About Thomas Roper
Lived 1760 – 1829 (aged 68–69). Thomas Roper was an American politician.
Thomas Roper (1760-1829) was the tenth intendent (mayor) of Charleston, South Carolina, serving two terms between 1799 and 1801. As mayor of Charleston, he was influential in the move to build a chapel at the Charleston Orphan House; it was completed in 1801. He died on April 15, 1829. Because his only son died without an heir in 1845, Roper's real estate on East Battery and Queen Streets (worth $30,000) passed to the Medical Society of South Carolina. Roper Hospital is named in his honor.
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American politician
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Thomas Roper was born in 1760.
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Thomas Roper died on 15 April 1829.
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Thomas Roper was a politician.
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