Mary Cops

From the list of elephant persons Family: Cops

☨ Mary Cops
Profession	circus zookeeper
Personal details
Born	1818-06-17 in United Kingdom

Dead	in United States


Spouse(s)	Benjamin Brown

Residence
Country	United States

Locations
Title	zookeeper -1840
Location	at Tower of London Menagerie in United Kingdom

Biography details

Mary Cops , circus zookeeper in United States

Cops was born * 1818-06-17 in United Kingdom , in United States , daughter of head zookeeper Alfred Cops

Married to Benjamin Brown born 1799-01-11 Somers, Westchester, New York in United States .

In 1838 Benjamin Brown traveled to the Great Kalahari Desert in Africa with Stebbins June, to purchase giraffes.

In the fall of 1840 Brown took the giraffes to England with the Van Amburgh Menagerie where he met and married Mary Cops, the daughter of Alfred Cops, the Keeper of the Royal Menagerie at the Tower of London. He resided with the Cops family in the Tower until 1844, the only American known to have done so.

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Mary Cops is mentioned on 2 other person pagesAlfred Cops, Benjamin Brown,

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). zookeeper Mary Cops in United Kingdom. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 17 July 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/person.php?id=1644. (archived at the Wayback machine)

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From the list of elephant persons Family: Cops

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References

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