# Max Hooper (naturalist)

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**Max Dorien Hooper** (20 November 1934 – 10 February 2017) was an English [naturalist](/source/Naturalist) and the inventor of "[Hooper's rule](/source/Hooper's_rule)" (also called "Hooper's law"), which is used to estimate the [age of a hedgerow](/source/Hedge#Dating).[1][2][3]

He received the [Peter Scott Memorial Award](/source/British_Naturalists'_Association#Peter_Scott_Memorial_Award).[1][4]

## Selected publications

- *Hedges*. [Collins New Naturalist](/source/Collins_New_Naturalist) series (with Ernie Pollard and Norman Moore)
- *Nature Day and Night* (with [Richard Adams](/source/Richard_Adams))
- *Nature Through the Seasons* (with Richard Adams)

## References

1. Peter Marren. ["Max Hooper obituary | Science"](https://www.theguardian.com/science/2017/apr/09/max-hooper-obituary). *[The Guardian](/source/The_Guardian)*. Retrieved 2017-04-28.

1. ["Max Hooper | Register | The Times & The Sunday Times"](https://www.thetimes.com/uk/article/max-hooper-tr90q8nj0). *[The Times](/source/The_Times)*. Retrieved 2017-04-28.

1. ["Hooper's Hedgerow History Hypothesis"](https://www.habitataid.co.uk/blog/2017/04/26/hoopers-hedges-history-hypothesis/). Habitat Aid. 2017-04-13. Retrieved 2017-04-28.

1. ["The Peter Scott Memorial Award"](https://bna-naturalists.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Scott-award.pdf). *bna-naturalists.org*. British Naturalists' Association. Retrieved 21 June 2019.

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