Scrolling through Tumblr tags, revealing peoples true insanity since 2007.

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Oh good lorde whineandbeer:

jojhurisun:

I just really, really love Gingerbatch.

Gingerbatch is the best ‘batch.

 *rests head on desk*

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Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker  (1817 – 1911)

Blink and you’ll miss the un-named Hooker (don’t search that on tumblr…) as one of Darwin’s closest friends and confidants in the recent biopic Creation (2009). I’m starting to think he’s totally worthy of a film all of his own.

GO ON CUMBERBATCH, YOU KNOW YOU WANT TO…. 

Hooker was a botanist and explorer accompanying Captain Ross on his Antarctic expedition to the South Magnetic Pole on board HMS Erebus, and undertook a three year expedition to the Himalayas. He was imprisoned by the Dewan of Sikkim whilst travelling towards the Chola Pass, Tibet; awarded the highest honours of British science, oh and did I mention that he wrote a hecka-lot of letters to just about anyone who was anyone across the Victorian globe.

Also he really liked dogs & was pretty nifty with a pencil and sketchpad.

Come on guys, what more do you need?!

A neat looking documentary on Hooker’s travels is in production ^___^

There’s also a great Royal Society podcast (number 31) ‘Smashing species, Joseph Hooker and Victorian science’ by historian of science and Hookerphile Jim Endersby.