John Montgomery Cooper | |
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| Professor of Anthropology at the Catholic University of America | |
| Church | Catholic Church |
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| Ordination | 1905[1] |
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| Born | John Montgomery Cooper October 28, 1881 Rockville, Maryland, U.S. |
| Died | May 22, 1949 (aged 67) Washington, D.C., U.S. |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Profession | Priest, sociologist, ethnologist |
| Alma mater | Pontifical North American College |
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John Montgomery Cooper (October 28, 1881 – May 22, 1949) was an American priest, anthropologist, and sociologist. He was a sociology professor at the Catholic University of America and from 1934 to 1949 served as chairman of the first Department of Anthropology in a Catholic university. In his anthropological fieldwork, he specialized in studying the Indians of South America and Native Americans of North America.