William Hooper (chemist)

William Hooper (chemist)

William Hooper (1817 or 1818 - September 25, 1877 [cite journal | title =
journal = Telegraphic Journal and Electrical Review
volume = 6 | issue = 118 | pages = 416–417 | date = October 15, 1878 | url = http://books.google.com/books?id=YBEAAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA416&lpg=PA416&dq=william+hooper+%22telegraph+works%22&source=web&ots=ZDxxtlWMKe&sig=ACyUwDvGEPtya5wGSi5D0KEwRy4
accessdate = 2007-07-29 ] ) was a British chemist.

Hooper set up a factory in 1845 at the old Mitcham Workhouse, on Mitcham Common. His first products were rubber goods, mostly for the medical profession. Experiments were carried out for insulating electric cables using rubber, and he devised a continuous manufacturing process for this. Hooper established Hooper's Telegraph Works, a limited company based in London's Milwall Docks with a factory on Mitcham Common. The company went into liquidation in 1877, with Hooper dying a year later at the age of sixty. [cite web|url=http://www.geocities.com/jckinghorn/ATL/content/earlydays.htm|title=Atlantic Transport Line|author=Jonathan Kinghorn|year=2006|accessdate=2007-05-15] [cite web |url=http://atlantic-cable.com/CableCos/BritishMfrs/index.htm |title=History of the Atlantic Cable & Submarine Telegraphy - British Cable Manufacturers |accessdate=2007-05-15 |last=Glover |first=Bill |date=16 March, 2007]

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