Walter Hooper, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Walter Hooper

literary advisor of the estate of C.S. Lewis

Date of Birth: 27-Mar-1931

Place of Birth: Reidsville, North Carolina, North Carolina, United States

Profession: writer, biographer

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Aries


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About Walter Hooper

  • Walter McGehee Hooper (born March 27, 1931) is a literary advisor of the estate of C.S.
  • Lewis.
  • He was a literary trustee for Owen Barfield from December 1997 to October 2006. Hooper was born in Reidsville, North Carolina, United States.
  • He earned an M.A.
  • in education and was an instructor in English at the University of Kentucky in the early 1960s.
  • He served briefly in 1963 as C.S.
  • Lewis's private secretary when Lewis was in declining health.
  • He devoted himself to Lewis's memory after his death in November 1963, eventually taking up residence in Oxford, England, where he now lives. Hooper studied for the Anglican ministry and was ordained, serving as a chaplain and assistant priest in Oxford.
  • He converted to the Roman Catholic faith in 1988.
  • He is a frequent speaker at conferences and symposia.

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