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Joseph Dalton Hooker
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Joseph Dalton Hooker

Author · born June 30, 1817 · died 1911

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Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker was an English botanist and explorer in the 19th century. He was a founder of geographical botany and Charles Darwin's closest friend.

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  1. ~37Received the Royal Medal1854
  2. ~70Received the Copley Medal1887
  3. ~71Received the Linnean Medal1888
  4. ~75Received the Darwin Medal1892

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