John Gilbert Cooper

[3] Cooper's claim to notability comes from his prose, poetry and a public row he had with William Warburton.

The row arose from a book he published on Socrates where his work ignored the established view of many including Warburton.

[2] Cooper died in Mayfair having devoted the last few years of his life to the Society for the Encouragement of the Arts, Manufactures, and Commerce, but he left when he failed to get elected as vice president.

[2] Besides Cooper's books he also inspired a noted painting by Joseph Wright of Derby.

The painting entitled Miravan Breaking Open the Tomb of his Ancestors was based on a story in Cooper's Letters of Taste.