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Who was D.B. Cooper?

The Question: Who was D.B. Cooper? The Answer: The most popular question in relation to D.B. Cooper is not "Who is D.B. Cooper?" but rather "Where is D.B. Cooper…

Cooper, James Fenimore

(Encyclopedia) Cooper, James Fenimore, 1789–1851, American novelist, b. Burlington, N.J., as James Cooper. He was the first important American writer to draw on the subjects and landscape of his…

Cooper, Anthony Ashley

(Encyclopedia) Cooper, Anthony Ashley: see Shaftesbury, Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st earl of.

Cooperstown

(Encyclopedia) Cooperstown, residential and resort village (2020 pop. 1,738), seat of Otsego co., E central N.Y., on the Susquehanna River and Otsego…

Cooper, Peter

(Encyclopedia) Cooper, Peter, 1791–1883, American inventor, industrialist, and philanthropist, b. New York City. After achieving success in the glue business, Cooper, with two partners, erected (1829…

Cooper, Thomas

(Encyclopedia) Cooper, Thomas, 1759–1839, American scientist, educator, and political philosopher, b. London, educated at Oxford. His important works include Political Essays (1799); the appendixes…