Samuel Cooper (surgeon)
Samuel Cooper | |
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![]() Samuel Cooper 1840, Andrew Morton | |
Born | September 1780 |
Died | 2 December 1848 |
Nationality | British |
Occupation | Surgeon |
Known for | Surgical Dictionary |
Samuel Cooper FRS (September 1780 – 2 December 1848) was an English surgeon and medical writer. He published a Surgical Dictionary which went through many editions.
Biography
Cooper was born in September 1780. His father, who had made a fortune in the
After his wife's death, Cooper in 1813 entered the army as surgeon, and served at the
Cooper died of gout on 2 December 1848.[1]
Works
- Cataract, 1805
- First lines of Surgery, 1807
- Surgical Dictionary, 1809 This was translated into French, German, and Italian, and several times republished in America.
- Editor of the third and fourth editions of Dr Mason Good's Study of Medicine, 1822.
For Rees's Cyclopædia he contributed articles on surgery, but the topics are not known.
Family
In 1810 Cooper married a Miss Cranstoun, but she died in the following year, leaving a daughter, afterwards married to Thomas Morton, surgeon to University College Hospital. [1]
References
- ^ a b c d Bettany 1887.
- Attribution
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Bettany, George Thomas (1887). "Cooper, Samuel (1780-1848)". In Stephen, Leslie (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 12. London: Smith, Elder & Co. pp. 148–149.