William Godwin's Diary

Cooper, Thomas (Abthorpe)

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This person is mentioned in the diary a total of 221 times, but was not at home (N) 8 times, and was a venue (V) 21 times.

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1788

27  July  1788 19  September  1788 29  September  1788 18  December  1788

1790

19  August  1790 4  November  1790

1791

1  November  1791 16  November  1791 8  December  1791

1792

26  January  1792 20  March  1792 3  April  1792 7  April  1792 18  June  1792 20  June  1792 22  June  1792 11  July  1792 22  July  1792 25  July  1792 30  July  1792 30  July  1792 5  August  1792 6  August  1792 14  August  1792 16  August  1792 17  August  1792 10  September  1792 4  November  1792

1793

25  February  1793 25  February  1793 4  March  1793 14  November  1793 16  November  1793 17  November  1793

1794

5  January  1794 14  April  1794 18  April  1794 20  April  1794 9  June  1794 10  June  1794 9  November  1794 11  November  1794 16  November  1794 5  December  1794 6  December  1794 15  December  1794 21  December  1794

1795

8  January  1795 17  January  1795 18  January  1795 25  January  1795 27  January  1795 1  February  1795 12  February  1795 15  February  1795 17  February  1795 22  February  1795 28  February  1795 7  March  1795 16  March  1795 29  March  1795 4  April  1795 16  April  1795 18  April  1795 (V) 10  May  1795 29  May  1795 4  September  1795 6  September  1795 7  September  1795 13  September  1795 19  September  1795 20  September  1795 22  September  1795 25  September  1795 27  September  1795 4  October  1795 6  October  1795 8  October  1795 18  October  1795 19  October  1795 (V) 20  October  1795 (V) 26  October  1795 4  November  1795 9  November  1795 11  November  1795 15  November  1795 27  November  1795 29  November  1795 30  November  1795 1  December  1795 2  December  1795 3  December  1795 6  December  1795 9  December  1795 13  December  1795 14  December  1795 15  December  1795 18  December  1795 27  December  1795

1796

12  January  1796 15  January  1796 7  February  1796 8  February  1796 13  February  1796 17  February  1796 25  February  1796 26  February  1796 27  February  1796 29  February  1796 4  March  1796 9  March  1796 (V) 9  March  1796 10  September  1796 12  September  1796 12  September  1796 12  September  1796

1800

3  January  1800 30  November  1800

1802

1  April  1802

1803

14  February  1803 14  February  1803 15  February  1803 17  February  1803 17  February  1803 18  February  1803 24  February  1803 4  March  1803 (NV) 4  March  1803 (N) 6  March  1803 9  March  1803 13  March  1803 19  March  1803 22  March  1803 25  March  1803 29  March  1803 31  March  1803 2  April  1803 5  April  1803 9  April  1803 17  April  1803 22  April  1803 25  April  1803 26  April  1803 26  April  1803 27  April  1803 28  April  1803 30  April  1803 5  May  1803 6  May  1803 6  May  1803 8  May  1803 9  May  1803 14  May  1803 23  May  1803 (V) 25  May  1803 29  May  1803 30  May  1803 4  June  1803 14  June  1803 19  June  1803 23  June  1803 12  October  1803 (N) 12  October  1803 14  October  1803 21  October  1803 24  October  1803 25  October  1803

1804

17  March  1804 18  March  1804 20  March  1804 26  March  1804 (V) 28  March  1804 1  April  1804 2  April  1804 7  April  1804 8  April  1804 (V) 13  April  1804 (V) 14  April  1804 16  April  1804 29  April  1804 1  May  1804 14  May  1804 18  May  1804 (V) 11  September  1804 11  September  1804

1806

1  April  1806

1807

3  June  1807

1810

26  October  1810 (V) 11  November  1810 15  November  1810 (V) 21  November  1810 (NV) 22  November  1810 23  November  1810 (V) 28  November  1810 (V) 2  December  1810 6  December  1810 14  December  1810 27  December  1810 (V)

1811

1  January  1811 (NV) 19  January  1811 (NV) 21  January  1811 18  May  1811

1817

8  June  1817 16  December  1817

1820

26  July  1820 28  July  1820

1821

4  October  1821

1827

9  December  1827 10  December  1827 15  December  1827 16  December  1827 (V) 19  December  1827 (NV) 29  December  1827 30  December  1827 (NV)

1828

2  January  1828 21  January  1828 23  January  1828 31  January  1828 3  February  1828 3  March  1828 24  June  1828

  • Name: Cooper, Thomas (Abthorpe)
  • Gender: Male
  • Birth Date: 16  December  1775
  • Death Date: 21  April  1849
  • Occupation: actor

Cooper was a cousin of Godwin's. When his father died, he was sent to live with Godwin who undertook his education. Later he became an actor - after the tutelage of Thomas Holcroft and Godwin - and moved to America where he had much success. He occasionally returned to England where he kept in contact with Godwin.

Entries are assumed to be Thomas Cooper if they are T. Cooper, Cooper, or, occasionally, C. In 1796 Cooper went to America. He returned for a series of performances in March 1803 - November 1804. There are correspondingly many entries for Cooper in these years, and a number for Mrs T Cooper and 3 Coopers (he brought his family over in the summer of 1803). However, there are also Cooper entries (2) in 1805, but as Thomas was at this time performing in Boston, these refer to a different, unidentified Cooper. Also, there is a T Cooper in 1809 and other Coopers in 1810, but the evidence suggests that he does not return to Britain until July 1810 - Feb 1811 so most of these are not coded.

  • MS. Abinger c. 17, fol. 14: 19 April 1790
  • MS. Abinger c. 1, fols. 104-5: 27 July 1792
  • MS. Abinger c. 1, fols. 106-7: 1 August 1792
  • MS. Abinger c. 1, fols. 108-9: 6, 7 August 1792
  • MS. Abinger c. 1, fols. 110-11: 13 August 1792
  • MS. Abinger c. 1, fols. 112-13: 16 August 1792
  • MS. Abinger c. 1, fol. 114: 24 August 1792
  • MS. Abinger c. 2, fols. 13-14: 1 March 1793
  • MS. Abinger c. 2, fols. 15-16: 21 March 1793
  • MS. Abinger c. 2, fols. 20-1: 8 April 1793
  • MS. Abinger c. 2, fols. 24-5: 13 July 1793
  • MS. Abinger c. 2, fols. 27-8: 18 October 1793
  • MS. Abinger c. 2, fols. 29-30: 2 November 1793
  • MS. Abinger c. 2, fols. 43-4: 12 January 1794
  • MS. Abinger c. 2, fols. 51-2: 21 October 1794
  • MS. Abinger c. 2, fols. 59-60: 28 October 1794
  • MS. Abinger c. 17, fols. 49-50: 1794
  • MS. Abinger c. 2, fols. 84-6: 20 January 1795
  • MS. Abinger c. 2, fol. 103: 24 July 1795
  • MS. Abinger c. 2, fols. 104-5: 25 July 1795
  • MS. Abinger c. 3, fols. 27-8: 26 March 1796
  • MS. Abinger c. 4, fols. 33-4: 19, 21 July 1798
  • MS. Abinger c. 5, fols. 98-9: 1 April 1800
  • MS. Abinger c. 6, fols. 38-9 1 September 1800
  • MS. Abinger c. 7, fol. 128: 10 June 1802
  • MS. Abinger c. 11, fols. 7-8: 27 March 1811
  • MS. Abinger c. 11, fols. 9-10: 6 April 1811
  • MS. Abinger c. 14, fols. 65-8: not dated
  • MS. Abinger c. 14, fol. 64: not dated
  • MS. Abinger c. 44, fols. 14-15: not dated
  • F. Arant Maginnes, Thomas Abthorpe Cooper: Father of the American Stage (Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland and Company, 2004)

This table lists the people this person is most frequently noted with in the diary.

Name Number of Meetings
Marshall, James 36
Holcroft, Thomas 18
Godwin, Mary Jane (Clairmont) (née de Vial) 7
Holcroft, Louisa (née Mercier) 5
Knapp, Leonora 5
Dyson, George 5
Jones, Louisa 4
Robinson, Mary (née Darby, Perdita, Polly Derby) 4
Godwin, Hannah 4
Smith, George 3
Barry, Major Henry 3
Merry, Robert 3
Lamb, Charles 3
Perry, James (Pirie) 3
Cooper, Elizabeth Priscilla 3
Godwin, John 3
Ritson, Joseph 3
Hazlitt, John 3
Wollstonecraft, James 3
Morton, Thomas 2
Kenney, James 2
Inchbald, Elizabeth 2
Cooper, Grace Mary Rae 2
Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft (née Godwin) 2
Godwin, Joseph 2
Cooke, George Frederick 2
Smith, 2
Fell, Sarah 2
Fell, Ralph 2
Morton, Edw 2
Morton, John Maddison 2
Richter, Henry James 2
Godwin, William 2
Sharp, William 2
Hazlitt, William 2
Price, Richard 2
Lawrence, Sir Thomas 2
Horne Tooke, John 2
Sharp, Richard (Conversation Sharp) 1
Fenwick, Eliza Anne 1
Rees, Abraham 1
Fenwick, Elizabeth (Eliza) (née Jaco, pseudonym Reverend David Blair) 1
Watson, Richard 1
Towers, Joseph 1
1
Hume, Alexia 1
Hume, Joseph 1
Dawe, George 1
Payne, John Howard 1
Este, Reverend Charles 1
Hamilton, Samuel 1
Mathews, Charles 1
Reid, William Hamilton 1
Hunter, Captain 1
Knowles, John 1
Barham, Richard Harris 1
White, 1
Hewlett, Reverend John 1
Bonnycastle, John 1
Davy, Sir Humphry 1
Northcote, James 1
Fuseli, Henry (Johann Heinrich Füssli) 1
Taylor, John 1
Cumberland, Richard 1
Fawcett, John 1
Incledon, Charles 1
Wolcot, Dr John (pseudonym Peter Pindar) 1
Opie, John 1
King, John (Jacob Rey) 1
Lewis, 1
Miller, 1
Bonney, John Augustus 1
Tuthill, Sir George Leman 1
Shield, William 1
Porson, Richard 1
Richter, John 1
Foulkes, John 1
Thelwall, John 1
Busby, Thomas 1
Godwin, Nathaniel 1
Powell, James 1
Kentish, John 1
Hays, Mary 1
Holcroft, Fanny Margaretta 1
Harwood, Colonel William 1
Brown, William Cullen 1
Hill, (Thomas) 1
Wilcocke, Dr 1
Lea, Francis/Thomas 1
Clairmont, Clara Mary Jane (Claire) 1
Clairmont, Charles 1
Imlay, Fanny (Godwin) 1
Wollstonecraft, Mary (Godwin) 1
Reynolds, Frederick 1
Chalmers, Alexander 1
Robinson, George 1
Reynolds, Elizabeth (née Mansel) 1
Hollis, John 1