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 Virginia to the forty-eighth congress. He died Jun. 17, 1898, in Virginia.

Hooper, Charles Edward, designer, author, was born April 20, 1807, in Medford, Mass. He was a draughtsman and designer in offices of Boston architects until 1834; when he breame a designer of decorations for books. He is the author and decorator of The County House.

Hooper, Edward, engraver, was born May 21, 1829, in England. From 1850 till his death he was a member of the wood-engraving firm of Hobbett and Hooper, and produced several water-colors that were remarkable for their accuracy of drawing and harmony of color. He died Dec. 13, 1870, in Brooklyn, N.Y.

Hooper, Edward James, agriculturist, author, was born in 1803 in England. He was at once prominent agriculturist in the west; and published a Dictionary of Agriculture. He died in the west.

Hooper, Franklin William, institute instructor of Brooklyn, N.Y., was born Feb. 11, 1831, in Walpole, N.H. In 1867-71 he studied in Antinoch college of Ohio; in 1873 received the degree of A.B. from Harvard; in 1875-78 tonk a post-graduate course in biology; and in 1837 was awarded the honorary degree of A. M. In 1877-80 he was principal of the high school of natural science in the Adelphi college; and since 1899 has been director of the Brooklyn institute of arts and sciences. He is a director on geology and biology; since 1880 has been director of the Brooklyn art association; in 1892-99 he was a member of the Brooklyn board of education; in 1895-1904 was director of the Brooklyn public library; and in 1901-05 was president of the Antioch college of Ohio. He is the editor of year-books, the Annual Prospects, and the Bulletin of Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences. He is a fellow of the American association for the advancement of science: has been vice-president of the American bison society; since 1892 has been treasurer and director of the New England society of Brooklyn; and singe 1905 has been director of the Vermont society of Brooklyn.

Hooper, John, botanist, scientist, was borv in 1802 in England. He made 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 menber. He died April 20, 186, in Brooklyn, N.Y.

Hooper, Johnson J., lawyer, author, was born about 1815 in North Carolina. He was a lawyer of Alabama. He was the author of Adventures of Captain Simon Suggs; and Widow Rughby's Husband, and Other Alabama Tales. He died in 1863 in Alabama.

Hooper, Lucy, author, poet, was born Feb. 4, 1816. in Newburyport, Mass. She was the author of Scenes from Real Life, a collection of prose sketches; and a volume of her poems was published after her death, She died Aug. 1, 1841, in Brooklyn. N.Y.

Hooper, Mrs. Lucy Hamilton, author, poet. was born Jan. 20, 1835, in Philadelphia, Pa. She lived in Europe after 1870; and was Paris correspondent for several American papers. She was the author of Poems, with translations from the German; Under the Tri-Color, a novel; and The Tsar's Window, a novel. She died Aug. 31. 1893, in Paris, France.

Hooper, Robert Lettice, lawyer, jurist. He was the chief justice of the supreme court of New Jersey in 1724-28 and 1729. He died in 1739 in Perth Amboy. N.J.

Hooper, Samuel, merchant, state Senator congressman, was born Feb. 3. 1808, in Marblehead, Mass. In 1831-54 he was member of the Massachusetts state house of representatives. In 1837 he was elected to the state senate, and declined to serve a second term. In 1861-75 he was a representative to the thirty-seventh, thirty-eighth thirty-ninth, fortieth, forty-first, forty-second and forty-third congresses. He died Feb. 13, 1875, in Washington.

Hooper, Shadrack K, soldier, railroad official, was born May 30, 1841, in New Albany, Ind. At the age of fifteen years he learned the trade of steamboat blacksmith. In 1881-65 he served in the civil war; being promoted from a private soldier to corporal; and received the brevet of major in the twenty-third regiment Indian volunteer infantry. In 1866 he entered railway service as a clerk in the general passenger office of the Louisville, New Albany and Chicago railroad; and in 1868-73 was general passenger agent of that railroad. Since 1881 general passenger and ticket agent of the Denver and Rio Grande railroad.

Hooper, William, clergyman, author, was born in 1702 in Sxotland. In 1747-67 he was rector of Trinity church of Boston. He published several sermons, including one with the title The Apostles neither Imposters or Enthusiasts. He died April 14, 1747, in Ruston, Mass.

Hooper, William, congressman, signer of declaration of independence, was born June 17, 1742. in Ruston, Mass. In 1773 he was elected to the Massachusetts state assembly: and in 1774-77 he was a delegate from North Carolina to the continental congress and signed the declaration of independence. He died in October, 1790, in Hillsborough. N.C.

Hooper, William Henry, merhcant, congressman, was born Dec. 25. 1813, in Cambridge, Md. In 1850 he moved to Utah; was a member of the legislature and acting secretary of the territory. In 1859-61 and 1865-73 he was a delegate from Utah to the thirty-sixth, thirty-ninth, fortieth, forty first and forty-second congresses.

Hooper, William Leslie, civil engineer, electrician, mathematician, author, was born