Thomas Abthorpe Cooper

Thomas Abthorpe Cooper (born London, England, 1776 – died Bristol, Pennsylvania, 4 April 1841) was an English actor.

Cooper was born in Harrow on the Hill, London, the son of a physician with the East India Company.

He received a good education, and, on the death of his father, was adopted by Thomas Holcroft and William Godwin.

[1] His first appearance on the stage was with Stephen Kemble's company in Edinburgh, and later he acted at Covent Garden, London, with great success as Hamlet and Macbeth.

His acting was of the school of John Philip Kemble, whom he bid fair to rival in his early days.