Merian C. Cooper
Merian Caldwell Cooper was born in Jacksonville, Florida. His father, John C. Cooper, was a lawyer. His mother was Mary Caldwell. He was the youngest of three children. When he was six, Cooper heard stories from the book Explorations and Adventures in Equatorial Africa. After that, he thought he would like to see the world. He went to The Lawrenceville School in New Jersey and finished in 1911.