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Joseph Hooker: a philosophical botanist
1History Department, University of Sussex, Brighton, BN1 9SH, UK. J.J.Endersby@sussex.ac.uk
Abstract:
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.
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