HARTNOLL

John Hooper . b. 1799 or 1800; mathematical master Green wich hospital sch., retired on a pension; started The Kentish Mercury 1832, proprietor and editor to his decease; proprietor and editor of Post Magazine and Insurance Monitor 1839 and Post Magazine Almanac and Insurance Directory 1854; author of The annual balance sheets of all the insurance companies, with a letter on the Joint Stock Companies’ registration act 1853, 2 ed. 1853. d. Bexley house, Green wich 6 June 1870. Newspaper Pre , iv , 174 (1870); Kentish Mercury 11 June 1870 p. 4.