HOOKER, SIR WILLIAM

HOOKER, SIR WILLIAM
   botanist, born at Norwich; was professor of Botany in Glasgow from 1820 to 1841, after which he held the post of Director of Kew Gardens; his writings in botany are numerous (1785-1865).

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