James Graham Cooper

James Graham Cooper (June 19, 1830 - July 19, 1902) was an American surgeon and naturalist.

Cooper worked for the California Geological Survey (1860-1874) with Josiah Dwight Whitney, William Henry Brewer and Henry Nicholas Bolander. He was primarily a zoologist, but he also made significant botanical collections from San Diego to Fort Mohave, Arizona in 1861. Cooper was active in the California Academy of Sciences, eventually becoming Director of the Museum.

His father William Cooper was also a naturalist.

The standard author abbreviation J.G.Cooper may be used to indicate this person in citing a botanical name.

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