For other people named James Cooper, see James Cooper (disambiguation).
James Graham Cooper
Born
(1830-06-19)June 19, 1830
New York
Died
July 19, 1902(1902-07-19) (aged 72)
Parent
William Cooper (father)
Scientific career
Fields
Surgeon and naturalist
Institutions
California Geological Survey, California Academy of Sciences
Patrons
Spencer F. Baird
Author abbrev. (botany)
J.G.Cooper
Author abbrev. (zoology)
Cooper, J.G. Cooper
James Graham Cooper (June 19, 1830 – July 19, 1902) was an American surgeon and naturalist.[1]
Cooper was born in New York. He worked for the California Geological Survey (1860–1874) with Josiah Dwight Whitney, William Henry Brewer and Henry Nicholas Bolander. He was primarily a zoologist, but he also made significant botanical collections from San Diego to Fort Mohave, Arizona in 1861. Cooper was active in the California Academy of Sciences, eventually becoming Director of the Museum.[1]
He obtained his medical degree in 1851 and practiced in New York City until 1853. Spencer F. Baird, the Assistant Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution at that time, helped Cooper work with the Pacific railroad survey parties working in the Washington Territory. He joined this survey under Captain George McClellan as a surgeon until 1854. In 1855 he visited San Francisco and the Panama Isthmus. He collected many birds during this expedition.[1]
In 1860, he returned west and joined the Blake Expedition that went from St. Louis up to the Missouri River and into Idaho and Washington. He worked as a contract surgeon for brief periods with the US Army and Josiah Whitney, the chief of the California Geological Survey. Along with Baird he wrote a book on the birds of California "Ornithology, Volume I, Land Birds" in 1870.[1]
His marriage in 1866 made it difficult for him to balance his interest in natural history. He worked in San Mateo, Oakland, and San Francisco and finally settled in 1875 in Hayward. He wrote on his difficulties in a letter in 1870
In this country, like most others, the pursuit of science as a private business is a losing game ... Almost all the 'enlightened' people of this city know me as a 'naturalist,' which is the title of all the taxidermists also, and ... they avoid employing me professionally as they would a bird-stuffer. The consequence is that ... my patients are among the poor and ignorant, who don't know much about me and don't pay either ... My time is much taken up now in running about trying to raise money enough to pay expenses ... As I am not worse off than most other naturalists, I ought not to complain, I suppose, ... Hoping you may not get down to my condition (the best of wishes), I remain, ...
His father William Cooper was also a naturalist.[1]
^ abcdeEmerson, W. O. (1899). "Dr. James G. Cooper" . Bulletin of the Cooper Ornithological Club. 1 (1).
and 25 Related for: James Graham Cooper information
JamesGrahamCooper (June 19, 1830 – July 19, 1902) was an American surgeon and naturalist. Cooper was born in New York. He worked for the California Geological...
JamesCooper (Ontario politician) (1900–1979), Canadian politician James Fairlie Cooper (1814–1869), American soldier and minter JamesGrahamCooper (1830–1902)...
elf owl was formally described in 1861 by the American naturalist JamesGrahamCooper from a specimen collected near Fort Mohave in Arizona. He coined...
Shedding Periodicity and Site Fidelity of Round Stingrays, Urolophus halleri (Cooper), at Seal Beach, California: Implications for Stingray-related Injury Management"...
James Fenimore Cooper (September 15, 1789 – September 14, 1851) was an American writer of the first half of the 19th century, whose historical romances...
July 2013. Rosenberg, G.; Bouchet, P. (2011). Aplysia californica J. G. Cooper, 1863. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www...
currently three recognized species in this genus: Gibbonsia elegans (J. G. Cooper, 1864) (Spotted kelpfish) Gibbonsia metzi C. L. Hubbs, 1927 (Striped kelpfish)...
California. Media related to Doris montereyensis at Wikimedia Commons Cooper, J. G. (1862). "Some new genera and species of California Mollusca". Proceedings...
sandiegensis In a central California tidepool This species feeds on sponges. Cooper, J.G. (1862). Some new genera and species of Californian mollusca. Proceedings...
Kelpfish, Gibbonsia elegans Cooper, 1864 Regulation and Significance of Color Patterns of the Spotted Kelpfish, Gibbonsia elegans Cooper, 1864 George C. Williams...
Gary Cooper (born Frank JamesCooper; May 7, 1901 – May 13, 1961) was an American actor known for his strong, quiet screen persona and understated acting...
1893 in California and operated until 2016. Its name commemorated JamesGrahamCooper, an early California biologist. It published the ornithological journal...
stones on the shore at San Diego Bay, California, United States. Cooper, JamesGraham. 1863. Some new genera and species of California Mollusca. Proceedings...
an eminent, multi-disciplinary team, including William H. Brewer, JamesGrahamCooper, William More Gabb, Charles F. Hoffmann, Watson Andrews Goodyear...
the U.S. physician, ichthyologist, ornithologist and malacologist JamesGrahamCooper (1830–1902). Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2013). "Callionymus...
cover of the first issue of Condor. He lived not far from his friend JamesGrahamCooper after whom the organization was named. He also made visits to the...
Alice Cooper (born Vincent Damon Furnier; February 4, 1948) is an American rock singer and songwriter whose career spans sixty years. With a raspy voice...
Coombs, Jr. Cooper, J.G. Cooper – JamesGrahamCooper (1830–1902) general zoology, particularly ornithology Cooper, W. Cooper – William Cooper (1798–1864)...
Cooper DeJean (born February 9, 2003) is an American football cornerback for the Philadelphia Eagles of the National Football League (NFL). He played college...
Natural History collected by zoologist JamesGrahamCooper in Santa Clara, California on Dec. 31, 1855. Cooper lived in Mountain View, California from...
Allen begs for James to forgive him even as he is killing him, explaining that Moloch came to him and offered to save his father (Neil Cooper) if he completed...
Global Information