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Joseph Dalton Hooker
Family Name: Hooker  Variant Spellings:  
Given Names: Joseph Dalton
DOB 30 June 1817
DOD 10 December 1911 
Place of Birth: Suffolk, England
Place of Death:  
Age at Death: 94
School:
University:  
Qualifications: MD Glasgow 1839
Speciality: Naval surgeon 
Other Occupations: Botanist
Scientist
Writer
Explorer
Geographer
Gardener
Spouse: Frances Harriet Henslow m.1851 Hitcham, Suffolk, England
Children:
Voyages: HMS "Erebus" from the Cape arr. Hobart 15 August 1840
Came out as: Ship's Surgeon 
Date Settled Aus:
Date of Departure:  
First Registered:
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Addresses: Hobart Town, VDL 1840 (shipping record)
  • New Zealand 1841 (NZDNB)
  • Positions Held: Assistant Surgeon RN
  • Assistant Director, Kew Gardens 1855-1865, Director 1865-1885 (DNZNB)
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    References: New Zealand Dictionary of Biography
  • Huxley L. Life and letters of Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker. Cambridge, 1918
  • Pearn J. Medicine and Botany. Brisbane, 1990
  • Pearn J. Doctor in the garden. Brisbane, 2001
  • Wright-St.Clair RE. Historia nunc vivat: medical practitioners in New Zealand 1830 to 1940. Digital edition. Christchurch, 2013
  • Local. Hobart Town Courier 21 August 1840 [J. D. Hooker Assistant Surgeon on "Erebus"]
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