Thomas Cooper (poet), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Thomas Cooper (poet)

English poet and Chartist

Date of Birth: 20-Mar-1805

Place of Birth: Leicester, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 15-Jul-1892

Profession: writer, poet, politician, opinion journalist

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Thomas Cooper (20 March 1805 – 15 July 1892) was an English poet and among the leading Chartists.
His prison rhyme the Purgatory of Suicides (1845) runs to 944 stanzas.
He also wrote novels, and in later life religious texts.
He was an autodidact, who worked otherwise as a shoemaker, preacher, schoolmaster and journalist, before taking up Chartism in 1840.
He was a passionate, determined and fiery man.