{"product_id":"life-and-letters-of-sir-joseph-dalton-hooker-o-m-g-c-s-i-paperback-9781108031011","title":"Life and Letters of Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker O.M., G.C.S.I. (Paperback \/ softback) 9781108031011","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eLife and Letters of Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker O.M., G.C.S.I.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe standard biography of the botanist, of which this second volume covers up to the end of his long life.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJoseph Dalton Hooker (Author), Leonard Huxley (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781108031011, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 1 May 2011\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e592 pages, 5 b\/w illus.\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 3.3 x 14 cm, 0.75 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSir Joseph Dalton Hooker (1817–1911) was one of the most eminent botanists of the later nineteenth century. Educated at Glasgow, he developed his studies of plant life by examining specimens all over the world. After several successful scientific expeditions, first to the Antarctic and later to India, he was appointed to succeed his father as Director of the Botanical Gardens at Kew. Hooker was the first to hear of and support Charles Darwin's theory of natural selection, and over their long friendship the two scientists exchanged many letters. Another close friend was the scientist T. H. Huxley, and it was the latter's son, Leonard (1860–1933), who published this standard biography in 1918. The second volume details Hooker's management of Kew, his later travels, and the end of his long life.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e28. Economic botany and the new floras\u003cbr\u003e 29. Scientific work, 1860–5\u003cbr\u003e 30. 1860–5: personal\u003cbr\u003e 31. Kew, St. Petersburg, and Marocco\u003cbr\u003e 32. Darwinian interests\u003cbr\u003e 33. The presidency of the Royal Society\u003cbr\u003e 34. The presidency (continued)\u003cbr\u003e 35. The Ayrton episode\u003cbr\u003e 36. Life and friendship at Kew\u003cbr\u003e 37. Loss and gain\u003cbr\u003e 38. America: and geographical distribution\u003cbr\u003e 39. End of the presidential term (1877–8)\u003cbr\u003e 40. Kew: 1879–85\u003cbr\u003e 41. Retirement, to 1897: botanical work\u003cbr\u003e 42. Retirement, to 1897: Darwiniana and other scientific interests\u003cbr\u003e 43. Retirement, to 1897: of books and opinions\u003cbr\u003e 44. Miscellaneous letters: 1886–97\u003cbr\u003e 45. The 'Lion' letters\u003cbr\u003e 46. Final botanical work\u003cbr\u003e 47. Further problems of economic botany\u003cbr\u003e 48. Hooker's position as botanist F. O. Bower\u003cbr\u003e 49. Personalia: 1898–1906\u003cbr\u003e 50. The last years\u003cbr\u003e Appendices\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: History of science [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on History of science\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22History%20of%20science%20%5BPDX%5D%22\"\u003ePDX\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46266025345304,"sku":"9781108031011","price":42.89,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781108031011i.jpg?v=1694873630","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/life-and-letters-of-sir-joseph-dalton-hooker-o-m-g-c-s-i-paperback-9781108031011","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}