Meredith Hooper
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Born
21 October 1939
Meredith Jean Rooney
21 October 1939
Adelaide, Australia
Died27 December 2025 (aged 86)
OccupationWriter
LanguageEnglish
Meredith Hooper | |
|---|---|
| Born | Meredith Jean Rooney 21 October 1939 Adelaide, Australia |
| Died | 27 December 2025 (aged 86) |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Language | English |
| Alma mater | University of Adelaide, University of Oxford |
| Genre | History, science writing, children's books |
| Subject | Antarctica |
| Spouse | Richard Hooper |
| Children | Tom Hooper |
Meredith Jean Hooper (née Rooney; 21 October 1939 – 27 December 2025) was an Australian historian and writer.[1]
Career
Hooper was a member of Association of British Science Writers[4] and the British Society for the History of Science,[citation needed] and was a visiting research fellow at the Royal Institution.[5]
In 2000, the National Science Foundation and the Congress of the United States awarded Hooper the Antarctica Service Medal.[6] In 2014, Hooper was named the Australian of the Year in the UK.[6][7]
