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Dictionary of Indian Biography G to I
Date transcribed | 2011-04-00 | Transcribed by | Peter Bailey | Comment | Note that notables of Indian, Afghan, etc. origin do not always follow the alphabetical name pattern established by Buckland in his original work. |
| Surnames | Hooker | | First Name(s) | Joseph Dalton | | Titles | Sir | | Year of Birth | 1817 | | Entry | Born June 30, 1817 : son of Sir William Jackson Hooker : educated at High School and University of Glasgow : joined R.N. Medical Department : served as Surgeon and Naturalist in H.M.S. Erebus in Antarctic expedition under Sir James Ross, 1839-43 : brought out a series of volumes on the botany of the Antarctic regions : visited the Himalayas on the North of Sikhim, and was badly treated, being kept a prisoner, by the Sikhim authorities : also visited the Khasia hills as naturalist, 1847-51 : made botanical collections of great value : visited Syria and Palestine, 1860 : Morocco, 1871 : the Rocky Mountains, 1877 : served as Assistant Director and Director of Kew Gardens, 1855-85 : C.B., 1869 : K.C.S.I., 1877 : G.C.S.I., 1897 : author of Himalayan Joumals, The Rhododendrons of the Sikhim Himalaya, The Flora of British India, and many other scientific works. |
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A List of eminent persons who served in British India, together with short biographical notes of each
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