Life and Letters of Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker

(Leonard Huxley)

[Editor’s note: The first full-length biography of Hooker, written and edited by Leonard Huxley with the assistance of Hooker’s widow, Lady Hyacinth Hooker. Published in 1918, two volumes, by John Murray of London.
The original footnotes are shown in {curly brackets}: clicking on one will take you to the list of notes.]

Contents

Volume One

• Chapter One: Early Days (Includes genealogy and education)
• Chapter Two: The Antarctic Voyage: Preliminaries
• Chapter Three: The South and its Scientific Scope
• Chapter Four: The Voyage of the Erebus and Terror: Passing Impressions

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