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Sir William Jackson Hooker
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Born July 6, 1785 • Norwich • England
Died August 12, 1865 (aged 80) • England
Notable Family Members son Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker
Subjects Of Study fern • algae • fungus • lichen

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Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker.
Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker
British botanist
Ferdinand Cohn
Ferdinand Cohn
German botanist
Frederick Orpen Bower, detail of an oil painting by Sir William Orpen; in the University of Glasgow Art Collections
Frederick Orpen Bower
English botanist
Carolus Linnaeus
Carolus Linnaeus
Swedish botanist
Nathanael Pringsheim.
Nathanael Pringsheim
German botanist
Bernard Ogilvie Dodge
American botanist
Albert Francis Blakeslee
American botanist
Heinrich Anton de Bary
German botanist
Douglas Campbell
Douglas Houghton Campbell
American botanist
Elias Fries
Elias Fries
Swedish botanist
Gustave-Adolphe Thuret
French botanist
J.C. Arthur
American botanist
Farlow
William Gilson Farlow
American botanist
William Hunter Kendal
British actor and manager
Charles Darwin
Charles Darwin
British naturalist
D.H. Lawrence
D.H. Lawrence
English writer
David Garrick as Richard III
David Garrick
English actor, poet, and producer
Florence Nightingale at the Barrack Hospital
Florence Nightingale
British nurse, statistician, and social reformer
William Laud
William Laud
archbishop of Canterbury
Lovell, Sir Bernard
Sir Bernard Lovell
English radio astronomer

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