My Dear Hooker: Transcriptions of Letters from James Hector to Joseph Dalton Hooker Between 1860 and 1898
- ISBN-10
- 1877480215
- ISBN-13
- 9781877480218
- Category
- Botanists
- Pages
- 207
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2012
- Authors
- James Hector, Rowan Burns, Simon Nathan
Description
"Joseph Hooker (1817-1911) and James Hector (1834-1907) corresponded from opposite sides of the world for almost forty years, and their correspondence gives a unique, personal view of 19th century scientific developments in Great Britain ...
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