Edward Henry Burke Cooper

Edward Cooper
Born
Edward Henry Burke Cooper

early 1912
Died12 February 1937
Cause of deathInjuries sustained in Cordoba during the Battle of Lopera
MonumentsOxford Spanish Civil War memorial
NationalityBritish
Other namesEdward Burke (stage name)
CitizenshipUnited Kingdom
Occupation(s)Actor, civil engineer, soldier
Known forCommunist activism.
Fighting for the International Brigades.
Parents
  • Richard Edward Synge Cooper (father)
  • Mary Eleanor (mother)
RelativesJoshua (older brother)
Richard (older brother)
Cicely (older sister)

Edward Cooper (1912–1937) was a British actor, communist activist, and newspaper worker, who died fighting for the International Brigades during the Spanish Civil War. He was also a close friend of Ralph Winston Fox, and John Cornford, and is memorialised on the Oxford Spanish Civil War memorial.