| Authorised form of name | Hooker; Sir; William Jackson (1785 - 1865); botanist |
| Dates | 1785 - 1865 |
| Nationality | British |
| Place of birth | Norwich, Norfolk, England |
| Date of birth | 06 July 1785 |
| Place of death | Kew, Surrey |
| Date of death | 12 August 1865 |
| Occupation | Botanist |
| Research field | Botany |
| Activity | Education:
Norwich School
Career:
Inherited landed property and devoted himself to natural science; made botanical excursions to Iceland (1809), France, Switzerland and Northern Italy (1814); Regius Professor of Botany, University of Glasgow (1820); first Director, Royal Botanic Gardens Kew (1841-1865), placed his vast botanical collections there; died of a disease of the throat
Honours:
Kt 1836
Memberships:
FLS
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 09/01/1812 |
| Relationships | Son of Joseph Hooker, in business in Norwich, and his wife Lydia; married (12 June 1815) Maria, eldest daughter of Dawson Turner (FRS 1802); father of Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker (FRS 1847) |
| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB; DSB
Obituaries:
Proc Roy Soc 1866-1867 vol 15 pp xxv-xxx
References:
Gudrun Richardson, 'A Norfolk Network within the Royal Society' in NR 2002 vol 56 pp 27-39, plate
R W Home, 'The Royal Society and the Empire: the colonial and Commonwealth Fellowship. Part 2. After 1847' in NR 2003 vol 57 pp 47-84 |
| Virtual International Authority File | http://viaf.org/viaf/46874997 |
| Code | NA3321 |
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| EC/1811/19 | Hooker, Sir William Jackson: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| MM/18/27 | Letter from Maull & Co to Walter White, Assistant Secretary, Royal Society | 23 April 1866 |
| MS/710/53 | Letter from William Jackson Hooker, Royal Gardens, Kew, to [Robert Were Fox] | 7 June 1856 |
| IM/Maull/002236 | Hooker, Sir William Jackson | nd |
| IM/Maull/005903 | Hooker, Sir William Jackson | nd |
| IM/005904 | Hooker, Sir William Jackson | nd |
| CMB/42/3/5 | Report by William J Hooker, Director of the Royal Gardens, Kew | June 1857 |
| IM/002239 | Hooker, Sir William Jackson | nd |
| IM/002238 | Hooker, Sir William Jackson | nd |
| M/254 | Hooker, Sir William Jackson | |
| IM/002237 | Hooker, Sir William Jackson | nd |
| MC/4/4 | Letter from [William Jackson] Hooker, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, to the Royal Society | 11 January 1844 |
| NLB/13/377 | Copy letter from Michael Foster, to Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker | 6 August 1896 |
| NLB/13/342 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker, Fellow of the Royal Society | 29 July 1896 |
| NLB/19/608 | Copy letter from the Secretary of the Royal Society, to Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker, Fellow of the Royal Society | 10 November 1899 |
| PT/58/12 | Paper, 'On the fructification of certain sphæriaceous fungi' by Frederick Currey | 13 May 1857 |
| MC/4/1 | Copy letter from [Gilbert Elliot, 2nd Earl of] Minto, to William [Jackson] Hooker | 4 January 1844 |
| MC/4 | Volume 4 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | 1844-1850 |
| MS/426/593 | Copy letter from W [William] Sharpey, Secretary of the Royal Society; to Captain [Francis] McClintock R N | 6 June 1857 |
| MS/257/2/312 | Letter from William Jackson Hooker, Glasgow to [James Clark] Ross | 28 March 1839 |
| S/0063 | Cameo of Hooker, William Jackson | |