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 Dictionary of Indian Biography G to I

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Date transcribed2011-04-00
Transcribed byPeter Bailey
CommentNote 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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