Thomas Abthorpe Cooper

(1776-1849)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Cooper, Thomas Abthorpe, 1776-1849 LBT ID: ThCoope1849 VIAF ID: 8199734 LOC ID: nr92016449	B/BAP: 1776 DIED: 1849-04-21
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Educated by William Godwin, he performed with Stephen Kemble's company before emigrating to America in 1796 where he enjoyed great success as an actor and theater manager.
REFERENCES TO Thomas Abthorpe Cooper: Thomas Abthorpe Cooper to William Godwin, August 1792 in William Godwin: his Friends and Contemporaries (London: Henry S. King & Co., 1876) Found 1: ¶ 3 Thomas Abthorpe Cooper to William Godwin, 18 October 1793 in William Godwin: his Friends and Contemporaries (London: Henry S. King & Co., 1876) Found 1: ¶ 1 Thomas Holcroft to William Godwin, 22 July 1795 in William Godwin: his Friends and Contemporaries (London: Henry S. King & Co., 1876) Found 1: ¶ 5 John Howard Payne to William Godwin, 30 November 1833 in William Godwin: his Friends and Contemporaries (London: Henry S. King & Co., 1876) Found 1: ¶ 3 C. Kegan Paul, William Godwin: his Friends and Contemporaries (London: Henry S. King & Co., 1876) Ch. II. 1785-1788 Found 8: ¶ 33 ¶ 34 ¶ 35 ¶ 43 ¶ 47 ¶ 52 ¶ 53 ¶ 56 Ch. III. 1788-1792 Found 2: ¶ 13 ¶ 35 Ch. IV. 1793 Ch. VI. 1794-1796 Found 2: ¶ 5 ¶ 18 Ch. XI. 1798 Found 1: ¶ 26 Ch. III. 1800 Found 1: ¶ 1 Ch. XII. 1832-1836 Found 1: ¶ 7