Hooper, Walter

LC control no.	n 79060540
Descriptive conventions	rda
Personal name heading	Hooper, Walter *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Located	Oxford (England)
Birth date	1931-03-27
Death date	2020-12-07
Place of birth	Reidsville (N.C.)
Place of death	Oxford (England)
Field of activity	Lewis, C. S. (Clive Staples), 1898-1963--Criticism and interpretation Biography
Profession or occupation	Editors Executors and administrators College teachers
Found in	Lewis, C. S. Studies in medieval and renaissance literature, 1966. Lewis, C. S. They stand together, 1979 (a.e.) jkt. (Walter Hooper; b. 1931) Wikipedia, viewed December 28, 2020: Walter Hooper page (Walter McGehee Hooper; born 27 March 1931 in Reidsville, North Carolina; M.A. in education (1958) from the University of North Carolina; instructor of English at the University of Kentucky in the early 1960s; became private secretery to C.S. Lewis in 1963; after Lewis's death became literary advisor of the estate of C.S. Lewis and editor of his works; moved to Oxford, where he lived until his death; ordained deacon in the Anglican Church in 1964 and priest in 1965; chaplain at Wadham College, 1965-1970, and assistant chaplain of Jesus College, 1967-1970; converted to Roman Catholicism in 1988; author of a number of biographical and interpretative works on C.S. Lewis; died 7 December 2020) <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Hooper> Wheaton College website, viewed December 28, 2020: Walter Hooper page (Walter Hooper; made significant contributions to C.S. Lewis scholarship; held B.A. in English and M.A. in education from the University of North Carolina; met C.S. Lewis and served informally as his literary secretary in 1963; moved permanently to England in 1964 to help oversee C.S. Lewis's literary estate; died 7 December 2020 in Oxford, England) <https://www.wheaton.edu/academics/academic-centers/wadecenter/about/history/biographies/kilby-lifetime-achievement-award/walter-hooper/>
Associated language	eng