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Joseph Dalton Hooker : botanist, explorer, and administrator / by W.B. Turrill.
Record no.:
3399
Author:
Turrill, W. B. (William Bertram), 1890-1961.;
Publisher:
London :: Thomas Nelson and Sons,
Year:
1963.
Series:
British men of science
Description:
xi, 228 pages, [12] pages of plates : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 21 cm
Subject:
Hooker, Joseph Dalton, Sir, 1817-1911.;
Hooker, Joseph Dalton, 1817-1911.;
Hooker, J. D. (Joseph Dalton), 1817-1911.;
Hooker, J. D. (Joseph Dalton), Sir, 1817-1911.;
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.;
Botanists - Great Britain - Biography.;
Notes:
Gift ; Nagle Library MacLeod Collection copy donated by Emeritus Professor Roy MacLeod.
Includes glossary.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Type:
Monograph
Abstract:
Machine derived contents note: 1 Botanical and Family Background 1 -- 2 The Antarctic Voyage is -- 3 Joseph Hooker as a Palaeobotanist 43 -- 4 Botanical Exploration in India 49 -- 5 Hooker and Darwinism 74 -- 6 Work at Kew while Assistant Director 99
-- 7 Director at Kew: Administration and Im- -- provement 122 -- 8 Director at Kew: Researches and Publications 141 -- 9 Life after Retirement 175 -- 10 The Personality of Joseph Dalton Hooker 187 -- 11 Joseph Hooker's Position in the History of -- Botany 208 -- Glossary 216 -- Bibliography 219.
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