Joseph Dalton Hooker

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Joseph Dalton Hooker

OM GCSI CB PRS
Sir; Joseph Dalton Hooker; OM GCSI CB PRS
	Hooker in 1897
Born	30 June 1817; Halesworth, Suffolk, United Kingdom
Died	10 December 1911 (aged 94); Sunningdale, Berkshire, United Kingdom
Alma mater	University of Glasgow
Spouse	Frances Harriet Henslow (m. 1851; died 1874) Hyacinth Symonds (m. 1875);
Awards	Clarke Medal (1885); Copley Medal (1887); Linnean Medal (1888); Darwin Medal (1892); Order of Merit (1907); Darwin–Wallace Medal (1908);
	Scientific career
Fields	Botany
Institutions	Kew Gardens
Author abbrev. (botany)	Hook.f.
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Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker OM GCSI CB PRS (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.

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