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Born September 15, 1789 • Burlington • New Jersey
Died September 14, 1851 (aged 61) • Cooperstown • New York
Founder Bread and Cheese Club
Awards And Honors Hall of Fame (1910)
Notable Works “Precaution” • “The Bravo” • “The Deerslayer” • “The Last of the Mohicans” • “The Leatherstocking Tales” • “The Pathfinder” • “The Pilot” • “The Pioneers” • “The Prairie” • “The Red Rover” • “The Sea Lions” • “The Spy”
Movement / Style Bread and Cheese Club • Knickerbocker school
Notable Family Members daughter Susan Augusta Fenimore Cooper

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