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BIOLOGIST

William Jackson Hooker

1785 - 1865

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Sir William Jackson Hooker (6 July 1785 – 12 August 1865) was an English botanist and botanical illustrator, who became the first director of Kew when in 1841 it was recommended to be placed under state ownership as a botanic garden. At Kew he founded the Herbarium and enlarged the gardens and arboretum. The standard author abbreviation Hook. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of William Jackson Hooker has received more than 126,733 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). William Jackson Hooker is the 436th most popular biologist (down from 433rd in 2019), the 2,412th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,266th in 2019) and the 65th most popular British Biologist.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, William Jackson Hooker ranks 436 out of 841. Before him are Henri Ernest Baillon, Imre Frivaldszky, Karl Gegenbaur, Heinrich Kuhl, Christian Gottfried Daniel Nees von Esenbeck, and Benedykt Dybowski. After him are Alfred Grandidier, Louis-Jean-Marie Daubenton, Jean-Pierre Changeux, Elisabeth Christina von Linné, Sewall Wright, and Marjorie Courtenay-Latimer.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1785, William Jackson Hooker ranks 35. Before him are Carl Adolph Agardh, Adam Sedgwick, Karl, Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, Victor de Broglie, Hermann, Fürst von Pückler-Muskau, and August Immanuel Bekker. After him are Shah Shujah Durrani, Vicente López y Planes, Agustín Gamarra, Nicholas Aylward Vigors, Francisco Antonio Pinto, and Anna Sundström. Among people deceased in 1865, William Jackson Hooker ranks 49. Before him are Adolph Kolping, James Barry, Heinrich Wilhelm Schott, Joseph Lebeau, Mary Surratt, and Ángel de Saavedra, 3rd Duke of Rivas. After him are Achille Valenciennes, Otto Ludwig, Nicholas Wiseman, Antonios Kriezis, Lewis Powell, and Kitsos Tzavelas.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, William Jackson Hooker ranks 2,412 out of 7,765. Before him are William Martin (1767), Chris Vance (1971), Eric Drummond, 7th Earl of Perth (1876), Philip Catherine (1942), Dorian Yates (1962), and Alfred Deller (1912). After him are May Whitty (1865), Dorothy Manley (1927), Fred West (1941), Cynegils (575), J. Stuart Blackton (1875), and John Madden (1949).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In United Kingdom

Among biologists born in United Kingdom, William Jackson Hooker ranks 65. Before him are Oldfield Thomas (1858), Francis Darwin (1848), William Aiton (1731), Edward Daniel Clarke (1769), George Bentham (1800), and William Curtis (1746). After him are Gregory Winter (1951), Richard Lydekker (1849), Reginald Punnett (1875), Samuel Frederick Gray (1766), Anna Russell (1807), and Patrick Manson (1844).

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