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Joseph Dalton Hooker
Joseph Dalton Hooker · Henry Joseph Whitlock, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Person

Joseph Dalton Hooker

1817 – 1911 · aged 94

British botanist, lichenologist, and surgeon (1817–1911)

Born
30 Jun 1817 · Halesworth
Died
10 Dec 1911 · Sunningdale

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  1. 30 Jun 1817BornBorn in Halesworth
  2. 1854AwardRoyal Medal
  3. 1869AwardCompanion of the Order of the Bath
  4. 1870AwardHonorary Fellow of the Royal Society Te Apārangi
  5. 1873 – 1878RolePresident of the Royal Society
  6. 1883AwardAlbert Medal
  7. 1883AwardFounder’s Medal
  8. 1885AwardClarke Medal
  9. 1887AwardCopley Medal
  10. 1888AwardLinnean Medal
  11. 1892AwardDarwin Medal
  12. 1897AwardKnight Grand Commander of the Order of the Star of India
  13. 1897AwardVictoria Medal of Honour
  14. 1900AwardCothenius Medal
  15. 10 Dec 1911DiedDied in Sunningdale

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Meanwhile in the world

Major world events during their lifetime (1817 – 1911).

  1. 1853 – 1856Crimean War
  2. 1857 – 1858Indian Rebellion of 1857
  3. 1870 – 1871Franco-Prussian War
  4. 18961896 Summer Olympics
  5. 1898Spanish–American War
  6. 1904 – 1905Russo-Japanese War

Biography

Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker (30 June 1817 – 10 December 1911) was an English 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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