BIOGRAFY OF JAMES COOPER

James Cooper was an excellent granddad. My sister and I were very

fond of him; When I were children, we had lunch with our
grandparents every Sundays; My granddad was very funny, he told us
jokes and funny stories.

He was born in London in 1928. He had a very happy childhood, He

had one brother and two sisters. In 1936 his family moved to
Montreal. When he was 10 years, he spoke English and French. From
1946 until 1952, he studied medicine at Cambridge University in UK.
In 1952 he graduated from Cambridge and in 1953 until 1962 he
worked in different hospitals in UK. In 1962, he got a job in the
hospital in San Francisco, then he met Grandma and in 1964 they got
married. In 1975 He got a job in Johannesburg, South Africa. He
became good friend with Christian Barnard. Five years later, he
returned to San Francisco and eight years later he retired. Two years
later he died. Since then I miss him very much.