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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
· 2016 · cited 40,242x
- 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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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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