| Authorised form of name | Cooper; Sir; Astley Paston (1768 - 1841) |
| Dates | 1768 - 1841 |
| Nationality | British |
| Place of birth | Brooke Hall, near Norwich, Norfolk, England |
| Date of birth | 23 August 1768 |
| Place of death | Conduit Street, London |
| Date of death | 12 February 1841 |
| DatesAndPlaces | Burial:
Beneath the chapel of Guy's Hospital, London |
| Occupation | Surgeon |
| Activity | Career:
Articled to his uncle William Cooper, Surgeon to Guy's Hospital (1784); transferred to Henry Cline, Surgeon to St Thomas's Hospital; in Edinburgh (1787-1788); demonstrator at St Thomas's and was associated with 'body snatchers' (1789); lecturer at St Thomas's and at the College of Surgeons; Surgeon, Guy's Hospital (1800); removed a wen from George IV's head
Honours:
Bt 1820
Memberships:
FRCS (President 1836)
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 18/02/1802 |
| RSActivity | Royal Society roles:
VP 1830-1831
Medals and prizes:
Copley Medal 1801 |
| Relationships | Son of Rev Samuel Cooper; great-uncle of Astley Cooper Key (FRS 1868).
Married: 1) (1791) Anne Cock (d. 19 June 1827); 2) (5 July 1828) Catherine daughter of J Jones of Derry Ormond Park, Cardigan (d. 1870) |
| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB
Obituaries:
Proc Roy Soc 1841 (Abstracts of Papers in the Philosophical Transactions 1837-1843 Vol 4 pp 344-346)
References:
Gudrun Richardson, 'A Norfolk Network within the Royal Society' in NR 2002 vol 56 pp 27-39, plate
William R Le Fanu, 'Sir Benjamin Brodie, FRS (1783-1862)' in NR 1964 vol 19 pp 42-52 |
| Virtual International Authority File | http://viaf.org/viaf/5715157 |
| Code | NA7001 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| AP/8A/17 | Unpublished paper, 'An improved method of making anatomical preparations and preserving parts of animals' by Joseph Swan | 21 March 1818 |
| L&P/11/117 | Letter, 'Effects of the rupture of the membrana tympan' from Astley Cooper to Everard Home | 1799 |
| L&P/11/170/1 | Paper, 'Effects of the destruction of the membrana tympani' by Astley Cooper | 1801 |
| IM/000945 | Cooper, Sir Astley Paston | nd |
| EC/1801/17 | Cooper, Sir Astley Paston: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| AP/9/20/1 | Unpublished manuscript, 'On a peculiarity in the structure of the eye of the Balæna mysticetus' by J A [John Atkinson?] Ransome | [1819] |
| AP/9/20/2 | Unpublished letter, regarding a discovery in the eye of the bowhead whale from J A [John Atkinson?] Ransome to Astley Cooper | 19 November 1819 |
| AP/9/20 | Unpublished paper and letter, 'On a peculiarity in the structure of the eye of the Balæna mysticetus' by J A [John Atkinson?] Ransome | [1819] |
| AP/15/12 | Unpublished paper, 'An experimental examination of the blood found in the vena portae' by [James] Thackeray | [1831] |
| L&P/11/170 | Paper, 'Effects of the destruction of the membrana tympani' by Astley Cooper | 1801 |