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252 professor of the theory and practice of medicine in Yale. In 1864 he was made vice-president of the American medical association, and as a member of committees made several important reports. He is the author of a series of scientific books for the young, and of several professional works, includ- ing '"Physician and Patient," (New York, 1849); "Homoeopathy, an Examination of its Doctrines and Evidences " (1852) ; " Human Physiology for Colleges and Schools " (1854) ; " Rational Therapeu- tics " (1857) ; " The Child's Book of Nature " (1857) ; and " The Child's Book of Common Things " (1858).

HOOPER, Edward, engraver, b. in London, England, 24 May, 1829 ; d. in Brooklyn, N. Y., 13 Dec, 1870. He was educated in London. From 1850 till his death he was a member of the wood- engraving firm of Bobbett and Hooper, and pro- duced several water-colors that were remarkable for their accuracy of drawing and harmony of color. He was one of the originators of the Ameri- can water-color society, and exhibited his produc- tions at the Academy of design.

HOOPER, Edward James, agriculturist, b. in England in 1803. He settled in the United States in 1820, edited the " Western Parmer and Gardener " for several years, contributed to various agricultural journals for more than twenty years, and published a " Dictionary of Agriculture " (Cincinnati, 1842).

HOOPER," John, botanist, b. in Oxford, Eng- land, in 1802 ; d. in Brooklyn, N. Y., 26 April, 1869. He came to the United States in 1839, and devoted himself to natural science. In conjunction with Prof. Jacob W. Bailey of West Point, and Prof. William H. Harvey of Trinity college, Dublin, he made many researches in the study of marine algae, of which he accumulated a valuable collection. This he bequeathed to the Long Island historical society, of which he was a charter member.

HOOPER, Johnson J., lawyer, b. in North Carolina about 1815 : d. in Alabama in 1863. At an early age he removed to Alabama, where he became solicitor of the 9th circuit, holding that office from 1849 till 1863. In 1861 he was secretary of the provisional Confederate congress. He also edited at one time a Whig journal, and published "Adventures of Capt. Simon Suggs " (Philadelphia, 1845), and " Widow Rugby's Husband, and other Tales of Alabama" (1851).

HOOPER, Lucy, poet, b. in Newburyport, Mass., 4 Feb., 1816 ; d. in Brooklyn, N. Y., 1 Aug., 1841. She was carefully educated by her father, after whose death her family removed to Brooklyn in 1831. In early life she contributed poems to the " Long Island Star," which were published in a volume that also contained a prize essay on " Do- mestic Happiness " (1840). During her last illness she prepared a work entitled " The Lady's Book of Poetry and Flowers " (New York, 1845). An edition of her works, with a memoir by John Keese, was published in 1842, and subsequently her " Complete Poetical Works " appeared (New York, 1848).

HOOPER, Lucy Hamilton, poet, b. in Phila- delphia, Pa., 20 Jan., 1835. She is the daughter of B. Muse Jones, a Philadelphia merchant, and in 1854 married Robert M. Hooper, who is now (1887) U. S. vice-consul-general in Paris. In conjunc- tion with Charles G. Leland she edited " Our Daily Fare," the daily chronicle of the Philadel- phia sanitary fair in 1864. She was assistant edi- tor of " Lippincott's Magazine " from its founda- tion until she went to Europe in 1870. In 1874 she settled in Paris, and since has been correspond- ent for various journals in this country. She has published " Poems, with Translations from the German " (Philadelphia, 1864) ; another volume of " Poems " (1871) ; a translation of " Le Nabob," by Alphonse Daudet (Boston, 1879) ; and " Under the Tricolor," a novel (Philadelphia, 1880).

HOOPER, Robert Lettice, jurist. He was chief justice of New Jersey from 1724 till 1728, and again from 1729 till his death in 1739. He resided in Perth Amboy and was a warden in St. Peter's church. — His son, Robert Lettice, b. in 1709 ; d. in Trenton, N. J., 25 April, 1785, purchased prop- erty in Trenton in 1751, and was deputy quarter- master-general in 1778. On 12 July, 1782, he issued an address to " prevent trade and intercourse with the enemy," and was a member of the first com- mittee of nine, 19 July, 1782, and chairman of the second committee, on 22 July, to carry this object into effect. — His son, Robert Lettice, was elected president of the legislative council in 1785.

HOOPER, Samuel, merchant, b. in Marblehead, Mass., 3 Feb., 1808 ; d. in Washington, D. C, 13 Feb., 1875. After receiving a common-school edu- cation he entered at an early age the counting- house of his father, who was engaged in European and West Indian trade. As agent of this enter- prise the son visited Russia, Spain, and the West Indies. About 1832 he became junior partner in the mercantile house of Bryant, Sturgis, and Co., in Boston, where he remained for ten years, and then was a member of the firm of William Ap- pleton and Co., who were engaged in the China trade. He was much interested in the iron busi- ness and its relation to questions of political economy, and possessed shares in the mines and furnaces near Port Henry, Lake Champlain, and in the Bay-State rolling-mills, South Boston. In 1851 he was elected to the Massachusetts house of representatives, where he served three years, declin- ing a re-election, and in 1857 became state senator, but refused a renomination on account of his bus- iness enterprises. In 1860 he was elected to con- gress, as a Republican, to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of William Appleton, and was re-elected at each successive biennial election until his death. He served on the committees on ways and means, on banking and currency, arid on the war debts of the loyal states. The success of the national loan of April, 1861, was greatly due to his efforts. In 1869 Chief- Justice Chase wrote a letter attributing the success of the bill that provided for the national banking system to the " good judg- ment, persevering exertions, and disinterested patriotism of Mr. Hooper." In 1866 he was a dele- gate to the Philadelphia loyalists' convention. He presented $50,000 to Harvard, in 1866, to found a school of mining and practical geology in close connection with the Lawrence scientific school, and in that year received the degree of M. A. from the university. He wrote two pamphlets on cur- rency, which became well known for their broad and comprehensive treatment of this subject. His house in Washington, which was noted for its hospitality, was the headquarters of Gen. George B. McClellan in 1861-'2.

HOOPER, William, clergyman, b. near Kelso, Scotland, in 1702 ; d. in Boston, Mass., 14 April, 1767. He was graduated at Edinburgh university, and came to New England a short time before he was appointed pastor of the West Congregational church in Boston, Mass., which charge he held from 18 May, 1737, till 19 Nov., 1746. He then be- came an Episcopalian, and went to England to receive orders. On his return in 1747 he was appointed rector of Trinity church, Boston, which post he occupied till his death. He published several sermons, including one with the title " The Apostles neither Impostors nor Enthusiasts"