18th century © Copyright

About the author:

Robert L. D. Cooper is the Curator at the home of Scottish Freemasonry:

the Grand Lodge of Scotland Museum and Library.

Full details of the author's Masonic and professional career will be supplied here shortly.

Meantime some facts hurriedly put together:

Member of:

Victoria Lodge of Research, No.218 (Victoria, Australia)

Endowed member Texas Lodge of Research (Dallas, Texas, USA)

Honorary member The Haughtfoot Lodge, No.1827 (Stow, Scotland)

Full member of Quatuor Coronati Lodge, No.2076 (London, England)

Life member The Scottish Rite Research Society (Washington DC, USA)

Subscribing member The Internet Lodge of Research (Alberta, Canada)

Honorary member The Lodge Hope of Kurrachee, No.337 (Kirkcaldy, Scotland)

Honorary member Washington Lodge of Research, (Seattle, Washington, USA)

The author has lectured across the world and his honorary lectures include:

Anson Jones Lecturer (Austin, Texas, USA)

Peter Verille Lecturer (Waikato, New Zealand)

Henry Wilson Coil Lecturer (San Francisco, California, USA)

Books written or edited by Robert L D Cooper:

The Voyages of the Venetian Brothers Nicolo and Antonio Zeno

History and Origins of the Order of Free Gardeners

The Genealogie of the Sainteclairs of Rosslyn

The Illustrated Guide to Rosslyn Chapel etc.

Freemasons, Gardeners and Templars

The Complete Manual of Freemasonry

An Account of the Chapel of Rosslyn

The Templar Church of London

A Winter with Robert Burns

The Rosslyn Hoax?

In addition Cooper has written numerous articles and papers which have been published in journals, year books and magazines. An example is 'The Revenge of the Operatives' which forms a chapter in the recently published Marking Well. The book is to be published to mark (pardon the pun!) the 150th anniversary of the Mark Grand Lodge of England.

There are also a number of other 'works in progress'. Further details will be posted here when available.

Scottish Freemasonry:

The Grand Lodge of Scotland

Freemasons' Hall

96 George Street

Edinburgh

Scotland

EH2 3DH

Telephone: 0131 225 5304

Fax: 0131 225 3953

E-mail: Curator@grandlodgescotland.org

It is emphasised that Robert Cooper has no connection with The Da Vinci Code (or Leonardo Da Vinci for that matter!) but is an author who has published a considerable amount of material regarding Rosslyn Chapel, Freemasonry and a number of other associated subjects. His primary interests are Scottish history, Freemasonry and, of course, Rosslyn Chapel! It is hoped that pages will be added in the future which deals with some specific subjects such as Leonardo Da Vinci etc. so please do keep visiting.