Identificatie
referentie code
Cooper MSS
Titel
Datum(s)
Beschrijvingsniveau
Collectie
Omvang en medium
3 notebooks
Context
Naam van de archiefvormer
Biografie
British orientalist and Congregationalist minister; he was born at Cookham, Berkshire 29 June 1819, son of Basil Henry C., a solicitor, and his wife Harriet; he was educated at Highbury College, 1840-3 and the University of London,BA; he served as a minister in West Bromwich, 1843-52, London, 1853-64, Paris, 1865, and Torquay, 1867-8; he was a Foundation member of the Soc. of Biblical Archaeology; FRSL, 1878; he was very interested in Egyptology and a correspondent of Edward Hincks; he published articles on the Exodus, the antiquity of metal-working in Egypt and on Mariette's discoveries; he acted as reporter for The Times at the Congress of Orientalists in 1874; he died at Cane Hill Asylum, Purley, Surrey, 5 May 1891.
Geschiedenis van het archief
Given to University College London by his daughter Miss S. H. Cooper in 1911.
Directe bron van verwerving of overbrenging
Donated to the Griffith Institute in the early 1980s.
Inhoud en structuur
Bereik en inhoud
Three notebooks.