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### Author
Hooker, William (1779-1832), British botanical artist employed by the Horticultural Society of London.
**Abbreviated name**: *W. Hook.* \[standard form in IPNI: *W.Hook.*\]
#### Original drawings
Lindley Library, Royal Horticultural Society, London (listed by Bunyard, 1927).
#### Bibliography and biography
Barnhart 2: 200; BB p. 153; Blunt p. 202; BM 3: 870; Desmond p. 318-319; Henrey 3: 60-61; Kew 3: 28; NI 120, 125, 912-913, 1072, 1123, 1125, 1199, 1200, 1570, 2387; Plesch p. 268; PR ed. 1: 4640; Rehder 5: 404; Sotheby 362; Tucker 1: 350.
- Anon., Gard. Chron. ser. 2. 25: 268. 1886 (genus *Hookera*; H. in no way related to the Hookers of Kew).
- Bunyard, J. R. Hort. Soc. 52: 218-224. 1927 (on the Hooker and Lindley drawings at the R.H.S.).
- Nissen, C., Philobiblon 6(8): 303. 1933.
#### Composite works
Knight, T. A., *Pomona herefordiensis*, 1811 (30 pl.), Salisbury, R.A., *Paradisus londinensis*, 1805-1808 (119 pl.), Pursh, F., *Flora americae septentrionalis*, 1814 (24 pl.); *Pomona londinensis*, 1818 (49 pl.). Hooker also contributed 50 hand-coloured plates to the *Transactions of the Horticultural Society of London* (1805-1848).
#### Eponymy
*Hookera* R.A. Salisbury (1808, *nom. rej.*).