Thomas Cooper

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Thomas Cooper was an English-born American political philosopher, lawyer, and educator who became a prominent early 19th-century college president in the United States.

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instanceOf college president
educator
person
political philosopher
causeOfDeath natural causes
closeTo Thomas Jefferson NERFINISHED
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
United States of America
dateOfBirth 1759-10-22
dateOfDeath 1840-05-11
educatedAt University of Oxford
employer South Carolina College NERFINISHED
era early 19th century
ethnicGroup English
fieldOfWork chemistry
education
law
political economy
political philosophy
knownFor controversial views on religion and politics
languageSpoken English
legalIssue conviction under the Sedition Act of 1798
memberOf American Philosophical Society
South Carolina bar
movement classical liberalism
notableFor advocacy of states' rights
early American free trade advocacy
support for nullification doctrine
notableWork A Treatise on the Law of Libel and the Liberty of the Press NERFINISHED
Lectures on the Elements of Political Economy NERFINISHED
The Statutes at Large of South Carolina NERFINISHED
occupation chemist
college president
economist
educator
lawyer
pamphleteer
political philosopher
placeOfBirth London, England
surface form: London
placeOfDeath Columbia, South Carolina NERFINISHED
politicalAlignment Jeffersonian Republican NERFINISHED
positionHeld President of South Carolina College
religion Unitarianism
residence Pennsylvania NERFINISHED
South Carolina NERFINISHED
spouse Sarah Morris NERFINISHED

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