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Code	DS/UK/292
Name	Hooker; Sir; William Jackson (1785-1865); Knight; botanist
Dates and Places	b.6 Jul 1785, Norwich; d. 12 Aug 1865, Kew.
Surname	Hooker
Forenames	William Jackson
History	Elected to the Linnean Society in 1806. In 1820 Hooker was appointed Regius Professor of Botany at Glasgow University. Director of Kew, 1841-1865. Following Hooker's death his personal herbarium and library were offered for sale to the nation, and were purchased for Kew in 1866.
Rules	International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition - ICA 2004 ISBN 2-9521932-2-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997
Source	ODNB: https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/13699
	Ray Desmond's DICTIONARY OF BRITISH AND IRISH BOTANISTS AND HORTICULTURISTS (1994)
	VIAF: 46874997

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MCR/10/2/1	Ascension: Miscellaneous	31 Aug 1849-17 Mar 1894
MCR/15/16/6	Trinidad: Cultural products A-F	15 Feb 1856- 19 Jan 1904
MCR/1/11/1	Portugal, Azores etc.: Miscellaneous	4 Jan 1858-18 Jan 1922
MCR/1/1/48	Ireland: Miscellaneous	Nov 1841-15 Mar 1913
MCR/4/2/11	China: Plant collections, cultural products etc.	5 Oct 1853-31 Aug 1914
MCR/1/10/1	Southern Europe, Malta, etc: Miscellaneous	31 Dec 1860-14 Jun 1900
MCR/1/9/1	Italy, Spain etc: Miscellaneous	29 Jul 1859-2 Jul 1906
MCR/4/2/6	China Grass	31 May 1858-6 Dec 1889
MCR/15/16/7	Trinidad: Cultural products G-R	1834-21 Jan 1901
MCR/1/4/1	Russia: Miscellaneous	6 Oct 1857-25 Jul 1913
MCR/15/16/2	Trinidad: Botanic Garden	5 Dec 1857 - 24 Oct 1894
MCR/4/2/2	China: Economic Products	1861-11 Jan 1904
MCR/4/2/5	China: Foods, Medicines and Woods	Jun 1858-8 Jan 1914

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