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.
[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.
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