Navy as a midshipman, where he learned the technology of managing sailing vessels which greatly influenced many of his novels and other writings. Īfter a stint on a commercial voyage, Cooper served in the U.S. He attended Yale University for three years, where he was a member of the Linonian Society. Cooper became a member of the Episcopal Church shortly before his death and contributed generously to it. He lived much of his boyhood and the last fifteen years of life in Cooperstown, New York, which was founded by his father William Cooper on property that he owned. James Fenimore Cooper (Septem– September 14, 1851) was an American writer of the first half of the 19th century, whose historical romances depicting colonial and indigenous characters from the 17th to the 19th centuries brought him fame and fortune.
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