Thomas Cooper de Leon
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Thomas Cooper De Leon (May 21, 1839 – March 19, 1914) was an American journalist, author, and playwright.
Biography
Born in
The Mobile Register, The Gossip, and the Gulf Citizen (both Mobile papers; 1873–96). For many years, he managed the Mobile Mardi Gras
Carnival.
He was the author of a number of works, among them Creole and Puritan (1889), The Puritan's Daughter, and Four Years in Rebel Capitals (1893). He also wrote several plays, including the comedy-drama totally blind from 1903 and henceforward known as "The Blind Laureate of the Lost Cause".
Thomas Cooper de Leon was named for the good friend of his father, the outspoken Thomas Cooper, president of the University of South Carolina. He was buried in Magnolia Cemetery, Mobile, Alabama.
References
- Lamb, Biographical Dict. of the United States, Boston, 1900;
- Allibone, Dict. of Authors, Supplement;
- Who's Who in America, 1903-5
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Singer, Isidore; et al., eds. (1901–1906). "Leon, Thomas Cooper de". The Jewish Encyclopedia. New York: Funk & Wagnalls.
External links
- Works by Thomas Cooper de Leon at Project Gutenberg
- Works by or about Thomas Cooper de Leon at Internet Archive
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