Gordon CooperAge: 77 pioneering NASA astronaut who ventured into orbit twice—in 1963 as the pilot of the last Mercury mission and in 1965 as commander of Gemini 5. Died: Ventura, Calif., Oct…
COOPER John Gordon , a Representative from Ohio; born in Smallthorne, England, April 27, 1872; immigrated to the United States in 1881 with his family, who settled in Youngstown, Ohio; attended the…
(Encyclopedia) Cooper, Peter, 1791–1883, American inventor, industrialist, and philanthropist, b. New York City. After achieving success in the glue business, Cooper, with two partners, erected (1829…
(Encyclopedia) Cooper, Thomas, 1759–1839, American scientist, educator, and political philosopher, b. London, educated at Oxford. His important works include Political Essays (1799); the appendixes…
(Encyclopedia) Cooper, James Fenimore, 1789–1851, American novelist, b. Burlington, N.J., as James Cooper. He was the first important American writer to draw on the subjects and landscape of his…
(Encyclopedia) Cooper, Samuel, 1609–72, one of the greatest English miniaturists. A student of Hoskins, he worked in London from c.1642. He painted portraits of numerous celebrated Englishmen. His…
(Encyclopedia) Cooper, Myles, 1737?–1785, 2d president of King's College (now Columbia Univ.), b. England, educated at Oxford. He was ordained a priest in 1761 and went to King's College (1762) as…
