Joseph Dalton Hooker

Description: (British Botanist, Explorer and Founder of Geographical Botany)
British botanist Joseph Dalton Hooker is remembered as one of Charles Darwin’s greatest supporters. The man who is known as the pioneer of geographical botany, Hooker followed in the footsteps of his botanist father. The Copley Medal winner is also known for his iconic work Genera Plantarum.

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Birthday June 30, 1817 (Cancer)
Born In Halesworth, Suffolk, England
Died on December 10, 1911
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