Thomas Cooper (d. 1743; fl. before 1732 – 1743)

Identifiers

  • Grubstreet: 86

Occupations

  • Printer
  • Bookseller
  • Pamphlet Printer
  • Newspaper Printer

Thomas Cooper, printer, publisher, pamphlet printer, and newspaper printer (before 1732–1743); at the corner of Ivy Lane; at the Globe in Ivy Lane, next or near Paternoster Row (1732–35); at the Globe in Paternoster Row (ca. 1735–42).

Notes & Queries "London Booksellers Series" (1931–2)

COOPER, THOMAS. Was in business at the Globe, Paternoster Row, at least as early as 1736. In January, 1741, he was still at the same address, but from the beginning of 1743 the advertisements bear the name of his wife, Mary Cooper. (See above).

—Frederick T. Wood, 1 August 1931

 

COOOPER, THOMAS. He was at the Globe in Paternoster Row as early as 1734.

—Ambrose Heal, 5 September 1731

A Dictionary of the Printers and Booksellers who were at work in England, Scotland and Ireland from 1726 to 1775, by Henry Plomer et al. (1932)

COOPER (THOMAS), printer and publisher in London, (1) in Paternoster Row, (2) corner of Ivy Lane; (3) in Ivy Lane, next Paternoster Row; (4) Globe in Ivy Lane near Paternoster Row (all these probably refer to the same house). 1732–40(?). One of the most prolific printers and publishers of the pamphlet literature of the eighteenth century. From 1732 till 1761 his name and that of his widow and lists of their publications are to be found in the columns of the London and provincial newspapers. The exact date of Thomas Cooper's death is unknown, but his widow Mary Cooper's name begins to appear alone in imprints about 1743, and she continued the business until her death in 1761. T. Cooper was the printer of the Daily Courant, 1735.