author
Frederic Taber Cooper
1864–1937
A scholar turned editor, he moved from Latin and Sanskrit classrooms into the busy world of American magazines and literary journalism. His books range from language study to criticism and cultural history, showing a writer equally at home with ideas and the reading public.
1 Audiobook
The History of the Nineteenth Century in Caricature
by Arthur Bartlett Maurice, Frederic Taber Cooper
About the author
Born in New York City in 1864, Frederic Taber Cooper studied at Harvard and then Columbia, earning a law degree before being admitted to the New York bar in 1888. He soon left law behind, returned to academic work, and later earned a Ph.D. from Columbia.
Cooper taught Latin and Sanskrit at New York University and built a second career as an editor and writer. He worked on periodicals including The New York Commercial Advertiser, The Forum, and, for a short time, the New York Globe. His published work included scholarship, literary criticism, and books such as The Craftsmanship of Writing and Some American Story Tellers.
He died in New London, Connecticut, in 1937. Surviving papers and correspondence connected with his literary life were later preserved in the Yale Collection of American Literature, suggesting the breadth of his ties to writers, publishers, and the magazine world of his time.