Quote by: Joseph Dalton Hooker

I was aware of Darwin's views fourteen years before I adopted them and I have done so solely and entirely from an independent study of the plants themselves. [Letter to W.H. Harvey]


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  • NameJoseph Dalton Hooker
  • DescriptionBritish botanist
  • BornJune 30, 1817
  • DiedDecember 10, 1911
  • CountryUnited Kingdom
  • ProfessionBotanist; Explorer; Mycologist; Pteridologist; Bryologist
  • AwardsFellow Of The Royal Society; Companion Of The Order Of The Bath; Copley Medal; Order Of Merit For Arts And Science; Royal Medal