Joseph Hooker: a philosophical botanist.
The nineteenth-century British botanist, Joseph Dalton Hooker,was one of the people whose career became a model for that of the modern,professional scientist.However,he preferred to refer to himself as a philosophical botanist, rather than a professional. This paper explores the reasons for this choice,and analyses Hooker's imperial approach to plant classification, the consequences of which are still with us.
History Department, University of Sussex, Brighton, BN1 9SH, UK. J.J.Endersby@sussex.ac.uk
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D001901:Botany / Q000266:history*; D049672:History, 19th Century; D012606:Scotland