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Peter Cooper, American businessman and philanthropist, founded Cooper Union (died 1883)
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Peter Cooper
American politician and businessman (1791–1883)
Peter Cooper was an American industrialist, inventor, philanthropist, and politician. He designed and built the first American steam locomotive, the Tom Thumb, founded the Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, served as its first president, and stood for election…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Cooper Union
Private college in New York City
The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, commonly known as Cooper Union, is a private college on Cooper Square in Lower Manhattan, New York City. Peter Cooper founded the institution in 1859 after learning about the government-supported École Polytechnique in…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)