Background
Cooper, John Montgomery was born on October 28, 1881 in Rockville, Maryland, United States. Son of James Joseph and Emma Lillie (Tolou) Cooper.
Cooper, John Montgomery was born on October 28, 1881 in Rockville, Maryland, United States. Son of James Joseph and Emma Lillie (Tolou) Cooper.
Student Calvert Hall, Baltimore, Maryland., 1888-1897, Saint Charles College, Maryland., 1897-1899. Doctor of Philosophy, American College, Rome, Italy, 1902, South.T.D., 1905. Assistant pastor Saint Matthew’s Church, Washington, District of Columbia, 1905-1918.
Instructor Catholic University of America, 1909-1923, associate professor, 1923-1928, professor of anthropology since 1928.
In charge camp and community activities, National Catholic War Council, 1918-1920. President Anthropological Society of Washington, 1930-1932.
President American Anthropological Association 1940. Secretary and treasurer Catholic Anthropological Conference since 1926.
Vice president American Folklore Society, 1943.
Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member Washington Academy Sciences. Awarded Mendel medal, 1939.
Author: Analytical and Critical Bibliography of Tribes of Tierra del Fuego, 1917.
Birth Control, 1923; Play Fair, 1923. Content of Advanced Religion Course, 1924.
Religion Outlines for Colleges (4 volumes), 1924-1930.
Northern Algonquian Supreme Being, 1934. Snares and Deadfalls of Northern Algonquians, 1938. Temporal Sequence and Marginal Cultures, 1941.
Editor of Primitive Manitoba Address: Catholic University of America, Washington.
Member Washington Academy Sciences.