Robert Cooper (1650-1733) was a

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during the late 17th and early 18th centuries. Cooper was born in

Kidderminster Kidderminster is a market town and civil parish in Worcestershire, England, south-west of Birmingham and north of Worcester, England, Worcester. Located north of the River Stour, Worcestershire, River Stour and east of the River Severn, in th ...

and educated at

Pembroke College, Oxford Pembroke College, a constituent college of the University of Oxford, is located on Pembroke Square, Oxford. The college was founded in 1624 by King James I of England and VI of Scotland, using in part the endowment of merchant Thomas Tesdale ...

. He held the

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at Harlington. He was

Archdeacon of Dorset The Archdeacon of Dorset is a senior ecclesiastical officer within the Diocese of Salisbury, England. He or she is responsible for the disciplinary supervision of the clergy within the four area deaneries: Purbeck, Poole, Wimborne, and Milton & ...

from 1698 until his death.

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Alumni of Pembroke College, Oxford 1650 births 1733 deaths 18th-century English Anglican priests Archdeacons of Dorset People from Kidderminster {{Canterbury-archdeacon-17C-stub