Max Dorien Hooper (20 November 1934 – 10 February 2017) was an English naturalist and the inventor of "Hooper's rule", which is used to estimate the age of a hedgerow. He received the Peter Scott Memorial Award.

Selected publications

*''Hedges''.

Collins New Naturalist The New Naturalist Library (also known as ''The New Naturalists'') is a series of books published by Collins in the United Kingdom, on a variety of natural history topics relevant to the British Isles. The aim of the series at the start was: "To ...

series (With Ernie Pollard & Norman Moore) *''Nature Day and Night'' (With

Richard Adams Richard George Adams (9 May 1920 – 24 December 2016) was an English novelist and writer of the books ''Watership Down'', ''Maia'', ''Shardik'' and ''The Plague Dogs''. He studied modern history at university before serving in the British Army ...

) *''Nature Through the Seasons'' (With Richard Adams)

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1934 births 2017 deaths People from Leytonstone People educated at Sir George Monoux College English naturalists English botanists English botanical writers Alumni of University College London Academics of Wye College {{England-bio-stub