Botanist and explorer. Born Joseph Dalton Hooker, son of Sir William, at Halesworth, Suffolk. He travelled widely around the world, bringing back many species of plants to Britain. Became director of Kew Gardens in 1865 and instigated the compilation of a list of all scientific plants 'Index Kewensis' which is still in use today. Died at his home, The Camp, Sunningdale, Berkshire.
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Sir Joseph Hooker
Role on the lost expedition: Officer on SS Erebus. See John Franklin.
Role on the lost expedition: Petty officer on SS Terror. See John Franklin.
Explorer. Born Devon. The first European, while on an expedition with Richard Burton to East Africa in 1858, to discover Lake Victoria. On a subsequent journey with James Grant in 1862, he confirme...
Explorer and navigator of the Australian seas. Born in Donington, Lincolnshire. Invented the Flinders Bar, a device for counteracting the vertical component of a ship's magnetic field, and gave Aus...
Role on the lost expedition: Able seaman on SS Erebus. See John Franklin.
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