| 词条 | Leo Cooper |
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Leo was eduacted at Radley where he took charge of the military band and distinguished himself on the rugby and cricket fields. He was capped at cricket for the Yorkshire schoolboys; in later life he smashed Denis Compton for six with such vigour that he toppled a spectator sitting in a wheelchair into a nearby pond.[2] His publishing business was based upon monumental works such as Lord Anglesey's eight-volume History of the British Cavalry (1973-95) and the Famous Regiments series, he was always on the look out for what George Orwell called "unofficial history", such as Antonia Hunt's Little Resistance (1982), the extraordinary story of an English schoolgirl's experiences in German-occupied France.[3] In 1970 the Leo Cooper Ltd merged with the long-established firm of Seeley Service, which was in turn bought by Frederick Warne in 1979 after the company went into receivership and then in 1982 he moved under the happier umbrella of Secker & Warburg, then part of the Heinemann Group. In 1990 the firm was sold to the Barnsley Chronicle and renamed Pen & Sword Books.[4] Personal LifeLeo married the author Jilly Cooper[5] in 1961 following the break-up of his first marriage to Diana his former housemaster's daughter.[3] The couple had known each other since 1945 (when Jilly Sallitt was about eight), although they did not marry until she was 24 and he was 27. In the 1980s, the couple left Putney, London for The Chantry, an old manor house in Gloucestershire. The couple were unable to have children naturally so adopted two children.[6] They also had five grandchildren.[7] Leo Cooper was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease in 2001.[2] His memoir, All My Friends Will Buy It (Spellmount Publishers), was published in 2005.[8] References1. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Leo-Cooper/a/669 |title=Pen and Sword Books: Titles by Leo Cooper |publisher=Pen-and-sword.co.uk |date= |accessdate=2019-03-29}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Cooper, Leo}}2. ^1 {{cite web |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/10489175/Leo-Cooper-obituary.html |title=Leo Cooper - obituary |publisher=Telegraph |date=2013-12-02 |accessdate=2019-03-29}} 3. ^1 {{cite web|author=Michael Barber |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2013/dec/03/leo-cooper |title=Leo Cooper obituary | Books |publisher=The Guardian |date= |accessdate=2019-03-29}} 4. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.reading.ac.uk/special-collections/exhibitions/sc-exhibition-leo-cooper.aspx|title=Pen and Sword: highlights from the Leo Cooper archive|publisher=University of Reading|accessdate=29 March 2019}} 5. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.carolinephillips.net/articles/archive/newspapers/evening-standard/jilly-jealousy-and-how-to.html |title=Case Study |publisher=Caroline Phillips |date= |accessdate=2019-03-29}} 6. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/authorinterviews/8010057/Jilly-Cooper-interview.html|title=Jilly Cooper interview|author=Elizabeth Grice|date=17 September 2010|work=Telegraph.co.uk}} 7. ^{{cite web|author=Interview by Richard Barber |url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2017/apr/07/jilly-cooper-my-books-are-my-babies |title=Jilly Cooper: ‘My books are my babies’ | Life and style |publisher=The Guardian |date= |accessdate=2019-03-29}} 8. ^{{cite web|last=Riordan |first=Rick |url=https://www.thebookseller.com/news/leo-cooper-dies |title=Leo Cooper dies |publisher=The Bookseller |date=2013-12-03 |accessdate=2019-03-29}} 6 : 1935 births|2013 deaths|20th-century British male writers|People educated at Radley College|British publishers (people)|Honourable Artillery Company soldiers |
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