Henry Alfred Cooper was born in Kettering, Northamptonshire, England in 1859 and was articled to Robert Winter Johnson (1833-1884) in Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, England. He commenced independent practice as an architect in Kettering, Northamptonshire in 1885. He was in partnership with Richard John Williams (1867-1933) from 1899 to 1912 and with his son, Frederic Roland Cooper (1886-1947) , as H. A. Cooper & Son in Kettering from c.1912 until the 1930s.
Henry Alfred Cooper was a Member of the Society of Architects (MSA) and was admitted a Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects (FRIBA) in 1925. He died in Kettering Northamptonshire on 24 August 1946.
Alterations Thrapston Board of Guardians, scattered houses at Raunds, elementary schools at Kettering, Congregational Church, Kettering, and Sunday Schools in connection with same; Congregational Church, Fulham; numerous large stores, &c, for co-operative societies in district ; numerous large and modern boot and shoe factories; Bashden and Ringstead Cemetery Chapels; Baptist Church, Kettering ; private residences In Kettering and neighbourhood; and housing scheme; has laid out large estates. [Source: Who's Who in Architecture 1914 and 1926]
Directory of British Architects 1834-1914. Compiled by Antonia Brodie, et al. Volume 1: A-K. London; New York: British Architectural Library, Royal Institute of British Architects/Continuum, 2001