Life and Letters of Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker O.M., G.C.S.I.
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 Indi...
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crcambridgeupr:10.1017/cbo9781139014540 2024-06-09T07:41:10+00:00 Life and Letters of Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker O.M., G.C.S.I. Hooker, Joseph Dalton Huxley, Leonard 2011 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/cbo9781139014540 unknown Cambridge University Press https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms ISBN 9781139014540 9781108031011 book 2011 crcambridgeupr https://doi.org/10.1017/cbo9781139014540 2024-05-15T13:02:28Z 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. Book Antarc* Antarctic Cambridge University Press Antarctic Hooker ENVELOPE(-62.050,-62.050,-63.283,-63.283) Huxley ENVELOPE(162.867,162.867,-77.850,-77.850) The Antarctic |
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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. |
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