the Howard connection:

Arthur Theophilus Cooper, 1890

(1857-1917)

'. . . in the 1888–1889 school year, Arthur T. Cooper of Spanish Town, Jamaica, became the first Caribbean dental student in a class of eleven . . .'

ARTHUR THEOPHILUS COOPER, D.D.S. - Born September 16, 1857, Spanish Town, Jamaica, B.W.I. Attended Howard University Dental College, sessions 21, 22, 1888-90, and graduated D.D.S. in 1890, since when he has practiced dentistry in Kingston, Jamaica. Present address, 61 Laws street.

Howard University Medical Department, Washington, D.C.:

a historical, biographical and statistical souvenir, Part 3

June 1897: 'Dr. A. T. Cooper has removed his dental room to No. 61

Laws Street, known as "Pleasant Villa." '

When Dr Cooper died on May 15, 1917 the Gleaner reported:
Born 59 years ago. Dr, Cooper was a man who stood in the forefront of his profession. He was a graduate of Howard University, and practised dentistry in this city for a number of years. He carried on a very successful practice, and he was very popular with all sections of the community. He was of a retiring disposition, but he was nevertheless a true Jamaican at heart, and in his quiet manner he supported a good many movements for the advancement of his country. Courteous and affable he made hosts of friends, and his demise came as a shock to many of them yesterday.

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