John Montgomery Cooper


John Montgomery Cooper
Professor of Anthropology at the Catholic University of America
ChurchCatholic Church
Orders
Ordination1905
Personal details
Born
John Montgomery Cooper

(1881-10-28)October 28, 1881
DiedMay 22, 1949(1949-05-22) (aged 67)
Washington, D.C., U.S.
DenominationRoman Catholic
ProfessionPriest, sociologist, ethnologist
Alma materPontifical North American College
Ordination history of
John Montgomery Cooper
History
Priestly ordination
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Date1905
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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.