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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1993-10-20 human Gavan McCarthy; Christine Moje updated 2025-06-13 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P002126b.htm person Hooker William Jackson AACR2 6 July 1785 12 August 1865 Place of Birth Norwich, England Place of Death London, England Botanist Botanic gardens director William Hooker was the first director of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew from 1841 to 1865. He assembled an herbarium of specimens from all parts of the world, and made Kew a focus for the collection of botanical specimens from Australia. His son Joseph Dalton Hooker also became a prominent botanist, succeeding William as Director of the Gardens upon his death in 1865. Between them they classified over 200 species of Tasmanian plants. 1841 1865 Career position - Director, Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, England 1842 1842 Taxonomy event - Eucalyptus macrocarpa Hook. 1843 1843 Taxonomy event - Eucalyptus splachnicarpa Hook. (= Corymbia calophylla (Lindl.) K.D.Hill & L.A.S.Johnson (1995)) 1844 1844 Taxonomy event - Eucalyptus spathulata Hook. 1844 1844 Taxonomy event - Eucalyptus maculata Hook. (= Corymbia maculata (Hook.) K.D.Hill & L.A.S.Johnson (1995)) 1848 1848 Taxonomy event - Eucalyptus citriodora Hook. 1848 1848 Taxonomy event - Eucalyptus bicolor A.Cunn. ex Hook. (= E. largiflorens F. Muell. (1855)) 1852 1852 Taxonomy event - Eucalyptus platypus Hook. 1934 1934 Taxonomy event - Eucalyptus camaldulensis Dehnh. var. acuminata (Hook.) Blakely Hooker, Joseph Dalton (1817 - 1911)

William was Joseph's father

 Armstrong, John ( - 1847)

John Armstrong collected Australian and Timorese botanical material for William Hooker 1838-1864

 Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (1759 - )

Director 1841-1885

 Gunn, Ronald Campbell (1808 - 1881)

Correspondent and supplier of specimens

 Franklin, John (1786 - 1847) Milligan, Joseph (1807 - 1884)

Correspondent and supplier of specimens

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 Hooker, William Jackson (1785-1865)

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 'Hooker, William Jackson', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Hooker, William Jackson Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Resource: The correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller Home, R. W.; Lucas, A.M.; Maroske, Sara, Sinkora, D.M.; Voigt, J.H.; and Wells, M. [eds] The correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller Melbourne, Victoria Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne 2023 Journal Article: Mr Swainson's botanical report, principally relating to the eucalypti and casuarinae of Victoria, New Holland Hooker, W. J. Mr Swainson's botanical report, principally relating to the eucalypti and casuarinae of Victoria, New Holland 1854 Hooker’s journal of botany and Kew Garden miscellany 6 186-90 Journal Article: Ferdinand Mueller, Government Botanist: the role of William Hooker in his appointment Cohn, Helen M. Ferdinand Mueller, Government Botanist: the role of William Hooker in his appointment 1989 Muelleria 7 99-102 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 Section: "The Whole Great Continent as a Present": Nineteenth-century Australian Women Workers in Science Maroske, Sara "The Whole Great Continent as a Present": Nineteenth-century Australian Women Workers in Science Melbourne Text Publishing Company 1993 On the Edge of Discovery: Australian Women in Science Farley Kelly 13-34 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 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 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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 Ronald Campbell Gunn - Records Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, Community History Collection Ronald Campbell Gunn - Records 1800 - 1850 Microfilm of letters to William Hooker, Director of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, England c1800-50 from originals at Kew. Microform Ronald Campbell Gunn - Records Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales Ronald Campbell Gunn - Records A 316 c. 1833 - c. 1854 Includes: accounts of collecting expeditions, lists, notes, and correspondence relating to botanical specimens; narrative of an excursion into the interior of Van Diemen's Land from Launceston, January 1833, including descriptions of vegetation, the terrain, emus, and kangaroo hunting; cruise with the Franklins along the north coast of D'Entrecasteaux Channel, 10-21 December 1838; account of collecting trips for March and October 1844 and descriptions of plants with botanical names in Latin; correspondence, correspondents include Gunn, W.J. Hooker (Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew), Joseph Milligan, Joseph Allport, "Will Auhuss"? [William Archer Jnr], and discussion of legal matters relating to colonial property [possibly from Lady Franklin]; many letters commence with "My Dear Gunn" but are unsigned. One letter contains sketches of orchids Lists and notes List of plants, seeds, etc. in the Botanic Garden Melbourne Catalogue of plants received from Miss Readknight, Mr R. Burke, and Mr J.G. Robertson List of duplicates sent to Hooker, 1846 John Franklin - Records Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, Community History Collection John Franklin - Records 1800 - 1847 Microfilm of letters to William Hooker, Director of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, England 1800-47 from originals held at Kew Gardens. William Jackson Hooker - Records National Herbarium, Melbourne William Jackson Hooker - Records MSS M2 1854 - 1863 Letters written by Hooker at Kew to F. Mueller about Australian botany, and the authorship, progress and administrative details of the "Flora Australiensis …"; Hooker's pamphlet "Colonial floras" (1863); overall dates 1854-63. 2 files and 2 items Linnean Society of London - Records Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales Linnean Society of London - Records FM 4/2699 1792 - 1870 Correspondence, 1805-1870, and manuscripts, 1792-1861. Microfilm John MacGillivray - Records National Library of Australia Manuscript Collection John MacGillivray - Records mfm G 1881 1844 - 1855 Includes: "Voyage of H. M. S. Rattlesnake. Correspondence 1847-1849" containing copies of letters on natural history to Professor Edward Forbes 1847-1849, John Gould 1848-1849, Sir William J. Hooker 1848-1849, Dr. J. D. Hooker 1848 and Adam White 1848; Notebook containing notes on natural history of Cape York and Northern Australia; "Voyage of H.M.S. Herald under the command of Captain H. Mangles Denham R.N., being private Journal kept by John MacGillivray, naturalist" 21 February 1852 - January 1855. Also included are extracts from Mr. Calvert's manuscript 26 July 1853. The journal is illustrated with small sketches. 1 reel Microfilm Corymbia citriodora (Hook.) K.D.Hill & L.A.S.Johnson (1995), Lemon-scented Gum, detail of bark Corymbia citriodora (Hook.) K.D.Hill & L.A.S.Johnson (1995), Lemon-scented Gum, detail of bark 23 January 2013 Gavan McCarthy, Christine Moje, Ailie Smith Corymbia citriodora (Hook.) K.D.Hill & L.A.S.Johnson (1995), Lemon-scented Gum Corymbia citriodora (Hook.) K.D.Hill & L.A.S.Johnson (1995), Lemon-scented Gum 23 January 2013 Gavan McCarthy, Christine Moje, Ailie Smith

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