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248 ish army. In January. 1782. the French having invested the island of St. Christopher, Hood went to its relief, and, having lured De Grasse from the road of Basse-Terre to join battle, he slipped into the vacant anchorage, from which the French were unable to force him. The surrender of the island to the French in February, however, ren- dered Hood's success useless, and he in consequence retreated at once to sea. In the battle of 12 April, which resulted in the capture of De Grasse, his co-operation was warmly acknowledged by Rodney in his letter to the admiralty. When Rodney returned to England, Hood was left in chief command until the peace of 1783. He was created an Irish peer in 1782 under the title of Baron Hood of Catherington, elected to parlia- ment in 1784, lost his seat on being made lord of the admiralty in 1788, but was re-elected in 1790. He was distinguished in the war with France in 1793, but soon afterward retired from active ser- vice, and in 1796 was appointed governor of Green- wich hospital and raised to the English peerage, with the title of Viscount Hood of Whitley.

HOOD, Samuel, lawyer, b. in Moyle, County Donegal, Ireland, about 1800 ; d. in Philadelphia, Pa., about 1875. He emigrated to Philadelphia in 1826, and became a member of the bar of that city. He published " A Practical Treatise on the Law of Decedents in Pennsylvania" (Philadel- phia, 1847), and " A Brief Account of the Society of the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick," prepared for the Hibernian society of Philadelphia (1844), and contributed to periodicals.

HOOKE, William, clergyman, b. in Southamp- ton, England, in 1601 : d. in London, 21 March, 1678. He was graduated at Oxford in 1620, was a minister at Exmouth, Devonshire, and came to this country about 1636. He was pastor of the church in Taunton, Mass., soon after the settlement of that town in 1637, and remained there about seven years. He afterward was pastor at New Haven from 1644 till 1656, when he returned to England. Hooke was on terms of intimacy with Oliver Crom- well, had married his cousin, and became his do- mestic chaplain. He also had conferred upon him the mastership of Savoy hospital, Westminster. He published " Discourse on the Witnesses " and " New England's Tears for Old England's Fears " (1640). Two of his sermons are reprinted in " The Ministry of Taunton."

HOOKER, Charles, physician, b. in Berlin, Conn., 12 March, 1779; d. in New Haven, 19 March, 1863. He was descended from Thomas Hooker, the founder and first minister of Hart- ford, Conn. He was graduated at Yale in 1820, received his medical diploma in 1823, and subse- quently practised at New Haven. In 1838 he was appointed professor of anatomy and physiology in Yale, and he held this chair until his death. He was one of the founders and directors of the Con- necticut state hospital, and several times a dele- gate to the National medical association. He was a contributor to medical journals.

HOOKER, Charles Edward, lawyer, b. in Union district, S. C, in 1825. He was graduated at Harvard law-school in 1846, and afterward prac- tised at Jackson, Miss. He was elected district attorney of the River district in 1850, and in 1859 a member of the Mississippi legislature, but re- signed his seat on entering the Confederate army. He was wounded during the siege of Vicksburg, and, having been promoted to the rank of colonel of cavalry, was assigned to duty on the military court that was attached to Geri. Leonidas Polk's command. He was elected attorney-general of Mississippi in 1865, re-elected in 1868, and. to- gether with the other civil officers of the state, was removed by the military authorities. He was afterward elected to congress as a Democrat, served from 6 Dec, 1875, till 3 March, 1883, and was again chosen in 1886.

HOOKER, Edward, naval officer, b. in Farm- ington, Hartford co., Conn., 25 Dec, 1822. He is descended from Rev. Thomas Hooker. Edward was educated at Farmington academy, and at the age of fourteen entered the merchant marine, where he remained until he entered the navy as acting master, 19 July, 1861, on the gun-boat " Louisiana," of the North Atlantic blockading squadron, and was severely wounded, 5 Oct., 1861. He was on service on that gun-boat in the Burn- side expedition, and commanded it, in the absence of the chief officer, at Washington, N. C, 5 Sept., 1862. For his gallant conduct in this action he was promoted to acting-volunteer lieutenant, 20 Sept., 1862. He was in command of the steamer " Victoria " in 1863, and captured the brig " Minna " and the steamer "Nicholai I." off Wilmington, N. C. He had command of the boats on the Rap- pahannock during the advance of Gen. Grant, and cleared the river of torpedoes, opening it to trans- ports. He was promoted to acting volunteer lieu- tenant-commander in January, 1865, was naval store-keeper in the Brooklyn navy-yard from Oc- tober, 1865, till October. 1867, commanded the store-ship " Idaho " in 1867-'9, and was commis- sioned lieutenant-commander in the regular navy, 18 Dec, 1868. He was inspector of yards and docks at the navy-yard, New York, in 1870, and in 1884 was retired with the rank of commander.

HOOKER, Edward William, clergyman, b. in Goshen, Conn., 24 Nov., 1794; d. in Fort Atkinson, Wis., 31 March, 1875. He was the direct descendant of Thomas Hooker and Jonathan Edwards. He was graduated at Middlebury in 1814, and at Andover theological seminary in 1817. In' 1821 he became pastor of a Congregational church in Green's Farms, Conn., and after holding this charge eight years edited the " Journal of Humanity," at Andover, Mass., one of the first temperance papers in the country, and was also general agent of the American temperance society. He was pastor of a Congregational church in Bennington, Vt., from 1832 till 1844, when he became professor of sacred rhetoric and ecclesiastical history in East Windsor theological seminary. From 1856 till 1862 he was pastor of the Congregational church in Fair Haven, Vt., after which he spent the remainder of his life in retirement. He re- ceived the degree of D. D. from Williams in 1840. Having studied sacred music from an early age, Dr. Hooker presented a report on the subject to the general convention of ministers in Vermont in 1840. This was attacked by a writer in Boston through the " New England Puritan," and led to a series of articles exposing the impositions of compilers of music, who had made alterations in the new editions of their music-books, rendering the previous editions useless. _ This controversy attracted much attention at the time. Dr. Hooker possessed a musical library, and published essays and tracts on sacred music He was the author of " A Plea for Sacred Music " ; a " Memoir of Mrs. Sarah L. Huntington Smith " (1845) ; and " The Life of Thomas Hooker " (Boston, 1849).

HOOKER, Herman, author, b. in Poultney, Vt., in 1804 ; d. in Philadelphia, Pa., 25 July, 1865. He was graduated at Middlebury college in 1825, studied at Princeton theological seminary in 1825-7, and was licensed to preach as a Presby-