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pheyor; Walter Boyd, Esq.; Count Coombe ; A Country Gentleman ; Dr. Dodd and Chace Price; Dr. Syntax; An Ital- ian Nun ; The Late Rev. Laurence Steine; The Late Lord Lyttelton; A Plain Man; A Retired Officer; Johannes Scnbhrus; Valerius; Yonck and Eliza; A Young Ladij. An English humorous and satiri- cal writer; resided abroad for many years, and was called " Count Coombe/'

Coon, Spencer Wallace. The Growler.

Cooney, Robert, D.D., about 1800-. A. Wesleyan Methodist Minister. A Cana- dian clergyman; b. in Ireland; a con- vert from the Catholic Church; has written extensively for the secular and religious press in Canada, where he has exercised his ministry.

Cooper, Sir Astley Paston, Bart, 1708-1841. Sir A. C. An eminent English surgeon; b. at Brooke, Norfolk; commenced his medical career under Mr. Turner, an apothecary at Yarmouth, in 1782; in 1784 went to London to attend the hospitals, and in 1787 removed to Edinburgh, but soon returned to Lon- don, where he practised till the year 1822, when his income was no less than j2 1,000, the largest sum ever known to be realized by a medical practitioner. After a short period of retirement in the countrj, however, he returned to London to resume his professional avocations. D. in London.

Cooper, Charles Purton, Esq., LL.D., -1873. C. P. C. An eminent English lawyer ; educ. at Oxford. After a suc- cessful career as a lawyer his business fell off, and some years before his death he was compelled to retire to Boulogne, where he died.

Cooper, Edward. An English Con- naught Ranrjei.

Cooper, James Fenimore, 1789-1851. An American; Cornelius Littlepage; A Travelling Bachelor. A celebrated Amer- ican novelist; b. at Burlington, N.J.; spent three years (1802-5) in Tale Coll.; then entered the U. S. Navy, first as a common sailor, then as a midshipman, from which position he rose to be lieu- tenant; in 1811 he left the navy, and settled at Mamaroneck, Westchester Co , N.Y., and devoted the rest of his life chiefly to literary labor and travel; d. at Cooperstown, N.Y.

Cooper, John Gilbert, 1723-69. Ar- istippus; Pfalaretes. An English writer devoted to classical literature; educ. at Trin. Coll., Cambridge.

Cooper, Mrs. Maria Susanna

(Bransby), -1807. Mrs. C. An Eng- lish writer, relict of the Rev. Dr. Samuel Cooper, of Great Yarmouth; d. at Eer- ney-hill, Co Gloucester, author of many publications.

Cooper, 3Iyles, DD., LL.D, about 1735-85. A North American. An Amer- ican P. E. divine; President of King's (now Columbia) Coll., New York City, 1763-75.

Cooper, Eev. Samuel, S.T.P., 1740- 1800. Dr. C.; No Bigot to, nor against, the Chwch of England; No Tithe GatJierer. An English clergyman ; curate of Great Yarmouth; and Hector of Morley and Yelverton, Norfolk, 1765-1800; d. at Great Yarmouth.

Cooper, Miss Susan Fenimore, about 1815-. A Lady An American miscel- laneous writer, daughter of James Fern* more Cooper.

Cooper, Thomas, LL.D., 1759-1849. A Gentleman in America ; A Native of the South; ANullifier An English Ameri* can ; b. in London ; President of Colum- bia Coll., S.C., 1820-34, where he died.

Cooper, Thomas, 1805-. Adam Horn* booL An English Radical, called the "Chartist"; b. at Leicester; taught the trade of a shoemaker at Gainsborough, Leics. ; diligently applying himself to study, he became a schoolmaster at twenty; he became the leader of the Leicester Chartists in 1841; in 1848 he became an active political and historical lecturer in London ; at first a Skeptic, in 1856 he became a Christian believer; and from 1858 he has travelled through Eng- land and Scotland, preaching and lectur- ing on the " Evidences of Christianity."

Cooper, Rev W. A Certain Unknown Vicar An English clergyman; Rector of Kirkby Wiske.

Cooper, Rev. William, A.M., 1694- 1743. A Minister of Boston. An Amer- ican clergyman; Harv. Univ., 1712; set- tled in Boston, Mass.

Cooper, William, Esq. Vanderdeclcen. An English yachtsman, of London; a fa- mous reporter of regattas

Cope, Robert L Arrelsee. An Amer- ican writer.

Copeland, W. C. Cope. An Amer- ican Journalist, of Brooklyn, N.Y.

Copland, Alexander. A Protestant Layman. An English advocate.

Copithorne, B. A Sufferer. An Eng- lish writer, of the earlier part of the 18th century.

Copieston, Edward, D.D., 1776-1849. One of his Constituents. An eminent Eng- lish prelate ; b. at Offwell, Devon ; Cor-