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Help me find someone => Ancestors in the UK => Topic started by: Karen Dalton Preston on 01 May, 2009, 12:39

Title: Joseph Dalton Hooker - is there a Dalton Connection?
Post by: Karen Dalton Preston on 01 May, 2009, 12:39
In a book by Tim Berra about Charles Darwin, the author states that Darwin had a contemporary, an imminent scientist, Joseph Dalton Hooker.  Hooker was the Director of the Royal Botanic Garden, Kew and Darwin's closest friend.  Hooker was also a fellow of the Royal Society, and his photo is in the British Museum.

Does anyone know how he comes by "Dalton" as his middle name?  Thanks, archie.
[posted on behalf of Archie Dalton]