Max Hooper (naturalist)

Max Dorien Hooper (20 November 1934 – 10 February 2017) was an English naturalist and the inventor of "Hooper's law" which is used to estimate the age of a hedgerow.[1][2][3]

He received the Peter Scott Memorial Award.[1][4]

Selected publications
  • Hedges. Collins New Naturalist series (With Ernie Pollard & Norman Moore)
  • Nature Day and Night (With Richard Adams)
  • Nature Through the Seasons (With Richard Adams)
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References
  1. Peter Marren. "Max Hooper obituary | Science". The Guardian. Retrieved 2017-04-28.
  2. "Max Hooper | Register | The Times & The Sunday Times". Thetimes.co.uk. Retrieved 2017-04-28.
  3. "Hooper's Hedgerow History Hypothesis". Habitat Aid. 2017-04-13. Retrieved 2017-04-28.
  4. "The Peter Scott Memorial Award" (PDF). bna-naturalists.org. British Naturalists' Association. Retrieved 21 June 2019.


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