The game of snooker was invented by a Britain, Colonel Sir Neville Chamberlain of the British Army garrisons of India. In 1875.
The term snooker was used as a derogatory term for the first year recruits of the Royal Military Academy of Woolwich in England. For many years the game was known as 'Snookers Pool' and was played with a smaller number of balls and to very different scoring rules than the game we know today.