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121HOOKER, RICHARD — English Church theologian and ecclesiastical writer, born in Exeter; famous as the author of Ecclesiastical Polity, in defence of the Church against the Puritans, characterised by Stopford Brooke as a stately work, and the first monument of… …
122HOOKER, SIR WILLIAM — botanist, born at Norwich; was professor of Botany in Glasgow from 1820 to 1841, after which he held the post of Director of Kew Gardens; his writings in botany are numerous (1785 1865) …
123HOOKER, Richard — (1554 1600) moderate English ANGLICAN theologian who defended EPISCOPACY and attacked what he saw as the excesses of PURITAN enthusiasm. His great work is Of the Laws of Ecclesiastical Polity (1593 1662, 7 Vols.) …
124Hooker Boulevard — El Cajon Boulevard …
125Hooker, Richard — (1554? 1600) Theologian, b. near Exeter, of a family the original name of which was Vowell. His ability and gentleness as a schoolboy recommended him to the notice of Bishop Jewel, who sent him to Corpus Christi Coll., Oxf., where he graduated …
126Hooker's onion — noun a common North American wild onion with a strong onion odor and an umbel of pink flowers atop a leafless stalk; British Columbia to California and Arizona and east to Wyoming and Colorado • Syn: ↑Allium acuminatum • Hypernyms: ↑wild onion •… …
127hooker-out — | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ noun (plural hookers out) Etymology: hook out, v. + er 1. : a tonger in a wireworks 2. : stickman 1c(1) …
128Joseph Hooker — For the English botanist, see Joseph Dalton Hooker. For other people, see Joe Hooker (disambiguation). Joseph Hooker Portrait by …
