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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1993-10-20 human Gavan McCarthy, Christine Moje updated 2025-12-16 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P000504b.htm person Hooker Joseph Dalton FRS AACR2 30 June 1817 10 December 1911 Place of Birth Halesworth, Suffolk, England Place of Death Windlesham, Berkshire, England Botanist Explorer Biogeographer Botanic gardens director Antarctic researcher Sir Joseph Hooker was a British botanist and explorer. After completing his medical degree, he joined the Naval Medical Service. From 1839-1843 he accompanied Captain James Ross's Antarctic expedition as surgeon and naturalist on H.M.S. Erebus. Hooker published his botanical explorations on that voyage in three large works: Flora Antarctica (1844-1847), Flora Novae-Zelandiae (1853-1855) and Flora Tasmaniae (1855-1860). These books remain a significant contribution to the study of southern plants, written in a critical period in the history of biology with the ascent of Darwinism. Tasmanian botanists Ronald Gunn and William Archer assisted with sending his large plant collections to Kew Gardens in London. Joseph Hooker named many plants and several eucalypts. He commemorated Ronald Gunn in naming Eucalyptus gunnii for him in 1844. Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker succeeded his father Sir William Jackson Hooker in 1865 as director of the Royal Botanic Gardens in Kew, London. 19 September 1839 4 September 1843 Career position - Assistant Surgeon, H.M.S. Erebus, British Antarctic Expedition 1840 1849 Career position - Corresponding Member, Tasmanian Natural History Society 1844 1844 Taxonomy event - Eucalyptus gunnii Hook.f. (= Eucalyptus ovata Labill.) 1847 1847 Taxonomy event - Eucalyptus vernicosa Hook.f. 1847 1847 Taxonomy event - Eucalyptus urnigera Hook.f. 1847 1847 Taxonomy event - Eucalyptus risdonii Hook.f. 1847 1847 Taxonomy event - Eucalyptus gigantea Hook.f. (= Eucalyptus delegatensis R.T.Bak. (1920)) 1847 1847 Taxonomy event - Eucalyptus coccifera Hook.f. 1855 1865 Career position - Assistant Director, Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew, England 1860 1860 Taxonomy event - Eucalyptus nitida Hook f. 1865 1885 Career position - Director, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, England 1885 1885 Award - Clarke Medal, Royal Society of New South Wales 1892 1892 Award - Darwin Medal, Royal Society of London Gunn, Ronald Campbell (1808 - 1881) Hooker, William Jackson (1785 - 1865)

William was Joseph's father

 H.M.S. Erebus, Royal Navy (1826 - 1848?)

Assistant Surgeon 1839 - 1843

 Tasmanian Natural History Society (1838 - 1849)

Corresponding Member 1840 - 1849

 British Antarctic Expedition [I] (1839 - 1843)

Assistant Surgeon, H.M.S. Erebus 1839 - 1843

 Franklin, Jane (1791 - 1875) Clarke Medal, Royal Society of New South Wales (1878 - )

Awarded the Medal 1885

 Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (1759 - ) 1855 1885

Assistant Director, 1855 -1865; Director, 1865-1885

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 'Hooker, Joseph Dalton', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Hooker, Joseph Dalton Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Book: Pioneer Plant Geography. The phytogeographical researches of Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker Turrill, W. B. Pioneer Plant Geography. The phytogeographical researches of Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker The Hague 1953 Book: Genera plantarum ad exemplaria imprimis in herbariis kewensibus servata definata Bentham, George and Hooker, Joseph Dalton Genera plantarum ad exemplaria imprimis in herbariis kewensibus servata definata London Reeve & Co. 1862-83 Journal Article: J.D. Hooker, George Bentham, Asa Gray and Ferdinand Mueller on Species Limits in Theory and Practice: a Mid-Nineteenth-Century Debate and its Repercussions Stevens, P.F. J.D. Hooker, George Bentham, Asa Gray and Ferdinand Mueller on Species Limits in Theory and Practice: a Mid-Nineteenth-Century Debate and its Repercussions 1997 Historical Records of Australian Science 11 3 335-344 Journal Article: Sir Joseph Hooker. Presidential Address. Maiden, J. H. Sir Joseph Hooker. Presidential Address. 1912 Journal and Proceedings of The Royal Society of New South Wales xivi 3-6 Book: Life and Letters of Sir J. D. Hooker Huxley, L Life and Letters of Sir J. D. Hooker 1918 London John Murray 1918 Book Section: Hooker, Sir Joseph Dalton (1817-1911), botanist and explorer Curtis, Winifred M. Hooker, Sir Joseph Dalton (1817-1911), botanist and explorer Melbourne Melbourne University Press 1972 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 4: 1851 - 1890 D-J Douglas Pike 416-417 Edited Book: My Dear Hector: Letters from Joseph Dalton Hooker to James Hector, 1862-1893 Yaldwyn, John and Hobbs, Juliet My Dear Hector: Letters from Joseph Dalton Hooker to James Hector, 1862-1893 Wellington Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa 1998 Book: Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker, Traveller and Plant Collector Desmond, Ray Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker, Traveller and Plant Collector London Antique Collectors Club in association with The Royal Horticultural Society, Kew 1999 Review: Historical Records of Australian Science Ducker, Sophie C. 2001 Historical Records of Australian Science 13 3 359-361 Journal Article: A Brief History of Lichenology in Tasmania, Australia Kantvilas, G. A Brief History of Lichenology in Tasmania, Australia 1983 Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 117 41-52 Book: The botany of the Antarctic voyage of H.M. discovery ships Erebus and Terror, in the years 1839-1843, part 1: flora antarctica Hooker, Joseph Dalton Sir The botany of the Antarctic voyage of H.M. discovery ships Erebus and Terror, in the years 1839-1843, part 1: flora antarctica London Reeve 1844 - 1847 Journal Article: George Bentham, FRS Hooker, J. D. George Bentham, FRS 1898 Annals of Botany 12 Journal Article: Review of 'George Bentham' Hooker, J. D. Review of 'George Bentham' 1906 Kew Bulletin 106 Book: The botany of the Antarctic voyage of H.M. discovery ships Erebus and Terror in the years 1839 - 1843, part 2: flora novae-zealandiea Hooker, J. D. The botany of the Antarctic voyage of H.M. discovery ships Erebus and Terror in the years 1839 - 1843, part 2: flora novae-zealandiea London Reeve Bros 1852 - 1855 Book: The botany of the Antarctic voyage of H.M. discovery ships Erebus and Terror in the years 1839 - 1843, part 3: flora tasmaniae Hooker, J. D. The botany of the Antarctic voyage of H.M. discovery ships Erebus and Terror in the years 1839 - 1843, part 3: flora tasmaniae London Reeve Bros 1855 - 1859 Book: On the Flora of Australia: its Origin, Affinities, and Distribution Hooker, Joseph Dalton On the Flora of Australia: its Origin, Affinities, and Distribution London Lovell-Reeve 1859 Journal Article: "A Correspondence Long Interrupted": Ronald Gunn Re-establishes Contact with Joseph Hooker in 1870 Earp, Clem "A Correspondence Long Interrupted": Ronald Gunn Re-establishes Contact with Joseph Hooker in 1870 2014 The Victorian naturalist 131 6 204-6 Conference Paper: Joseph Dalton Hooker and Tasmanian flora Jack, Sybil Joseph Dalton Hooker and Tasmanian flora Canberra Centre for Resource and Environmental Studies 2022 Australia's ever-changing forests V: proceedings of the fifth National Conference in Australian Forest History Dargavel, J. Gaughwin, D. and Libbis, D. 73-84 Book: Darwin's Armada McCalman, Iain, Darwin's Armada Camberwell (Vic.) Viking 2009 Journal Article: Colonial Correspondents and Joseph Dalton Hooker Hansen, Anita Colonial Correspondents and Joseph Dalton Hooker 2013 Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 147 33-40 Journal Article: Joseph Hooker, Charles Knight and the commissioning of New Zealand's first popular flora: Hooker's Handbook of the New Zealand Flora (1864-1867) Galloway, D. J. Joseph Hooker, Charles Knight and the commissioning of New Zealand's first popular flora: Hooker's Handbook of the New Zealand Flora (1864-1867) 1998 Tuhinga 10 31-62 Book: A Man Tenax Propositi: Transcriptions of Letters from Charles Knight to William Jackson Hooker and Joseph Dalton Hooker Between 1852 and 1883 Galloway, David J. A Man Tenax Propositi: Transcriptions of Letters from Charles Knight to William Jackson Hooker and Joseph Dalton Hooker Between 1852 and 1883 [Wellington] Geoscience Society of New Zealand 2013 Book: The Correspondence of Julius Haast and Joseph Dalton Hooker, 1861-1886 Nolden, Sascha, Nathan, Simon and Mildenhall, Esme The Correspondence of Julius Haast and Joseph Dalton Hooker, 1861-1886 [Wellington] Geoscience Society of New Zealand 2013 Journal Article: Animals, Joseph Dalton Hooker and the Ross expedition to Antarctica, 1839 - 1843 Jones, Cam Sharp Animals, Joseph Dalton Hooker and the Ross expedition to Antarctica, 1839 - 1843 2020 Journal of maritime research 22 1 25-40 Thesis: Flora Tasmaniae: Tasmanian Naturalists and Imperial Botany, 1829-1860 Cave, Eleanor Catherine Flora Tasmaniae: Tasmanian Naturalists and Imperial Botany, 1829-1860 University of Tasmania 2012 Book: The magnetism of Antarctica: the Ross Expedition 1839 - 1843 Knight, John The magnetism of Antarctica: the Ross Expedition 1839 - 1843 Dunbeath, U.K. Whittles Publishing 2023 Journal Article: "My dear Hooker": the botanical landscape in colonial New Zealand Rice, Rebecca "My dear Hooker": the botanical landscape in colonial New Zealand 2020 Museum history journal 13 1 20-41 Journal Article: "From having no herbarium." Local knowledge versus metropolitan expertise: Joseph Hooker's Australasian correspondence with William Colenso and Ronald Gunn Endersby, J. "From having no herbarium." Local knowledge versus metropolitan expertise: Joseph Hooker's Australasian correspondence with William Colenso and Ronald Gunn 2001 Pacific science 55 4 343-58 Book: Erebus: the story of a ship Palin, Michael Erebus: the story of a ship London Arrow Books 2018 Journal Article: Ronald Gunn's Tasmanian "agrostid" grass collections (Poaceae) Brown, Austin J. Ronald Gunn's Tasmanian "agrostid" grass collections (Poaceae) 2022 Muelleria 40 57-131 Journal Article: Disposing of John Lindley's Library and Herbarium: the Offer to Australia Lucas, Arthur M. Disposing of John Lindley's Library and Herbarium: the Offer to Australia 2008 Archives of Natural History 35 1 15-70 Journal Article: Australian and Indian Plants: Making Connexions in Nineteenth-Century Botany Maroske, Sara Australian and Indian Plants: Making Connexions in Nineteenth-Century Botany 2012 Historical Records of Australian Science 23 2 107-29 Book: My Dear Hooker: Transcriptions of Letters From James Hector to Joseph Dalton Hooker Between 1860 and 1898 Burns, Rowan and Nathan, Simon My Dear Hooker: Transcriptions of Letters From James Hector to Joseph Dalton Hooker Between 1860 and 1898 Lower Hutt, N.Z. Geoscience Society of New Zealand 2012 Book: Botanists of the Eucalypts: short biographies of people who have named eucalypts, whose names have been given to species or who have collected type material Hall, Norman Botanists of the Eucalypts: short biographies of people who have named eucalypts, whose names have been given to species or who have collected type material Melbourne CSIRO 1978

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 Book: The greater prize than gold: Augustus Oldfield, nineteenth century botanical collector and ethnographer Henderson, M. Helen; and Henderson, William G. The greater prize than gold: Augustus Oldfield, nineteenth century botanical collector and ethnographer Perth, W.A. The Book Reality Experience 2018 Resource: Australian Plant Name Index (APNI) Australian Plant Name Index (APNI) Australian National Botanic Gardens 2012 Book: A very secret trade: the dark story of gentlemen collectors in Tasmania Pybus, Cassandra A very secret trade: the dark story of gentlemen collectors in Tasmania Sydney Allen & Unwin 2024 Joseph Dalton Hooker - Records Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales Joseph Dalton Hooker - Records ML DOC 1122 1839 - 1907 ALS to E. Lankester 15 July 1907 regarding drawings of marine animals which he made on Ross's Antarctic Expedition 1839-41 [1 item, ML DOC 1122]. 1 item Joseph Dalton Hooker - Records National Herbarium, Melbourne Joseph Dalton Hooker - Records MSS M3 1857 - 1896 A collection of 96 letters to F. Mueller 1857-76, about Australian botany and the authorship, progress and administrative details of "Flora Australiensis ...". 96 items