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William Jackson Hooker, a Common card
William Jackson Hooker was an English botanist and botanical illustrator, who became the first director of Kew when in 1841 it was recommended to be placed under state ownership as a botanic garden.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 72
- DEF
- 92
- Power
- 164
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 9,900
Power 164 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 85 % of WikiCards cards.
William Jackson Hooker quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the William Jackson Hooker card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Hooker was born and ______ in Norwich.
Answer
educated. Hooker was born and educated in Norwich. From the William Jackson Hooker article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
William Jackson Hooker was an English botanist and botanical illustrator, who became the first director of Kew when in ____ it was recommended to be placed under state ownership as a botanic garden.
Answer
1840s. William Jackson Hooker was an English botanist and botanical illustrator, who became the first director of Kew when in 1841 it was recommended to be placed under state ownership as a botanic garden. From the William Jackson Hooker article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Quaternion. Quaternion 85 · Reginald Fessenden 79 · Conrad Gessner 76 · William Jackson Hooker 72 ATK in WikiCards.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- At Kew he founded the Herbarium and enlarged the gardens and arboretum.
- The standard author abbreviation Hook. is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.
- Hooker was born and educated in Norwich.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The William Jackson Hooker article was read about 9,900 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 72 and blocks with 92: each hit it takes is cut by 37 %.
How to get William Jackson Hooker
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, William Jackson Hooker (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Spiridione Gambardella (c.1815–1886), CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.
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