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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...
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    by the British botanist Joseph Dalton Hooker and published in parts between 1844 and 1859 by Reeve Brothers in London. Hooker sailed on HMS Erebus as...
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    Erebus and Mount Terror, named after each ship. The young botanist Joseph Dalton Hooker made his name on the expedition. The expedition confirmed the existence...
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    Gerrardanthus macrorhizus (category Taxa named by Joseph Dalton Hooker)
    Gerrardanthus macrorhizus, also known as bigfoot, is a species of plant native to southern Africa. It is a popular pot plant. de Vosjoli, Philippe (2004)...
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    affinities of plants and animals in distant locations. Such scientists as Joseph Dalton Hooker noted puzzling geological, botanical, and zoological similarities...
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  • Hooker, M.D. (1816-1840) was a British physician and botanist, the son of Sir William Jackson Hooker and an elder brother to Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker...
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    three volumes between 1862 and 1883. George Bentham (1800–1884) and Joseph Dalton Hooker (1817–1911) were British botanists who were closely affiliated to...
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    Echium wildpretii (category Taxa named by Joseph Dalton Hooker)
    Echium wildpretii is a species of flowering plant in the family Boraginaceae. It is an herbaceous biennial plant that grows up to 3 m (10 ft) in height...
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  • Hawthorn Hooker (1867–1944), English statistician, son of Joseph Dalton Hooker Richard Hooker (1554–1600), Anglican theologian Richard Hooker (author)...
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    Anne's Church, Kew. His son, Joseph Dalton Hooker, succeeded him as Director of Kew Gardens. Hooker's father Joseph Hooker was related to the Baring family...
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