Erection date: 27/7/2010
Sir William Hooker, 1785-1865, Sir Joseph Hooker, 1817-1911, botanists, directors of Kew Gardens, lived here.
English Heritage
Plaque unveiled by Princess Alexandra.
TW9, Kew Green, 49
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Sir Joseph and Sir William Hooker
Botanist and explorer. Born Joseph Dalton Hooker, son of Sir William, at Hale...
Botanist. Born William Jackson Hooker at 7 Magdalen Street, Norwich. He colle...
Officially, The Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew. They originated in the garden o...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Sir Joseph and Sir William Hooker
English Heritage (officially the English Heritage Trust) is a charity that ma...
Granddaughter of King George V and daughter of George, Duke of Kent. Born Ale...
The plaques read left to right chronological by birth date. We've taken the dates on each plaque to be date of birth and date of death bu...
From: the Devere Society: "1598 October - In the only letter ever discovered addressed to Shakspere at Stratford, one Richard Quiney writ...
Greater London Council Frederick Denison Maurice, 1805 - 1872, Christian philosopher and educationalist, lived here, 1862 - 1866.
There was a mediaeval mansion on this site, built in the 14th century and later occupied by Edward de Vere, Earl of Oxford. In 1717 Edwar...
This foundation stone was laid by Dame Flora Robson DBE on Monday 18th December 1961.
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