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1872; was rector of Trinitj- church, Plattsburgh, N.Y., 1872-76, and of Christ church, Williamsport, Pa., 1876-87. He was a high churchman. He as- sisted in the organization of the diocese of Pitts- burg in 1865, and of those of Albany and Long Island in 1868. He attended the Lambeth con- ference in 1867 with his father. Racine college conferred upon him the degree of D.D. in 1872. He is the autlior of: Life of Bishop Hopkins (1868); The Canticles Noted (1866): Poems by the Wayside (1883); Carols, Hymns and So)igs (4th ed., 1887); and edited The Pope not the Anti- Christ (186.3), originally written by his father; Tlie Collected Works of Milo Mahan (3 vols., 1875); Great Hymns of the Church (1887). See his life and writings by the Rev. Cliarles F. Sweet, under the title, A Champion of the Cross (1894). He died near Hudson, N.Y., Aug. 13, 1891. HOPKINS, Johns, merchant and philanthro- pist, was born in Anne Arundel county, Md.,May 19, 1795; son of Samuel and Hannali (Janney) Hop- kins; grandson of Johns and Elizabeth (Thomas) Hopkins, and of Joseph and Hannah (Jones) Janney, and a descendant of the Maryland family of Johns. His first ma- ternal ancestor in America was Thomas Janney, born in 16.33 in Cheshire, England. The name of his first paternal ancestor in America is not defin- itely known, but it is believed that he was Gerard Hopkins, who purchased land in Anne Arundel county in 1685, and who died in 1692. Until 1812 he attended a private school near his home, taught by a superior English teacher, and his father examined him in his studies, es- pecially in history. Tiiismay have developed his noteworthy powers of conversation. Pie was fond of books to the end of his life, and kept up with the day in literary and scientific studies. He was a constant student of the Bible, and was much intre- ested in the histoi'y of the Jews. His city and country homes were ever open to his friends, where many evenings were spent in delightful inter- course with a number of able men and women whom he brouglit together. His career in Balti- more began in 1812, whenhebecamea clerkinthe wholesale grocery store of his uncle, Gerard T.Hop- kins. In 1813 he was given charge of the store, and by 1818 he had saved $800, with which he opened a store on his own account, aided by his uncle's endorsement. In 1819 the firm of Hopkins &

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Moore was formed, and in 1822 that of Hopkins & Brothers, which continued the business 1822-47. Mr. Hopkins retired in 1847, leaving the business to his brotliers and their clerks. He became jDresi- dent of the Merchants' Bank of Baltimore, as successor to James Swan, and remained at the head of the institution till his death. He was financially connected with various other banks and industrial enterprises. He was a director of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad. 1847-73, and chairman of the finance committee, 1855 to 1873. He staked liis fortune in carrying the road over several financial crises. On Aug. 24, 1867, he ob- tained, under the general statute, the charter for a corporation under the direction of a board of ti'ustees " for the promotion of education in the state of Maryland." This was the nucleus of the Jolins Hopkins university. He also instituted another foundation to be allied with the univer- sity, viz., the Johns Hopkins hospital. On the

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death of Mr. Hopkins it became known that he had divided his property, after paying certain personal legacies, between the university and the hospital, the amount being estimated as §7,000,000. The university was opened in 1876, and the hos- pital in 1889. Both establishments acquired a world-wide reputation, and are enduring monu- ments to the liberality, far-sightedness, and broad- mindedness of their founder. In the selection of names for a place in the Hall of Fame. New York university, in October, 1900, Johns Hojikins was one of the nine names in " Class F, Philan- thropists," and received eleven votes, only George Peabody and Peter Cooper receiving places. The best sketch of his life is in Baltimore, Past and Present, tvith Biographical Sketches of its Pej)- resentative 3Ien (1871). He died in Baltimore, Md., Dec. 24, 1873.

HOPKINS, Lemuel, poet, was born in Waterbury, Conn., June 19, 1750; grandson of Stephen, great-grandson of John, great --grand- son of Stephen and Dorcas (Bronson) and great-- grandson of John Hopkins, of Hartford (1636). He was liberally educated, practised medicine in Litchfield, Conn., and for a time served in the Continental army. He was projector and associate editor of The Anarchiad, conducted by the " Hartford wits," and contributed to Tlie Guillotine. He Avrote satirical verses on