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Hooker, Joseph D.

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Presents the text of a letter written to General Joseph Hooker by United States President Abraham Lincoln on January 26, 1863. Reasons for placing General Hooker in charge of the Army of the Potomac; Criticisms of General Hooker; Closing comments.

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Presents the text of a letter written to General Joseph Hooker by United States President Abraham Lincoln on January 26, 1863. Reasons for placing General Hooker in charge of the Army of the Potomac; Criticisms of General Hooker; Closing comments.

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Sir 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 first volume describes Hooker's early life and his career up to 1860. It includes many letters to Darwin as the two men discussed the new theories and the publication of On the Origin of Species.

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This 1878 account of a scientific tour of Morocco and the Atlas mountains in 1871 was compiled from the journals of Sir Joseph Hooker (1817-1911) and his travelling companion, the geologist John Ball (1818-89). Their plan had been for Hooker to publish their findings soon after the journey, but his work as Director of Kew Gardens and President of the Royal Society, and Ball's frequent absences abroad, as well as his own writing commitments, caused delays. However, they argue that their information is unlikely to be out of date when, from a comparison with earlier accounts, 'no notable change is apparent during the last two centuries'. The botanical and geological interests of both men take centre stage in an engaging narrative which provides interesting details about the government, customs and daily life in an area which even in the late nineteenth century was little visited by Europeans.

Botany --- Geology --- Hooker, Joseph Dalton, --- Ball, John, --- Travel --- Morocco --- Atlas Mountains --- Description and travel.