William Hooker (botanical illustrator)

Not to be confused with William Jackson Hooker.

William Hooker (1779–1832) was a British illustrator of natural history. He studied under Franz Bauer (1758–1840), becoming the official artist of the Royal Horticultural Society from 1812 until retirement in 1820,^[1] whose publications he illustrated. His paintings of fruit were particularly appreciated.^[2][3]

Hooker also worked on the Oriental Memoirs of James Forbes and The Paradisus Londinensis, with descriptions by Richard Anthony Salisbury (1761–1829).^[4] He contributed illustrations for Hooker's Finest Fruits until his death in 1832.^[5]

The standard author abbreviation W.Hook. is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.^[6]

See also

• Hooker's green, a green pigment, useful for representing leaves.