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Max Dorien Hooper (20 November 1934 – 10 February 2017) was an English naturalist and the inventor of "Hooper's rule" (also called "Hooper's law"), which is used to estimate the age of a hedgerow.

He received the Peter Scott Memorial Award.

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)

References

1. ^ Peter Marren. "Max Hooper obituary | Science". The Guardian. Retrieved 28 April 2017.
2. "Max Hooper | Register | The Times & The Sunday Times". Thetimes.co.uk. Retrieved 28 April 2017.
3. "Hooper's Hedgerow History Hypothesis". Habitat Aid. 13 April 2017. Retrieved 28 April 2017.
4. "The Peter Scott Memorial Award" (PDF). bna-naturalists.org. British Naturalists' Association. Retrieved 21 June 2019.

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