Hooker, Sir Joseph Dalton, 1817-1911 (British botanist, explorer | Director of the Royal Gardens, Kew)
Dates
- Existence: 30 June 1817 - 10 December 1911
Found in 12 Collections and/or Records:
Archibald Geikie, correpondence
Correspondence: WA Herdman to Joseph Dalton Hooker, 1872-1900
The Correspondence: WA Herdman to Joseph Dalton Hooker sub-series consists of:
- 33 letters, alphabetically arranged (1872-1900)
Letter from Hooker, Sir Joseph Dalton, to Charles Lyell, 19 July 1846 - 18 May 1874
Letters written by Hooker at Kew, White Hall Gardens Darjeeling, Hitcham, Alnwick Castle, Kingscliffe, Torquay and Florence. Also black and white original photograph of Hooker.
Letter to Dr [Joseph Dalton] Hooker from Charles James Bunbury, 11 November 1854
Summary is noted by Lyell as 'Barometrial measurement of Heights'. Letter to Dr [Joseph Dalton] Hooker from Charles James Bunbury full of social chat, he mentions that "Mr Bunbury" [Henry Edward Bunbury, his father] gave a lecture to the Bury Atheneum on his recent trip to Madeira and Tenerife. He includes notes entitled " The Neutral Point of Sir C Lyell's Barometer", 11 November 1854.
Letters from Brown, Reverend Henry H. to Charles Lyell, 8 June 1864 - 3 February 1865
Summaries made by Lyell on the envelopes note:
1) "Rev H.H Brown, New Zealand, Dr Hooker" and "Changes of Vegetation in Modern [?...]"
2) "Proof of Description of land" The letter contains reference to Dr Hooker.
Letters from Brown, Richard to Charles Lyell, 24 December 1844 - 14 June 1855
MS Notes I - Scientific Journal No. I, 20 November 1855 - 29 April 1856
Scientific journal of Sir Charles Lyell, covers subjects such as creation of species - and thoughts on the evolution of man. Lyell refers to others such as Darwin, Hooker, Wollaston and topics such as the glacial epoch, rudimentary organs, volcanoes, Madeira, molluscs, fossil faunas, Australian fauna, Niagara, coal and New Zealand. Lyell provides his own index. Some writing is by Mary Lyell.