Bright Sparcs
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Hooker, Joseph Dalton (1817 - 1911)FRS |
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Born: 30 June 1817 Halesworth, Suffolk, England. Died: 10 December 1911 Windlesham, Berkshire, England. | ||
(Sir) Joseph Dalton Hooker was Director of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew 1865-85 and author of "Flora Tasmaniae" (London, 1860). He visited Tasmania as a surgeon and botanist on James Ross's Antarctic Expedition 1839-42. |
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