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Sir William Jackson Hooker (* 6. Juli 1785 in Norwich; † 12. August 1865 in Kew) war ein britischer Botaniker. Sein offizielles botanisches Autorenkürzel lautet „ Hook. “ Hooker war Regius Professor für Botanik an der University of Glasgow und erster Direktor der Royal Botanic Gardens in Kew.
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.
- British
- Norwich School
- Founding the Herbarium at Kew
- Botany
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.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
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.
17. Mai 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 was named after his godfather William Jackson (1757–1789), his mother's cousin, and son of John Jackson (1710–1795), a wealthy brewer and farmer, three times mayor of Canterbury, Kent.
William Hooker was appointed as the first official director of the Royal Gardens, Kew in 1841. He considered that the gardens has been sadly neglected since Sir Joseph Banks had died in 1820, and was determined to transform it into a place of scientific excellence. He promptly started a programme of repairs, development, and expansion.
