Thomas Frederick Cooper (watchmaker)
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Thomas Frederick Cooper (1789 – 9 March 1863) was a well-known Victorian English watchmaker in London who made high quality timepieces, particularly for the American market.
Cooper was active for over forty years from about 1819 at several addresses in London:
1819–1822/3 at 16 Wynwatt Street, Northampton Square, Clerkenwell
1826–1832 at 5 President Street, St Luke's
1835–1837 at 4 Duncan Place, City Road
1837–1838 at 18 King William Street, City of London
1839–1875 at 6 Calthorpe Street, Gray's Inn Road, Bloomsbury, where he advertised as a Watch Escapement and Chronometer Maker in the Trade Directories.[1]
His obituary in the Horological Journal of 1863 noted that he was "...one of the oldest manufacturers in the trade. He was deservedly in high repute for the excellence of his productions, and his name stood at the top in America".[2] He was also especially noted for duplex escapements.
