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James Cooper (shoe Merchant)
James Cooper may refer to: Arts and entertainment *James Fenimore Cooper (1789–1851), American writer * James Cooper (artist) (fl. 1940), African-American cane carving artisan * James Cooper (producer), British podcaster Politics *James Cooper (Pennsylvania politician) (1810–1863), American soldier and politician *James Cooper (Northern Ireland politician) (1882–1949), MP in the Northern Ireland Parliament for Fermanagh and Tyrone *James Cooper (Ontario politician) (1900–1979), Canadian politician Others * James Fairlie Cooper (1814–1869), American soldier and minter *James Graham Cooper (1830–1902), American surgeon and naturalist *James Cooper (VC) (1840–1889), British soldier * James Cooper (minister) (1846–1922), Church of Scotland minister and church historian *James Scott Cooper (1874–1931), Canadian businessman and noted bootlegger * James Cooper (shoe merchant), 19th-century Canadian shoe merchant who built James Cooper House * James Cooper (pitcher) (born ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Fenimore Cooper
James Fenimore Cooper (September 15, 1789 – September 14, 1851) was an American writer of the first half of the 19th century, whose historical romances depicting colonial and indigenous characters from the 17th to the 19th centuries brought him fame and fortune. He lived much of his boyhood and his last 15 years in Cooperstown, New York, which was founded by his father William Cooper on property that he owned. Cooper became a member of the Episcopal Church shortly before his death, and contributed generously to it. He attended Yale University for three years, where he was a member of the Linonian Society. After a stint on a commercial voyage, Cooper served in the U.S. Navy as a midshipman, where he learned the technology of managing sailing vessels, which greatly influenced many of his novels and other writings. The novel that launched his career was '' The Spy'', a tale about espionage set during the American Revolutionary War and published in 1821. He also created Ameri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Cooper (minister)
James Cooper (1846–1922) was a Church of Scotland minister and church historian. In 1917 he attained the highest position in the Church of Scotland as Moderator of the General Assembly. He was a prolific author on religious topics and strong advocate of the reunion of the various schisms of the Scottish church. Life He was born in Elgin on 13 February 1846, the son of John Alexander Cooper (d.1881), a local merchant and former farmer, and his wife, Ann Stephen of Old Keith (d. 1909). He studied at Elgin Academy and Aberdeen University, graduating M.A. in 1867. He also spent at least one semester at the University of Heidelberg before being licensed to preach as a Church of Scotland minister by the Presbytery of Elgin.''Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae''; vol. 7; by Hew Scott, p. 409 After serving some time as assistant in various parishes, Banchory-Ternan, Stirling and Elgin, he was ordained as minister of St Stephen's Church in Broughty Ferry near Dundee in April 1873. In May 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jim Cooper (other)
Jim Cooper James Hayes Shofner Cooper (born June 19, 1954) is an American lawyer, businessman, professor, and politician who served as the United States House of Representatives, U.S. representative for (based in Nashville and containing parts of Davidson ... (born 1954) is the Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Tennessee's 5th district. Jim Cooper may also refer to: * Jim Cooper (footballer) (born 1942), English footballer * Jim Cooper (ceramicist) (born 1955), New Zealand potter * Jim Cooper (American football) (born 1955), American football offensive lineman in the NFL * Jim Cooper (California politician) (born 1964), member of the California State Assembly * Jim Cooper (musician), American Christian musician, songwriter, and producer See also * Jimmy Cooper (other) * James Cooper (other) {{hndis, Cooper, Jim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Cooper (coach)
James Cooper (born February 12, 1982) is an American baseball coach and former outfielder. He played college baseball for the Grambling State Tigers from 2001 to 2004 before playing professionally from 2004 to 2006. He then served as head coach of the Grambling State Tigers (2010–2021). Playing career Cooper was an outfielder for Grambling, where he earned All-Conference honors and played under longtime head coach Wilbert Ellis. He was drafted in the 33rd round of the 2004 MLB Draft by the Houston Astros. He played two seasons in the Astros system, reaching Class A, and one season of independent baseball in the CanAm League for the Sussex Skyhawks before ending his playing career. Coaching career Grambling State Cooper returned to Grambling as an assistant to new head coach Barret Rey. He helped rebuild the Tigers program, qualifying for a pair of Southwestern Athletic Conference baseball tournament appearances in three years. With Rey's departure for SWAC rival Alcorn S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Cooper (pitcher)
James Cooper (born 1919) is an American former Negro league pitcher who played in the 1940s. A native of St. Louis, Missouri, Cooper played for the Cleveland Buckeyes and the Jacksonville Red Caps The Jacksonville Red Caps were a Negro league baseball team based primarily in Jacksonville, Florida. They played the Negro American League from 1938 until 1942. History The team was based in Jacksonville, Florida playing at Durkee Field in ... in 1942. In four recorded appearances on the mound, he posted a 9.00 ERA over 16 innings. References External links anSeamheads Date of birth missing Place of birth missing Cleveland Buckeyes players Jacksonville Red Caps players Baseball pitchers Baseball players from St. Louis 1919 births Possibly living people {{Negro-league-baseball-pitcher-1910s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Cooper House
James Cooper House is an historic house in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. In 2008, the house became the heaviest residential structural relocation in Canadian history, when it was moved east and south from its original location. The relocation took place over two phases, moving east on September 25, 2008 and south on December 11, 2008, at a reported cost of . The house is located at the corner of Sherbourne Street and Linden, just south of Bloor Street. It was built in 1881 for James Cooper, a wealthy importer, manufacturer, and retailer of shoes. It was one of many mansions in the Sherbourne and Jarvis area, once among Toronto's wealthiest. The eight bedroom house was opulently constructed in the Second Empire style with Classical detailing. The City of Toronto designated the structure a heritage property and affixed a ''Heritage Toronto'' plaque in 2010. After Cooper departed, the building became home to the Keeley Institute for Nervous Diseases, an organization assisting those wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Cooper (shoe Merchant)
James Cooper may refer to: Arts and entertainment *James Fenimore Cooper (1789–1851), American writer * James Cooper (artist) (fl. 1940), African-American cane carving artisan * James Cooper (producer), British podcaster Politics *James Cooper (Pennsylvania politician) (1810–1863), American soldier and politician *James Cooper (Northern Ireland politician) (1882–1949), MP in the Northern Ireland Parliament for Fermanagh and Tyrone *James Cooper (Ontario politician) (1900–1979), Canadian politician Others * James Fairlie Cooper (1814–1869), American soldier and minter *James Graham Cooper (1830–1902), American surgeon and naturalist *James Cooper (VC) (1840–1889), British soldier * James Cooper (minister) (1846–1922), Church of Scotland minister and church historian *James Scott Cooper (1874–1931), Canadian businessman and noted bootlegger * James Cooper (shoe merchant), 19th-century Canadian shoe merchant who built James Cooper House * James Cooper (pitcher) (born ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Scott Cooper
James Cooper (1874 in London, Ontario – 1931) was a Canadian bootlegger who gained prosperity through the prohibition era. Cooper became one of the wealthiest and most powerful bootleggers in Canada. Bootlegging Ontario voted for prohibition of alcohol in October 1919. This law lay out that residents were allowed to purchase liquor for private use only. Saloons and bars were closed, and the only way to consume alcohol was in the privacy of the individual's home. Because Cooper discovered there was nothing to prevent Ontario distilleries from completing any orders not originating in Ontario, he opened an office across the river in Detroit. By taking orders by phone from customers in Windsor, Cooper was allowed to produce and provide alcohol to his customers. He worked on a commission basis for Hiram Walker, and for a director for Dominion Distillery products. On average he managed to make one dollar per case for his work. Farming innovation Although much of Cooper's fortu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Cooper (VC)
James Cooper Victoria Cross, VC (September 1840 – 9 August 1889) was an England, English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to United Kingdom, British and Commonwealth of Nations, Commonwealth forces. Details Cooper was about 27 years old and a Private (rank), private in the 2nd Battalion, 24th Regiment of Foot (later The South Wales Borderers), British Army during the Andaman Islands Expedition. The Cross was not awarded for bravery in action against the enemy, but for bravery at sea in saving life in a storm off the Andaman Islands. On 7 May 1867 at the island of Little Andaman, eastern India, in the Bay of Bengal, Private Cooper was one of a party of five (David Bell (VC), David Bell, Campbell Mellis Douglas, William Griffiths (VC), William Griffiths, Thomas Murphy (VC), Thomas Murphy) of 2/24th Regiment. They risked their lives in manning a boat and proceeding through dang ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Cooper (artist)
James Cooper, a.k.a. "Stick Daddy," was one of several African American artisans associated with the cane carving tradition in coastal Georgia during the early twentieth century. Ethnographers and art historians have seen this tradition as evidence of the persistence of African visual and cultural motifs into North America and modern period. Biography Cooper's birth and death dates are not known. He made a living through miscellaneous jobs and repair services, which he conducted with a push-cart that he rolled through Savannah. He was known also to sell lunches to workers on break from the Savannah Sugar Refinery. While he had never received formal instruction in art making or wood carving, he recalled to New Deal ethnographers that his grandfather had made baskets, chairs, and tables, working in the mediums of carpentry, cane-weaving, and basketry. Carving ornamental walking sticks was something Cooper had taken up "just for fun," but he imagined he "sort of inherited" his talent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Graham Cooper
James Graham Cooper (June 19, 1830 – July 19, 1902) was an American surgeon and naturalist. Cooper was born in New York. He worked for the California Geological Survey (1860–1874) with Josiah Dwight Whitney, William Henry Brewer and Henry Nicholas Bolander. He was primarily a zoologist, but he also made significant Botany, botanical collections from San Diego to Fort Mohave, Arizona in 1861. Cooper was active in the California Academy of Sciences, eventually becoming Director of the Museum. He obtained his medical degree in 1851 and practiced in New York City until 1853. Spencer F. Baird, the Assistant Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution at that time, helped Cooper work with the Pacific railroad survey parties working in the Washington Territory. He joined this survey under Captain George McClellan as a surgeon until 1854. In 1855 he visited San Francisco and the Panama Isthmus. He collected many birds during this expedition. In 1860, he returned west and joined the Bla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Fairlie Cooper
James Fairlie Cooper (September 2, 1814 – October 14, 1869) was an American minter and soldier. Biography Cooper was born in New York City on October 2, 1814. He was an alumnus of the United States Military Academy at West Point; graduating in 1834 as 17th out of 36. Commissioned into the United States Army he served in the 3rd U.S. Infantry as a second lieutenant; doing topographical surveys and being stationed in Louisiana. Cooper resigned his commission in 1837. By 1843, he had become the (third) superintendent of the Dahlonega Mint in Georgia and remained in the position until 1849. Forty-four percent of the mint's coinage was struck during his tenure. When the American Civil War started in 1861, he briefly served in the Confederate States Army from May to December as lieutenant colonel of the 7th Georgia Infantry Regiment. Afterwards, he became a civil engineer and surveyor. He died in Atlanta, Georgia Atlanta ( ) is the List of capitals in the United States, c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
