Samuel Cooper (clergyman), Date of Birth, Date of Death
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American minister
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About Samuel Cooper (clergyman)
- Samuel Cooper (March 28, 1725 – December 29, 1783) was a Congregational minister in Boston, Massachusetts, affiliated with the Brattle Street Church.
- He was born in Boston to William Cooper and Judith Sewall, attended the Boston Latin School, and was graduated from Harvard College in 1743.
- He was ordained as a minister on May 21, 1746, and served as pastor of the Brattle Street Church, 1747-1783.
- Members of his parish at the Brattle St.
- Church included some of the most influential people of the American Revolution: John Hancock, Samuel Adams, Joseph Warren, John Adams, and others.
- He corresponded with Benjamin Franklin, Charles Hector d'Estaing, Gideon Hawley, Charles Gravier de Vergennes; and was associated with Phillis Wheatley.
- In 1780, he co-founded the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
- He served as "chaplain to the General Court" 1758-1770 and 1777-1783.
- Around 1783 Harvard College offered Cooper the position of college president, but Cooper declined.
- In September 1746 he married Judith Bulfinch; they had two daughters.
- A portrait of Cooper by John Singleton Copley now resides in the collection of the Massachusetts Historical Society.
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Source: http://emuseum.williams.edu:8080/emuseum/media/view/Objects/13940/29460
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John Singleton Copley
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| Description | American artist and painter | ||
| Date of birth/death | 3 July 1738 | 9 September 1815 | |
| Location of birth/death | Boston (Massachusetts) | London | |
| Work location | Boston, London | ||
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Source: http://emuseum.williams.edu:8080/emuseum/media/view/Objects/13940/29460
License: PD US
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