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'William Hooper' (June 28, 1742–October 14, 1790), was an American political leader from North Carolina who signed the United States Declaration of Independence.
Hooper was born in Boston, Massachusetts, the son of William Hooper who emigrated from Scotland after studying at the University of Edinburgh. William Hooper senior was minister at Trinity Church in Boston and entered his son into Boston Latin School. William Hooper the younger enrolled in the sophomore class at Harvard College at the age of 15, graduating in 1760. He studied law and settled in Wilmington, North Carolina in 1767. Prior to moving to North Carolina he served an apprenticeship with James Otis.
Hooper lived in Hillsborough, North Carolina for some time as a lawyer and opposed the Regulators.

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★ Short online biography

★ Biography by Rev. Charles A. Goodrich, 1856

★ Appleton's Biography edited by Stanley L. Klos