Hooker, Sir William Jackson, (1785-1865), Knight, botanist

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Surname:	Hooker
Pretitle:	Sir
Forenames:	William Jackson
Gender:	Male
Date:	1785-1865
Places:	Norwich, Norfolk
Biography:	ODNB link for Hooker, Sir William Jackson (1785-1865) Knight Botanist
Name authority reference:	GB/NNAF/P150219 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/P14389 )
Online related resources	Bibliography of British and Irish History link for Sir William Jackson Hooker

Collections
Number	Description	Held by	Reference	Further information
1	1805-1980: corresp and papers	Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Library and Archives	WJH	See Bridson, Natural history MS resources 1980
2	notes and drawings	Natural History Museum Library and Archives		See Bridson, Natural history MS resources 1980
3	1844-65: letters from Thomas Dyke Acland	Devon Archives and Local Studies Service (South West Heritage Trust)	1148M	NRA 14687 Acland
4	1809-20: corresp with Sir Joseph Banks	See information in published source		See WR Dawson, The Banks letters, 1958
5	1810-38: letters to Robert Brown	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MSS 32439-40
6	1832-55: letters to George Gordon	Elgin Museum	NRA(S)1989	NRA 22745 Gordon
7	1834-65: letters (150) to Asa Gray	Harvard University: Houghton Library		See HMC MS papers of British scientists 1600-1940, 1982
8	1853-65: letters to Sir George Grey	Auckland Central City Library	Grey collection	NRA 28105 Grey
9	1850: letters to Hudson Gurney	Norfolk Record Office	RQG	NRA 15293
10	corresp with Sir John Herschel (17 items)	Royal Society	HS	NRA 8803
11	1801-25: letters from Jorgen Jorgensen	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Eg MS 2070
12	c1870-79: genealogical letters from GF Newman	Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Library and Archives	Acc PrP 00-0002	See Annual Return 2000
13	1842-62: letters (26) to Royal Geographical Society	Royal Geographical Society	RGS/CB	See Bridson, Natural history MS resources 1980
14	1813-26: letters (13) to Sir James Smith	Linnean Society of London	Smith papers	NRA 9516
15	1860-63: letters (11) to Duke of Somerset	Buckinghamshire Archives	D-RA	NRA 11704 Ramsden
16	1848-65: letters (35) to Richard Spruce	Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Library and Archives		NRA 25004 See Bridson, Natural history MS resources 1980
17	1816-39: letters to William Swainson	Linnean Society of London	Swainson	NRA 22111 Swainson
18	c1826-65: letters to Sir Walter Trevelyan	Newcastle University: Special Collections	WCT	NRA 12238 Trevelyan
19	letters to JO Westwood	Oxford University: Museum of Natural History		NRA 42507 Oxford
20	1805-59: letters to Robert White	Suffolk Archives - Ipswich	MSS 203, 215	NRA 7051 White
21	1804-1865: letters (31) to members of the Sowerby family	Natural History Museum Library and Archives	L Sowerby Coll A	See Catalogue of MSS...Natural History Museum (1995)
22	letters	Carnegie-Mellon University: Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation		See NUC MS 72-150
23	letters	Boston Public Library		See NUC MS 69-5
24	letters	Collection held privately: enquiries to National Register of Archives for Scotland	NRAS20	NRA 10117
25	1846-1864: misc letters	National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections	MSS 9502, 10779-80 Passim
26	1851: letter whilst Director of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, rel to ferns	Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Library and Archives	Prp 11-0002 pt
27	1829: corresp with the Hooker family	Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Library and Archives	PrP 15-0022-27	See Annual Return 2015
28	1850: letter to Henry Curtis	Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Library and Archives	PrP 18-0019	See Annual Return 2018