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22: 208: 120:, during 1841, and later the office of surveyor to the ports of New York and Philadelphia. Cooper had great natural endowments of person and voice, but did not excel as a student. His acting was of the school of 193: 289: 108:. Later he again visited England, but soon returned to the United States, where he continued to play until advanced in years. As his daughter, 245: 284: 294: 117: 274: 187: 279: 105: 238: 231: 97:, and in August of the following year played in the Greenwich Street Theatre, New York, as Pierre in 26: 182: 101:. He returned to England in 1802, and for several years held a foremost rank on the English stage. 21: 186: 153: 94: 219: 109: 40: 269: 264: 104:
In 1804, he returned to New York and soon afterward, for a long time, became lessee of the
8: 147: 178: 121: 55: 51: 116:, he held various public offices, among which were that of military storekeeper in 59: 36: 58:. He received a good education, and, on the death of his father, was adopted by 215: 70: 63: 258: 78: 90: 113: 74: 207: 86: 82: 44: 149:
A Memoir of the Professional Life of Thomas Abthorpe Cooper
89:. In December, 1796, he made his first appearance in 214:This article about an American theatre actor is a 256: 112:, married Robert Tyler, eldest son of President 124:, whom he bid fair to rival in his early days. 239: 194:Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography 177: 69:His first appearance on the stage was with 246: 232: 54:, London, the son of a physician with the 141: 139: 137: 20: 145: 290:English emigrants to the United States 257: 134: 202: 13: 14: 306: 206: 81:, London, with great success as 285:English people of Irish descent 188:"Cooper, Thomas Apthorpe"  146:Ireland, Joseph Norton (1888). 43:, 4 April 1841) was an English 25:Cooper circa 1822, painting by 152:. The Dunlap Society. p.  1: 171: 295:American theatre actor stubs 218:. You can help Knowledge by 7: 10: 311: 275:American male stage actors 201: 280:English male stage actors 197:. New York: D. Appleton. 127: 77:, and later he acted at 118:Frankford, Pennsylvania 95:Chestnut Street Theatre 33:Thomas Abthorpe Cooper 29: 41:Bristol, Pennsylvania 24: 50:Cooper was born in 122:John Philip Kemble 93:as Macbeth at the 56:East India Company 52:Harrow on the Hill 30: 227: 226: 302: 248: 241: 234: 210: 203: 198: 190: 165: 164: 162: 160: 143: 99:Venice Preserved 310: 309: 305: 304: 303: 301: 300: 299: 255: 254: 253: 252: 185:, eds. (1900). 174: 169: 168: 158: 156: 144: 135: 130: 60:Thomas Holcroft 37:London, England 27:Chester Harding 17: 12: 11: 5: 308: 298: 297: 292: 287: 282: 277: 272: 267: 251: 250: 243: 236: 228: 225: 224: 211: 200: 199: 173: 170: 167: 166: 132: 131: 129: 126: 73:'s company in 71:Stephen Kemble 64:William Godwin 39:, 1776 - died 16:American actor 15: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 307: 296: 293: 291: 288: 286: 283: 281: 278: 276: 273: 271: 268: 266: 263: 262: 260: 249: 244: 242: 237: 235: 230: 229: 223: 221: 217: 212: 209: 205: 204: 196: 195: 189: 184: 180: 179:Wilson, J. G. 176: 175: 155: 151: 150: 142: 140: 138: 133: 125: 123: 119: 115: 111: 107: 102: 100: 96: 92: 88: 84: 80: 79:Covent Garden 76: 72: 67: 65: 61: 57: 53: 48: 46: 42: 38: 34: 28: 23: 19: 220:expanding it 213: 192: 157:. Retrieved 148: 106:Park Theatre 103: 98: 91:Philadelphia 68: 49: 32: 31: 18: 270:1849 deaths 265:1776 births 259:Categories 172:References 114:John Tyler 183:Fiske, J. 110:Priscilla 75:Edinburgh 159:29 March 87:Macbeth 83:Hamlet 35:(born 128:Notes 45:actor 216:stub 161:2016 85:and 62:and 261:: 191:. 181:; 136:^ 66:. 47:. 247:e 240:t 233:v 222:. 163:. 154:1

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Chester Harding
London, England
Bristol, Pennsylvania
actor
Harrow on the Hill
East India Company
Thomas Holcroft
William Godwin
Stephen Kemble
Edinburgh
Covent Garden
Hamlet
Macbeth
Philadelphia
Chestnut Street Theatre
Park Theatre
Priscilla
John Tyler
Frankford, Pennsylvania
John Philip Kemble



A Memoir of the Professional Life of Thomas Abthorpe Cooper
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Wilson, J. G.
Fiske, J.
"Cooper, Thomas Apthorpe" 
Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography

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