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Joseph Dalton Hooker
Sign in to saveAlso known as Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker, Joseph Hooker, Sir Joseph Hooker, Hook.f., Sir Hooker, J.D. Hooker
British botanist, lichenologist, and surgeon (1817–1911)
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1817
- Died
- 1911
- Works
- 213
Top works
- An epitome of the British Indian species of Impatiens
- Mr. John Ball, F.R.S.
- Address of ..., the president, delivered at the anniversary meeting of the Royal Society, on Friday, November 30, 1877
- My dear Hector
- On the cedars of Lebanon, Taurus, Algeria and India
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1917-08-22
- Active to
- 2001-06-21
Discography
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- You Only Look Once: Unified, Real-Time Object Detection
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- SciPy 1.0: fundamental algorithms for scientific computing in Python
· 2020 · cited 36,474x
- Naturalistic inquiry
· 1985 · cited 34,749x
- When to use and how to report the results of PLS-SEM
· 2019 · cited 21,472x
- CONFIDENCE LIMITS ON PHYLOGENIES: AN APPROACH USING THE BOOTSTRAP
· 1985 · cited 19,718x
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1817-06-30 ) 30 June 1817, Halesworth , Suffolk, England
- Died
- 10 December 1911 (1911-12-10) (aged 94), Sunningdale , Berkshire, England
- Alma mater
- University of Glasgow
- Spouse
- Frances Harriet Henslow ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1851 ; died 1874 ) Hyacinth Symonds ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1875 )
- Children
- 9, including Harriet and Reginald
- Awards
- Clarke Medal (1885) Copley Medal (1887) Linnean Medal (1888) Darwin Medal (1892) Order of Merit (1907) Darwin–Wallace Medal (1908)
- Fields
- Botany
- Institutions
- Kew Gardens
- Author abbrev botany
- Hook.f.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Dalton
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Place of birth
- Halesworth
- Place of death
- Sunningdale
- Father
- William Jackson Hooker
- Educated at
- University of Glasgow
- Employer
- British Geological Survey
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Student of
- William Jackson Hooker
- Field of work
- botany
- Image
- J.D. Hooker-72.jpg
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- Commons category
- Joseph Dalton Hooker
- member of
- Academy of Sciences of Turin
- honorific prefix
- Sir
- date of birth
- 1817-00-00
- date of death
- 1911-01-01
- Commons gallery
- Joseph Dalton Hooker
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- Commons Creator page
- Joseph Dalton Hooker
- relative
- George Henslow
- name in native language
- Joseph Dalton Hooker
- writing language
- English language
- P6944
- Joseph Dalton Hooker
- archives at
- Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
- has works in the collection
- Victoria and Albert Museum
- contributed to creative work
- Popular Science
- P8168
- Vigilante cura
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Encyclopedic overview
Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker (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 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.
Biography
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