Life and Letters of Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker O.M., G.C.S.I.

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Joseph Dalton Hooker

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Paperback / softback

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Cambridge Library Collection - Botany and Horticulture

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Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker (1817–1911) was one of the most eminent botanists of the later nineteenth century. Educated at Glasgow, he developed his studies of plant life by examining specimens all over the world. After several successful scientific expeditions, first to the Antarctic and later to India, he was appointed to succeed his father as Director of the Botanical Gardens at Kew. Hooker was the first to hear of and support Charles Darwin's theory of natural selection, and over their long friendship the two scientists exchanged many letters. Another close friend was the scientist T. H. Huxley, and it was the latter's son, Leonard (1860–1933), who published this standard biography in 1918. The second volume details Hooker's management of Kew, his later travels, and the end of his long life.

Release date NZ

May 1st, 2011

Author

Joseph Dalton Hooker

Audience

Professional & Vocational

Contributor

Edited by Leonard Huxley

Illustrations

5 Plates, black and white

Pages

592

Series

Cambridge Library Collection - Botany and Horticulture

Dimensions

33x216x140

ISBN-13

9781108031011

Product ID

10394014

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