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William Jackson Hooker
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English botanist and botanical illustrator (1785-1865)
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William Jackson Hooker (1785–1865) was a British botanist, university teacher, illustrator, and writer. Born in Norwich and deceased in Kew, he held citizenship in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the United Kingdom, and the Kingdom of Great Britain. His professional field encompassed botany and plant taxonomy. He was employed by the University of Glasgow and the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
Hooker’s doctoral advisor was James Edward Smith, and his student included Joseph Dalton Hooker. He was a member of the Royal Society, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, the Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities, and the Saint Petersburg Academy of Sciences. He received the award of Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
His notable work includes *Icones Plantarum*. He wrote in the English language. His works are held in the collection of the Minneapolis Institute of Art.
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 88
Top works
- Icones Plantarum or Figures, with Brief Descriptive Characters and Remarks, of New or Rare Plants, Selected from the Author's Herbarium. ; V. 22 (1894)
- Icones Plantarum or Figures, with Brief Descriptive Characters and Remarks, of New or Rare Plants, Selected from the Author's Herbarium. ; V. 24 (1895)
- Icones Plantarum
- Icones Plantarum or Figures, with Brief Descriptive Characters and Remarks, of New or Rare Plants, Selected from the Author's Herbarium. ; V. 20 (1891)
- Icones Plantarum or Figures, with Brief Descriptive Characters and Remarks, of New or Rare Plants, Selected from the Author's Herbarium. ; V. 10 (1854)
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Key facts
- Born
- 6 July 1785, Norwich , England, Great Britain
- Died
- 12 August 1865 (aged 80), London Borough of Richmond upon Thames , United Kingdom
- Alma mater
- Norwich School
- Known for
- Founding the Kew Herbarium
- Fields
- Botany
- Institutions
- Kew Gardens Royal Botanic Institution of Glasgow
- Author abbrev botany
- Hook.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Jackson
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of Great Britain
- Place of birth
- Norwich
- Place of death
- Kew
- Employer
- Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Doctoral advisor
- James Edward Smith
- Field of work
- plant taxonomy
- Image
- William Jackson Hooker by Spiridione Gambardella.jpg
- Number of children
- 5
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- member of
- Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
- Commons category
- William Jackson Hooker
- date of birth
- 1785-01-01
- date of death
- 1865-01-01
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- Commons gallery
- William Jackson Hooker
- name in native language
- William Jackson Hooker
- student
- Joseph Dalton Hooker
- has works in the collection
- Minneapolis Institute of Art
- writing language
- English language
- Commons Creator page
- William Jackson Hooker
- collection items at
- National Museum of Natural History
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Works in European collections
6 objects attributed to William Jackson Hooker, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
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Encyclopedic overview
William Jackson Hooker (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. 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 the study of natural history, particularly botany. He published his account of an expedition to Iceland in 1809, even though his notes and specimens were destroyed during his voyage home. He married Maria, the eldest daughter of the Norfolk banker Dawson Turner, in 1815, afterwards living in Halesworth for 11 years, where he established a herbarium that became renowned by botanists at the time.
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