Hooker is the surname of: Prostitution is the sale of sexual services. ... The Galway Hooker is a traditional sailing boat used in Galway Bay off the West coast of Ireland. ... A rugby union team is made up of 15 players: eight forwards, numbered 1 to 8; and seven backs, numbered 9 to 15. ... Hooker Glacier is one of several glaciers found around or close to the slopes of Mount Cook in the Southern Alps of New Zealand. ... Catch wrestling is a popular style of wrestling with origins in a variety of styles, most notably those of Lancashire, England, collar-and-elbow, and catch-as-catch-can (which is the immediate source of its name). ... Lajos Tiza, translated from Hungarian to Aloysius Martin Thesz (April 24, 1916 – April 28, 2002), better known as Lou Thesz, was a professional wrestler and multiple time World Heavyweight Champion. ... Aerosmith is a prominent American rock band. ... The Mount Wilson Observatory (MWO) is an astronomical observatory in Los Angeles County, California. ... T.J. Hooker was a weekly police drama that premiered as a mid-season replacement in early 1982 on ABC-TV and ran on ABC primetime through summer 1985. ... A family name, or surname, is that part of a persons name that indicates to what family he or she belongs. ...
Evelyn Hooker, Dr. (1907–1996), American psychologist who showed in the 1950s that gay people cannot be distinguished from straight ones by their mental state or capacity
Joseph Dalton Hooker (1817–1911), English botanist (son of William Jackson Hooker)
Joseph Hooker (1814–1879), American Civil War General
John Lee Hooker (1917–2001), American blues singer and guitarist
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John Lee Hooker, the greatest of all bluesmen passed away peacefully in his sleep in the morning of June 21, 2001 at his home in the San Francisco Bay area, at the age of 83.
Hooker influenced countless generations of musicians and inspired music fans around the world during his sixty year career.
Earlier that year, Hooker was awarded a lifetime achievement award by the Rhythm and Blues Foundation and presented by Bonnie Raitt and Eric Clapton.
Hooker moved to command the Department of the East until he retired from the army after suffering a stroke on 15th October, 1868.
Lincoln, as was his character and habit, overlooked all the hard things Hooker had said of him, made him Commander of the Army of the Potomac in view of the good things he expected him to do for the country, and sent him, with the commission, a letter full of kindness and wise advice.
Hooker was in Washington on the Thursday of the week before the battle of Gettysburg, and at a conference with the President and the Secretary of War, it was agreed to hold Harper's Ferry, which, the year before, had been surrendered with great loss of men and materials of war.
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