The Frederick Coplestone Memorial is located in Handbridge, just on the outskirts of Chester in Overleigh New Cemetery. Frederick Charles Copleston was born 10 April 1907 near Taunton, Somerset, England. He created a multi-volume book called the History of Philosophy (1946–75), one of Copleston's most significant contributions to modern philosophy was his studies on the theories of Saint Thomas Aquinas.