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22 mag 2024 · Henry Shaw, Founder. His name was Henry Shaw and in 1856 he wrote to Sir William Jackson Hooker - a complete stranger addressing the Director of the foremost Botanic Garden in the world (Kew of course!), seeking advice on his plans for a botanic garden in Missouri.
2 mag 2024 · Sir William Jackson Hooker KH FRS FRSE FLS DCL (6 juli 1785 - 12 augustus 1865) was een Engelse botanicus en botanisch illustrator, die de eerste directeur van Kew werd toen het in 1841 werd aanbevolen om het als botanische tuin onder staatseigendom te plaatsen .
16 mag 2024 · But in 1828, English botanist William Jackson Hooker separated it into a new genus of over 120 known species. Hooker was also the one who named Encyclia viridiflora the type species. One feature that differentiates one from the other is the flower’s lip.
6 giorni fa · This is a list of natural history museums whose exhibits focus on the subject of natural history, including such topics as animals, plants, ecosystems, geology, paleontology, and climatology.
20 mag 2024 · As of 29 October 2023, 1213 players have played rugby union for New Zealand's national team, known since 1905 as the All Blacks. The first New Zealand representative match was played in May 1884 against a Wellington XV prior to the New Zealand team's departure for their tour of New South Wales. [1] This side predates the formation of the New ...
4 giorni fa · Dillwyn is credited with discovering several species of the Conferva genus. Among the botanical illustrators of The British Confervae are the artists William Jackson Hooker, Ellen Hutchins and William Weston Young. He was elected in 1804 as a Fellow of the Royal Society. In 1817 he temporarily retired from the pottery.
4 giorni fa · JDH's wife Frances has returned from Down House & is still unwell. JDH recounts the current whereabouts & activities of his children: Harriet Anne Hooker is in Cheltenham with her great aunt, William Henslow Hooker continues with the fiddle, & Charles Paget Hooker has spent his holiday with Barnard at Cheltenham.
