CodeGB/110/1/38
Dates1785-1865
Person NameHooker; Sir; William Jackson (1785-1865); Knight; botanist
SurnameHooker
ForenamesWilliam Jackson
PreTitleSir
TitleKnight
Epithetbotanist
ActivityLLD Glasgow. DCL Oxford. FRS 1812. FLS 1806. Knight of Hanover, 1836. Collected plants in Iceland, 1809. Professor of Botany, Glasgow, 1820. Knighted in 1836 in Royal Guelphic Order. Director of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, 1841-1865.

Herbarium, manuscripts and letters at Kew. Letters at Natural History Museum and Linnean Society.
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