Person Cooper; Sir; Astley Paston (1768 - 1841) Cooper Astley Paston Sir 1768 - 1841 British Male Brooke Hall, near Norwich, Norfolk, England 23 August 1768 Conduit Street, London 12 February 1841 Burial: Beneath the chapel of Guy's Hospital, London

Jeffries Sq, St Mary Axe, London; Broad Street, London (1806); Spring Gardens and Conduit Street, London (1815)

Surgeon 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) 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) Royal Society roles: VP 1830-1831 Medals and prizes: Copley Medal 1801 Fellow 18/02/1802 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 ©The Royal Society International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) - Ottawa 1996 ISBN 0-9696035-3-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 https://pictures.royalsociety.org/image-rs-13414 23 Aug 1768 - 12 Feb 1841 NA7001 21/11/2001 Andyg Pmab 28/03/2023 RS_NET\JonathanB Yes http://viaf.org/viaf/5715157 4f408988-b26e-4fd4-8e78-d561ee02e085