- joseph hooker by WordNet
nounUnited States general in the Union Army who was defeated at Chancellorsville by Robert E. Lee (1814-1879. ).synonyms: Hooker, Fighting Joe Hooker
- Hooker, William Jackson by Great Soviet Encyclopedia
Born July 6, 1785, in Norwich; died Aug. 12, 1865, in London. English botanist. Father of J. D. Hooker.In 1820, Hooker became a professor at the University of Glasgow. He was director of the Botanical Gardens in Kew (1841–65), which he developed into the greatest center for the study of world flora. One of the most prominent ...
- William Jackson Hooker by Great Soviet Encyclopedia
Born July 6, 1785, in Norwich; died Aug. 12, 1865, in London. English botanist. Father of J. D. Hooker.In 1820, Hooker became a professor at the University of Glasgow. He was director of the Botanical Gardens in Kew (1841–65), which he developed into the greatest center for the study of world flora. One of the most prominent ...
- Howker by Webster's
n.) Same as Hooker...
- Joseph Dalton Hooker by Great Soviet Encyclopedia
Born June 30, 1817, in Halesworth; died Dec. 10, 1911, in Sunningdale. British botanist. Corresponding member of the St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences (1858). Son of W. J. Hooker.From 1839 to 1843, Hooker took part in an Antarctic expedition (Australia, New Zealand, Kerguelen, Tierra del Fuego, Falkland Islands), and from 1847 to 1851 he studied the flora of northern India and Nepal. Beginning in ...