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• SIR

SIR See also:

• JOSEPH
• JOSEPH, COMTE DE (1785-1870)
• JOSEPH, FATHER (FRANCOIS LECLERC DU TREMBLAY) (1577-1638)

JOSEPH See also:

• DALTON
• DALTON, JOHN (1766-1844)

DALTON See also:

• HOOKER, JOSEPH (1814–1879)
• HOOKER, RICHARD (1553-1600)
• SIR JOSEPH DALTON HOOKER (1817— English botanist and traveller, second son of the famous botanist Sir W.J.Hooker, was born on the 3oth of June 1817, at Halesworth, Suffolk. He was educated at Glasgow University, and almost immediately after taking his M.
• HOOKER, SIR WILLIAM JACKSON (1785–1865)
• HOOKER, THOMAS (1586–1647)

HOOKER (1817— See also:

• ENGLISH

English botanist and traveller, second son of the famous botanist Sir W.J.Hooker, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born on the 3oth of See also:

• JUNE

June 1817, at Halesworth, See also:

• SUFFOLK
• SUFFOLK, CHARLES BRANDON, 1ST DUKE OF (c. 1484–'545)
• SUFFOLK, EARLS AND DUKES OF
• SUFFOLK, THOMAS HOWARD, 1ST EARL OF (1561-1626)
• SUFFOLK, WILLIAM DE LA POLE

Suffolk. He was educated at See also:

• GLASGOW

Glasgow University, and almost immediately after taking his M.  D. degree there in 1839 joined See also:

• SIR

Sir See also:

• JAMES
• JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
• JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
• JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
• JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
• JAMES, EPISTLE OF
• JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
• JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
• JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
• JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
• JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
• JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)

James See also:

• ROSS
• ROSS, ALEXANDER (1699-1784)
• ROSS, GEORGE WILLIAM (1841- )
• ROSS, JOHN, or KOOESKOOWE (179o-1866)
• ROSS, ROBERT (1766-1814)
• ROSS, SIR HEW DALRYMPLE (1779-1868)
• ROSS, SIR JAMES CLARK (1800-1862)
• ROSS, SIR JOHN (1777-1856)

Ross's See also:

• ANTARCTIC
• ANTARCTIC (Gr. &vri, opposite, and apKTos, the Bear, the northern constellation of Ursa Major)

Antarctic expedition, receiving a See also:

• COMMISSION (from Lat. commissio, committere)

commission as assistant-surgeon on the "See also:

• EREBUS

Erebus." The botanical fruits of the three years he thus spent in the See also:

• SOUTHERN

Southern Seas were the See also:

• FLORA

Flora Antarctica, Flora Novae Zelandiae and Flora See also:

• TASMANIA

Tasmania), which he published on his return . His next expedition was to the See also:

• NORTHERN

northern frontiers of See also:

• INDIA
• INDIA, FRENCH

India (1847–1851), and the expenses in this See also:

• CASE
• CASE, JOHN (d. 1600)

case also were partially defrayed by the See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government . The party had its full See also:

• SHARE (O. Eng. scearu, chiefly in compounds, e.g. land-scearu, a share of land, from sceran to cut; cf. " shear" )

share of See also:

• ADVENTURE (from Lat. res adventura, a thing about to happen)

adventure . See also:

• HOOKER, JOSEPH (1814–1879)
• HOOKER, RICHARD (1553-1600)
• HOOKER, SIR JOSEPH DALTON (1817— English botanist and traveller, second son of the famous botanist Sir W.J.Hooker, was born on the 3oth of June 1817, at Halesworth, Suffolk. He was educated at Glasgow University, and almost immediately after taking his M.
• HOOKER, SIR WILLIAM JACKSON (1785–1865)
• HOOKER, THOMAS (1586–1647)

Hooker and his friend Dr See also:

• CAMPBELL, ALEXANDER (1788–1866)
• CAMPBELL, BEATRICE STELLA (Mrs PATRICK CAMPBELL) (1865– )
• CAMPBELL, GEORGE (1719–1796)
• CAMPBELL, JOHN
• CAMPBELL, JOHN (1708-1775)
• CAMPBELL, JOHN CAMPBELL, BARON (1779-1861)
• CAMPBELL, JOHN FRANCIS
• CAMPBELL, LEWIS (1830-1908)
• CAMPBELL, REGINALD JOHN (1867— )
• CAMPBELL, THOMAS (1777—1844)

Campbell were detained in See also:

• PRISON (derived through the Fr. from the Lat. prehensio, seizure)

prison for some See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time by the See also:

• RAJA

raja of See also:

• SIKKIM

Sikkim, but nevertheless they were able to bring back important results, both See also:

• GEOGRAPHICAL

geographical and botanical . Their survey of hitherto unexplored regions was published by the See also:

• CALCUTTA

Calcutta Trigonometrical Survey See also:

• OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")

Office, and their botanical observations formed the basis of elaborate See also:

• WORKS

works on the rhododendrons of the Sikkim See also:

• HIMALAYA

Himalaya and on the flora of India . Among other journeys undertaken by Hooker may be mentioned those to See also:

• PALESTINE

Palestine (186o), See also:

• MOROCCO

Morocco (1871), and the See also:

• UNITED

United States (1877), all yielding valuable scientific See also:

• INFORMATION (from Lat. informare, to give shape or form to, to represent, describe)

information . In the midst of all this travelling in See also:

• FOREIGN

foreign countries he quickly built up for himself a high scientific reputation at See also:

• HOME
• HOME, DANIEL DUNGLAS (1833-1886)
• HOME, EARLS OF

home . In 1855 he was appointed assistant-director of See also:

• KEW

Kew Gardens, and in 1865 he succeeded his See also:

• FATHER

father as full director, holding the See also:

• POST

post for twenty years . At the See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early See also:

• AGE (Fr. age, through late Lat. aetaticum, from aetas)

age of See also:

• THIRTY

thirty he was elected a See also:

• FELLOW

fellow of-the Royal Society, and in 1873 he was chosen its See also:

• PRESIDENT (Fr. president, from Lat. praesidens, post-Augustan Lat. for praeses, director, ruler, from praesidere, to sit in front of, preside)

president; he received three of its medals—a Royal in 1854, the See also:

• COPLEY, JOHN SINGLETON (1737—1815)

Copley in 1887 and the See also:

• DARWIN, CHARLES ROBERT (1809-1882)
• DARWIN, ERASMUS (1731-1802)

Darwin in 1892 . He acted as president of the See also:

• BRITISH

British Association at its See also:

• NORWICH
• NORWICH, GEORGE GORING, EARL OF (1583?-1663)

Norwich See also:

• MEETING (from " to meet," to come together, assemble, 0. Eng. metals ; cf. Du. moeten, Swed. mota, Goth. gamotjan, &c., derivatives of the Teut. word for a meeting, seen in O. Eng. Wit, moot, an assembly of the people; cf. witanagemot)

meeting of 1868, when his address was remarkable for its championship of Darwinian theories . Of Darwin, indeed, he was an early friend and sup-See also:

• PORTER
• PORTER, BENJAMIN CURTIS (1843– )
• PORTER, DAVID (1780-1843)
• PORTER, DAVID DIXON (1813-1891)
• PORTER, ENDYMION (1587–1649)
• PORTER, HENRY (ft. 1596-1599)
• PORTER, HORACE (1837– )
• PORTER, JANE (1776–1850)
• PORTER, MARY (d. 1765)
• PORTER, NOAH (1811–1892)

porter: it was he who, with See also:

• LYELL, SIR CHARLES (1797-1875)

Lyell, first induced Darwin to make his views public, and the author of The Origin of See also:

• SPECIES

Species has recorded his indebtedness to Hooker's wide knowledge and balanced See also:

• JUDGMENT

judgment . Sir See also:

• JOSEPH
• JOSEPH, COMTE DE (1785-1870)
• JOSEPH, FATHER (FRANCOIS LECLERC DU TREMBLAY) (1577-1638)

Joseph Hooker is the author of numerous scientific papers and monographs, and his larger books include, in addition to those already mentioned, a See also:

• STANDARD
• STANDARD, BATTLE OF THE

standard Student's Flora of the British Isies and a monumental See also:

• WORK

work, the Genera plantarusn, based on the collections at Kew, in which he had the assistance of See also:

• BENTHAM, GEORGE (1800-1884)
• BENTHAM, JEREMY (1748-1832)

Bentham .

On the publication of the last See also:

• PART

part of his Flora of British India in 1897 he was created G.C.S.I., of which See also:

• ORDER
• ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
• ORDER, HOLY

order he had been made a See also:

• KNIGHT, CHARLES (1791-1873)
• KNIGHT, DANIEL RIDGWAY (1845– )
• KNIGHT, JOHN BUXTON (1843–1908)

knight See also:

• COMMANDER

commander twenty years before; and twenty years later, on attaining the age of ninety, he was awarded the Order of Merit .