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George B. Cooper (historian)

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doctorate from Trinity, which also created the post of Secretary of the college in recognition of his achievements. He chaired the Cesare Barbieri Endowment for Italian Culture at Trinity, directed or served on the boards of numerous New England libraries, and was occasionally active in
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Cooper was the author of the phrase, "In Great Britain things that are conventional become habitual, and things that are habitual become constitutional.'
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from 1959 to 1965, and its president from 1961 to 1963. Cooper was a member of the
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Finholm, Valerie, "George Cooper Dies; Respected Trinity Educator,"
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in 1961, and served as its managing editor for 18 years.
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to Lloyd and Esther Cooper, he received his B.A. from
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Trinity College Archives
Trinity College
Philadelphia
British history
Trinity College
Connecticut
Journal of British Studies
Philadelphia
Swarthmore College
M.A.
doctorate
Yale
University College of London
United States Naval Intelligence
World War II
honorary
Hartford
Board of Education
Colonial Society of Boston
Sloane Club
Grolier Club
New York City
The New York Times

Hartford Courant
Hartford Courant

Newsweek Magazine
Journal of British Studies

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