Jago Cooper

Quick Facts

Full Name	Jago Cooper
Occupation	Archeologist
Date Of Birth	Jun 1, 1977(1977-06-01)
Age	47
Birthplace	England
Country	United Kingdom
Birth City	England
Horoscope	Gemini

Jago Cooper Biography

Jago Cooper is one of the most popular and richest Archeologist who was born on June 1, 1977 in England, England, United Kingdom. Notable for his archaeological research in the Caribbean and South America, Cooper took over responsibility for the Americas wing of the British Museum in 2012. He is also known for hosting the BBC programs Easter Island: Mysteries of a Lost World and Lost Kingdoms of South America.

Cooper and Tony Robinson co-hosted a British Channel 4 documentary series called Man on Earth.

In 2009 Cooper co-presented the Channel 4 series Man on Earth with Tony Robinson and Joy Singarayer, and in 2011 wrote and presented the series Lost Kingdoms of South America for BBC Four, including four episodes exploring the Chachapoya people, the city of Tiwanaku, the legend of El Dorado and the Kingdom of Chimor. A second series aired in September 2014 entitled Lost Kingdoms of Central America focusing on the Olmec, Chiriquí (Ngäbe) and Taíno people and the ancient Mexican city of Teotihuacan. In 2013 he filmed a one off-special for BBC 4 entitled Easter Island: Mysteries of a Lost World which re-examined the historic collapse in Rapa Nui society. January 2015 saw the broadcast of the two part series The Inca: Masters of the Clouds, also on BBC 4.

Cooper’s archaeological work has focused on the pre-Columbian archaeology of the Americas, including major projects at El Chorro de Maíta and Los Buchillones in Cuba. He specialises in studying the historic effects of climate change in Caribbean island societies, most recently through examination of the cavescapes of Isla de Mona off Puerto Rico. In 2012 he released the book Surviving Sudden Environmental Change: Answers from Archaeology with Payson D. Sheets which was described as being one of the “outstanding examples of ‘thinking big’. . . carefully researched, interdisciplinary, focused and informative” by Erika Guttmann-Bond in the Antiquity Journal.

A native of London, England, he returned to his home city after attending boarding school in Dorset, South West England.

Jago Cooper Net Worth

Jago Cooper is one of the richest Archeologist from United Kingdom. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Jago Cooper 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

After earning his bachelor’s and master’s degrees and his doctorate in archaeology from University College London, he taught at the University of Leicester.

Some of his research has delved into the effects of a changing climate upon islanders.

Jago Cooper (born 1 June 1977) is a British archaeologist and the Curator of the Americas at the British Museum whose career has focused on the archaeology of South America and the Caribbean, in particular the historic effects of climate change on island communities. Since 2011 he has written and presented a series of programmes for BBC Four, including Lost Kingdoms of South America, Lost Kingdoms of Central America, Easter Island: Mysteries of a Lost World, Masters Of The Pacific Coast: The Tribes Of The American Northwest, and The Inca: Masters of the Clouds.

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Jago Ranked on the list of most popular Archeologist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United Kingdom. Jago Cooper celebrates birthday on June 1 of every year.