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William DeWolf Hopper Jr. (January 26, 1915 – March 6, 1970) was an American stage, film, and television actor. The only child of actor DeWolf Hopper and actress and Hollywood columnist Hedda Hopper, he appeared in more than 80 feature films in the 1930s and 1940s.
William Hooper (June 17, 1742 – October 14, 1790) was an American Founding Father, lawyer, and politician. As a member of the Continental Congress representing North Carolina, Hooper signed the Continental Association and the Declaration of Independence.
A representative of North Carolina at the signing of the Declaration of Independence, William Hooper risked death and sacrificed his personal income to secure the creation of the United States. He later pursued a Federalist political ideology, which many North Carolinians disagreed with, and served as a federal judge until shortly before his death.
William Hooper, was the oldest of five children of the Reverend William Hooper and Mary Dennie, daughter of Boston merchant John Dennie. Hooper was the grandson of Robert and Mary Jaffray Hooper of the Parish of Ednam, near Kelso, Scotland. Hooper was born on 17 June 1742 in Boston, Massachusetts.
William Hooper, one of North Carolina's three signers of the Declaration of Independence, foremost Patriot leader, writer, orator, attorney, and legislator, was the oldest of five children of the Scots divine, the Reverend William Hooper (1704–14 Apr. 1767), second rector of Trinity Episcopal Church, Boston, Mass., and Mary Dennie Hooper (b ...
Feb 18, 2020 · William Hooper was a North Carolina delegate to the Continental congress, a signer of the Declaration of Independence, and a lawyer. Click for more facts.
William Hooper was a prominent lawyer from North Carolina who signed the Declaration of Independence. Two of his homes were destroyed by the British during the invasion of North Carolina in 1781.
William Hooper. 1742-1790. Representing North Carolina at the Continental Congress. by Ole Erekson, Engraver, c1876, Library of Congress. William Hooper was born in Boston Massachusetts in 1742. He graduated from Harvard College in 1760, continued his studies in the law, and settled in Wilmington, North Carolina in 1767.
Jul 4, 2004 · William Hooper. The ambivalence of William Hooper's convictions prevented him from ever carving a solid niche in the field of politics. His youthful choice of occupation and political affiliation brought estrangement from his family and emigration from Massachusetts to far-off North Carolina.
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May 18, 2018 · HOOPER, WILLIAM. (1742–1790). Signer. North Carolina. Born in Boston, Massachusetts, on 17 June 1742, William Hooper graduated from Harvard in 1760 and then studied law under James Otis. He moved to Wilmington, North Carolina, in 1764, where he was active in the law and politics.
