Julho de 1785 — Londres, 12 de Agosto de 1865), sócio da Royal Society de Londres, foi um botânico e sistemata, especialista em micologia e em criptogâmicas, que se celebrizou como director dos Royal Gardens de Kew, instituição que dirigiu na fase decisiva do seu desenvolvimento inicial ...
Sir William Jackson Hooker (born July 6, 1785, Norwich, Norfolk, England—died August 12, 1865, Kew, Surrey) was an English botanist who was the first director of the Royal Botanic Gardens (Kew Gardens), near London. He greatly advanced the knowledge of ferns, algae, lichens, and fungi as well as of higher plants.
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17 de mai. de 2018 · Hooker, Sir William Jackson (1785–1865) A British botanist and authority on cryptogamic botany, who became the first director (1841–65) of the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew. He studied the botany of Iceland (1809) and of France, Switzerland, and northern Italy (1814).
William Jackson Hooker in c.1864. This is an incomplete list of works by William Jackson Hooker KH FRS FRSE FLS DCL (6 July 1785 – 12 August 1865), an English botanist and botanical illustrator, who became the first director of Kew when in 1831 it was recommended to be placed under state ownership as a botanic garden.
Home > The Explorers > Sir William Jackson Hooker. Sir William Jackson Hooker (1785-1865) B orn in Norwich, England, on July 6 th, 1785, died in London, England, on August 12 th, 1865. Director of the Royal Gardens at Kew and father of Joseph Dalton Hooker.
Early career. After he left school around 1802, William Jackson Hooker learned about estate management at Starston Hall in Norfolk. Following his interest in natural history, he met the leading naturalists in Norfolk and Suffolk, including Sir James Edward Smith (born 1759, died 1828) and Dawson Turner (born 1775, died 1858).
