William Jackson Hooker was an English botanist and botanical illustrator, who became the first director of Kew when in 1841 it was recommended to be placed under state ownership as a botanic garden. At Kew he founded the Herbarium and enlarged the gardens and arboretum. The standard author abbreviation Hook. is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.

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Occupation: botanist, university teacher, illustrator, pteridologist
Position held: Regius Professor of Botany
Citizenship: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, United Kingdom, Kingdom of Great Britain
Born: July 6, 1785, 1785

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William Jackson Hooker

English botanist and botanical illustrator (1785-1865)

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About William Jackson Hooker

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Occupation: botanist, university teacher, illustrator, pteridologist
Position held: Regius Professor of Botany
Citizenship: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, United Kingdom, Kingdom of Great Britain
Born: July 6, 1785, 1785

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August 12, 1865, 1865

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