Frank Billett Hooper was born in London, England on 1 February 1881 and was articled to John Lowis Kirk (c.1862-1941) in Maidenhead, Berkshire from 1898 to 1902. He also attended Maidenhead Technical School, High Wycombe School of Art, and Manchester School of Art and Technology. He worked as an assistant to Thomas Thurlow in High Wycombe in 1902-03; to Tilley in Dorchester; and to Charles Clegg (1828-1922) and Charles Theodore Clegg (1861-1930) of Charles Clegg & Son in Manchester in 1903-04. In 1905 Hooper established his own independent architectural practice in High Wycombe and Gerrard's Cross. He was elected a Licentiate of the Royal Institute of British Architects
His address was given as 15 High Street, Marlow, Buckinghamshire and 70 High Street, Marlow, Buckinghamshire in 1911; 9, Easton Street, High Wycombe; 71, High Street, Marlow-on-Thames; and Church Way, Haddenham, Buckinghamshire in 1914; and 24, Duncan Road, Gillingham, Kent in 1926. He died in Northamptonshire on 21 November 1950
Large chair factory inHigh Wycombe, and extensions to several others; country residence, Chalfont St. Peters; and many other private residences, town and country; corn granary, High Wycombe; general store warehouse, High Wycombe; enlargement and alterations to Wesleyan Schools, Lane End, High Wycombe; several private residences, Sands; two or three Nonconformist chapels and enlargements and alterations to several other
Directory of British Architects 1834-1914. Compiled by Antonia Brodie, et al. Volume 1: A-K. London; New York: British Architectural Library, Royal Institute of British Architects/Continuum, 2001