William George Hooper

William George Hooper was a British author remembered for speculative works on physics and cosmology. Confirmed books by him include Aether and Gravitation (1903) and Ether and the Living Universe (1935), both centered on the old idea of the aether as a key to understanding gravity and the structure of the universe.

In Aether and Gravitation, published in London by Chapman and Hall, Hooper argued that accepted ideas about gravitation needed a new framework. Later, in Ether and the Living Universe, he returned to similar large-scale questions about matter, force, and cosmic order. Today these books are mainly of interest to readers curious about the history of scientific thought and alternative theories from the period.

Reliable biographical details about Hooper himself are surprisingly scarce in the sources I could confirm, so it is best to focus on the books rather than make stronger claims about his life story.