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HOPKINS, MARK (18021887) , American educationist, great
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(1873), The Scriptural Idea of Man (1883), and Teachings and Counsels (1884). Dr Hopkins took a lifelong interest
See Franklin Carter's Mark Hopkins (Boston, 1892), in the " American Religious Leaders " series , and Leverett W. Spring 's Mark Hopkins, Teacher (New York
Mark Hopkins's brother,ALBERT HOPKINS(18071872) ,was long associated with him at Williams College, where he graduated in 1826 and was successively a tutor (18271829), professor of mathematics and natural philosophy (18291838), professor of natural philosophy and astronomy (18381868) and professor of astronomy (18681872). In 1835 he organized and conducted a Natural History Expedition to Nova Scotia, said to have been the first expedition of the kind sent out from any American college, and in 1837, at his suggestion and under his direction, was built at Williams College an astronomical observatory, said to have been the first in the United States built at a college exclusively for purposes of instruction. He died at Williams-town on the 24th of May 1872. See Albert C. Sewall's Life of Professor Albert Hopkins (1879). End of Article: HOPKINS, MARK (18021887) If you wish, you can link directly to this article.
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