Meredith Hooper, an Australian historian and writer, died on December 27, 2025, aged 86.
Born Meredith Jean Rooney in Adelaide on October 21, 1939, she was raised in the city and later graduated in history from the University of Adelaide. She went on to study imperial history at Oxford.
Hooper was a member of the Association of British Science Writers and the British Society for the History of Science, and served as a visiting research fellow at the Royal Institution.
Meredith Jean Hooper (née Rooney; 21 October 1939 – 27 December 2025) was an Australian historian and writer.