Risultati di ricerca
22 giu 2017 · Joseph Dalton Hooker, born 200 years ago this month, made extraordinary contributions to science over a life (1817–1911) that spanned the Victorian era and beyond.
Joseph Dalton Hooker war der zweite Sohn von William Jackson Hooker und dessen Frau Maria Sarah Turner (1797–1872). Er besuchte gemeinsam mit seinem älteren Bruder William zunächst die Glasgow High School. 1832 begannen beide an der University of Glasgow zu studieren.
Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker was one of the most important botanists of the 19th century and Kew Gardens' most illustrious Director (1865-1885). 30 June 2017 is the bicentenary of Hooker's birth. In honor of this event, a new exhibition at The Shirley Sherwood Gallery of Botanical Art at Kew Gardens, ‘Joseph Hooker: Putting plants in their place ...
27 giu 2018 · Joseph Dalton Hooker was one of the leading British botanists of the late nineteenth century. He was born in Halesworth, Sussex, and was the son of another great British botanist, Sir William Jackson Hooker (1785-1865). Hooker graduated with a degree in medicine from Glasgow University, where his father was a professor of botany.
The 1400 letters exchanged between Darwin and Joseph Dalton Hooker (1817-1911) account for around 10% of Darwin’s surviving correspondence and provide a structure within which all the other letters can be explored. They are a connecting thread that spans forty years of Darwin’s mature working life from 1843 until his death in 1882 and bring into sharp focus every aspect of Darwin’s ...
Joseph Dalton Hooker, né le 30 juin 1817 à Halesworth et mort le 10 décembre 1911 à Sunningdale, est un explorateur et botaniste britannique. Il est notamment connu pour son ouvrage Genera plantarum et pour avoir soutenu Charles Darwin , l'incitant à publier ses théories.
Joseph Dalton Hooker (Halesworth , 30 juni 1817 – Sunningdale , 10 december 1911) was een Britse botanicus. Hij was de tweede en jongste zoon van Maria en William Jackson Hooker . Op zevenjarige leeftijd bezocht hij al regelmatig de colleges botanie die zijn vader gaf bij de University of Glasgow .
