Joseph Dalton Hooker

1817 - 1911

Country of citizenship: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland

Languages spoken, written or signed: Latin, English

Occupation: botanist, explorer, pteridologist, bryologist, mycologist, surgeon, writer

Award received: Fellow of the Royal Society, Companion of the Order of the Bath, Copley Medal, Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts order, Royal Medal, Knight Commander of the Order of the Star of India, Knight Grand Commander of the Order of the Star of India, Darwin Medal, Albert Medal, Cothenius Medal, Darwin–Wallace Medal, Clarke Medal, Linnean Medal, Victoria Medal of Honour, Fellow of the Ethnological Society of London, Founder’s Medal, Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society Te Apārangi

Position held: President of the Royal Society

Student of: William Jackson Hooker

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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. Source: Wikipedia (en)