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9781108031011

Life and Letters of Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker O.m., G.c.s.i.

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    9781108031011

  • ISBN10:

    1108031013

  • Edition: 1st
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2011-05-01
  • Publisher: Cambridge Univ Pr

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Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker (1817-1911) was one of the most eminent botanists of the later nineteenth century. Educated at Glasgow, he developed his studies of plant life by examining specimens all over the world. After several successful scientific expeditions, first to the Antarctic and later to India, he was appointed to succeed his father as Director of the Botanical Gardens at Kew. Hooker was the first to hear of and support Charles Darwin's theory of natural selection, and over their long friendship the two scientists exchanged many letters. Another close friend was the scientist T. H. Huxley, and it was the latter's son, Leonard (1860-1933), who published this standard biography in 1918. The first volume describes Hooker's early life and his career up to 1860. It includes many letters to Darwin as the two men discussed the new theories and the publication of On the Origin of Species.

Table of Contents

Economic botany and the new floras
Scientific work, 1860âÇô5
1860âÇô5: personal
Kew, St. Petersburg, and Marocco
Darwinian interests
The presidency of the Royal Society
The presidency (continued)
The Ayrton episode
Life and friendship at Kew
Loss and gain
America: and geographical distribution
End of the presidential term (1877âÇô8)
Kew: 1879âÇô85
Retirement, to 1897: botanical work
Retirement, to 1897: Darwiniana and other scientific interests
Retirement, to 1897: of books and opinions
Miscellaneous letters: 1886âÇô97
The 'Lion' letters
Final botanical work
Further problems of economic botany
Hooker's position as botanist F. O. Bower
Personalia: 1898âÇô1906
The last years
Appendices
Index
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