
What is recorded here
This stone commemorative plaque records: 1785-1865 creator and first director of The Royal Botanical Gardens at Kew Sir William Jackson Hooker RH FRS LLD CDL the great botanist lived here
Sir William Jackson Hooker was a prominent British botanist who served as the first director of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew from 1841 to 1865, significantly advancing botanical science and horticulture through extensive plant collecting and classification.
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