William Skinner Cooper
Mnamo 1906 Cooper alipokea B.S. kutoka Chuo cha Alma huko Michigan. Mnamo 1909, alijiunga katika Chuo Kikuu cha Chicago, ambapo alisoma na Henry Chandler Cowles, na kumaliza Ph.D. mnamo 1911. Chapisho lake kuu la kwanza, "The Climax Forest of Isle Royale, Lake Superior, and Its Development"   lilionekana mnamo 1913.