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Tipo de entidad
Persona
Forma autorizada del nombre
Hooker, William Jackson, Sir
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Fechas de existencia
1785-1865
Historia
Sir 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. His son, Joseph Dalton Hooker, succeeded him as Director of Kew Gardens