Thomas Cooper

Thomas Cooper was an opinion journalist, writer, poet and politician (1805–1892). He was born at Leicester and died at Lincoln.

Also recorded as Cooper the Chartist.

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Identity

What the record establishes about Thomas Cooper.

Thomas Cooper is recorded with the citizenship of United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. The Metropolitan Museum of Art records 39 objects associated with this heading. Thomas Cooper is recorded as opinion journalist, writer, poet and politician. The Art Institute of Chicago records 6 objects associated with this heading. Wellcome Collection records 1021 objects associated with this heading. Open Library catalogues 94 works under this name.

Works and catalogued output

What Thomas Cooper produced.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art catalogues 3 works under this heading. The Art Institute of Chicago catalogues 5 works under this heading. Wikidata Query Service catalogues 4 works under this heading. Wellcome Collection catalogues 8 works under this heading. Open Library catalogues 39 works under this heading.

Holdings and surviving copies

F. Scott Fitzgerald : centenary exhibition, September 24, 1896-September 24, 1996 : the Matthew J. and Arlyn Bruccoli Collection, the Thomas Cooper Library (1996) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive. Two Nights' Public Discussion Between Thomas Cooper & Charles Bradlaugh, on the Being of a God ... (1864) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive. Juny: (1890) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive.

Authority records

The identifiers under which Thomas Cooper may be traced in institutional catalogues.

Thomas Cooper is established in the international name authorities as Wikidata Q1960767.

Catalogued works

41 works under this name are catalogued by Wikidata Query Service, Open Library, The Art Institute of Chicago and Wellcome Collection. Their recorded dates run from 1820 to 1839.

The Purgatory of Suicides. Alderman Ralph: or, The History of the Borough and Corporation of the Borough of Willowacre. Captain Cobler: or, The Lincolnshire Rebell... Wise Saws and Modern Instances: Tales. Supplement to Mr. Cooper's Letters on the slave trade. Two tracts. Some information concerning gas lights. Remarkable extracts and observations on the slave trade, with some considerations on the consumption of West India produce. Renseignemens sur l'Amérique. Introductory lecture on mineralogy ... Letters on the slave trade. Thoughts on emigration. A reply to Mr. Burke's invective against Mr. Cooper, and Mr. Watt. Renseignemens sur l'Ame̓rique. Considerations on the slave trade. Some information respecting America. An account of the trial of Thomas Cooper, of Northumberland. On the connection between geology and the Pentateuch. Examination of the Charleston memorial. Two essays. Extract of a letter from a gentleman in America to a friend in England on the subject of emigration. A treatise of domestic medicine. Political essays. Examination of A tract on the alteration of the tariff, written by Thomas Cooper. The opinion of Judge Cooper on the effect of a sentence of a foreign court of admiralty. A treatise of domestic medicine, intended for families, in which the treatment of common disorders are alphabetically enumerated. Propositions respecting the foundations of civil government. Lectures on the elements of political economy. Letters, 1825-1832. A practical treatise on dyeing and callicoe printing. The Institutes of Justinian. Tracts on medical jurisprudence. To any member of Congress. [Letter] 1818 August 4th, [Philadelphia] to the trustees of the University of Pennsylvania. A tract on the proposed alteration in the tariff. The bankrupt law of America. Little Shepherdess Resting, dated n.d., black and colored chalk with graphite and brush and brown wash and white gouache, on brown wove paper, laid down on board, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 1993.248.1745. Two Recumbent Cows (recto); Sketch of Standing Cow (verso), dated c. 1820/30, watercolor over graphite (recto and verso) on buff wove paper, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 1993.248.884. Thomas Sidney Cooper. Photograph by Elliott & Fry., held by Wellcome Collection. Some remarks on hydrocyanic acid / [John Thomas Cooper]., dated [1839], held by Wellcome Collection. Sir Astley Paston Cooper. Oil painting after Sir Thomas Lawrence., held by Wellcome Collection.

In public collections

Work associated with this heading is recorded in 2 named public collections.

The Art Institute of Chicago: 6 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue. Wellcome Collection: 1021 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue.

Literature

3 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.

Cooper, Thomas George, Benezit Dictionary of Artists, 2011. Cooper, Thomas Sidney, Benezit Dictionary of Artists, 2011. Cooper, Thomas Sidney, Oxford Art Online, 2003.

Naming and authority record

This heading is established in Gemeinsame Normdatei (GND) (173319254) and Getty Union List of Artist Names (ULAN) (500004277). Those registers additionally record the forms Leon, Thomas Cooper de, Leon, T. C. de. and DeLeon, T. C.

Scholarly footprint

Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 5 language editions of the general reference literature carrying an article (Wikimedia (language editions)). A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.

Evidence base

This article draws on 9 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 9 means 9 genuinely separate publishers of record. 8 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.

Chronology

  1. 1021Wellcome Collection records 1021 objects associated with this heading.
  2. 1805Thomas Cooper born at Leicester.
  3. 1805Thomas Cooper was born in 1805 at Leicester.
  4. 1864Two Nights' Public Discussion Between Thomas Cooper & Charles Bradlaugh, on the Being of a God ... (1864) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive.
  5. 1864Two Nights' Public Discussion Between Thomas Cooper & Charles Bradlaugh, on the Being of a God ... digitised by Internet Archive.
  6. 1890Juny: (1890) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive.
  7. 1892Thomas Cooper died at Lincoln.
  8. 1892Thomas Cooper died in 1892 at Lincoln.
  9. 1896F. Scott Fitzgerald : centenary exhibition, September 24, 1896-September 24, 1996 : the Matthew J. and Arlyn Bruccoli Collection, the Thomas Cooper Library (1996) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive.
  10. 1996F. Scott Fitzgerald : centenary exhibition, September 24, 1896-September 24, 1996 : the Matthew J. and Arlyn Bruccoli Collection, the Thomas Cooper Library digitised by Internet Archive.

Sources

Each source is named with the standing the house places on it, so the evidence can be weighed rather than taken on trust.

  1. 1.

    Cooper, Thomas George, Benezit Dictionary of Artists, 2011

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  2. 2.

    Cooper, Thomas Sidney, Benezit Dictionary of Artists, 2011

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  3. 3.

    Cooper, Thomas Sidney, Oxford Art Online, 2003

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  4. 4.

    Gotch, Thomas Cooper, Benezit Dictionary of Artists, 2011

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  5. 5.

    Moore, Thomas Cooper, Benezit Dictionary of Artists, 2011

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  6. 6.

    Open Library author record for Thomas Cooper (Internet Archive), 94 catalogued works.

    Institutional database · Scholarly · Internet Archive

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  7. 7.

    Directory of Open Access Journals lists 13 articles naming Thomas Cooper.

    open access index · Unverified

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  8. 8.

    Gemeinsame Normdatei 173319254, DeLeon, Thomas Cooper.

    authority file · Unverified · Deutsche Nationalbibliothek

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  9. 9.

    Gemeinsame Normdatei 5201728-X, Thomas Cooper Library.

    authority file · Unverified · Deutsche Nationalbibliothek

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  10. 10.

    Getty Union List of Artist Names 500004277, Moore, Thomas Cooper.

    authority file · Unverified · The Getty Research Institute

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  11. 11.

    Internet Archive, 164 digitised items catalogued under Thomas Cooper as creator.

    digital repository · Unverified

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  12. 12.

    Project Gutenberg holds 5 full texts attributed to Thomas Cooper.

    digital repository · Unverified

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  13. 13.

    The Art Institute of Chicago, collection records associated with Thomas Cooper.

    museum collection · Unverified · The Art Institute of Chicago

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    The Cleveland Museum of Art, open access collection records associated with Thomas Cooper.

    museum collection · Unverified · The Cleveland Museum of Art

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  15. 15.

    The Metropolitan Museum of Art, collection records associated with Thomas Cooper (39 objects).

    museum collection · Unverified · The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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  16. 16.

    Wellcome Collection catalogue records 1021 works naming Thomas Cooper.

    museum collection · Unverified · Wellcome Collection

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  17. 17.

    Wikidata, structured authority record Q1960767: Thomas Cooper

    reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikimedia Foundation

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