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Hopkins, William.
Adm. pens. (age 30) at PETERHOUSE, May 1, 1823. [Previously a farmer, near
Bury St Edmunds.] S. of William, gent.-farmer. B. Feb. 2, 1793, at Kingston,
Notts. Matric. Michs. 1823; B.A. (7th Wrangler) 1827; M.A. 1830.
F.R.S., 1837. Adm. ad eundem at Oxford, 1847. Esquire Bedell, 1827-66.
President of the Geological Society, 1851-3; Wollaston medallist, 1850.
President of the British Association, 1853. Remarkably successful as a
mathematical 'Coach' and as a teacher of geology. Had among his pupils nearly
200 wranglers, of whom 17 were Senior and 44 in one of the first three places:
these included Stokes, Kelvin, Tait, Fawcett, Clerk Maxwell, Routh, and
Todhunter. A Syndic for building the Fitzwilliam Museum, 1835. Married (1)
Miss Braithwaite, who died before 1822; (2) while an undergraduate, Caroline
Boys, and had issue. Author, Theoretical Investigations on Motion of
Glaciers; Elements of Trigonometry; An abstract of a memoir on Physical
Geology
, etc. Died Oct. 13, 1866, at Cambridge. The Hopkins prize was
founded in his memory by the Cambridge Philosophical Society. There is a
painting of him in the hall of Peterhouse. (C.U. Hist. Reg.; Al. Oxon.;
Boase
, I. 1534; T. A. Walker, 417; D.N.B.)
William HOPKINS
Approx. lifespan: 1793–1866
age 30 pens. Peterhouse adm1823:05:01
Previously a farmer, near Bury St Edmunds, [Suffolk],
s. of William HOPKINS gent.-farmer
b. Kingston, Nottinghamshire , 1793:02:02
Matric. 1823:10MT:
BA 7 th Wrangler 1827
MA 1830
FRS 1837
Adm ad eundem at Oxford University 1847
Esquire Bedell: 1827-66
President of Geological Society
1851-53
Wollaston Medallist 1850
President of British Association 1853
Remarkably successful as a mathematical Clerk: Maxwell, Routh, and Todhunter
A Syndic for building
Fitzwilliam Museum 1835
m. (1) died, Braithwaite, who, Miss bef.1822
m. (2) while an undergraduate, Caroline Boys.
had issue
Publ.: Theoretical Investigations on Motion of Glaciers ; Elements of Trigonometry ; An abstract of a memoir on Physical Geology: etc.
d. Cambridge, [Cambridgeshire], 1866:10:13
The Hopkins Prize was founded in his memory by
Cambridge Philosophical Society
There is a painting of him in the hall of Peterhouse
( C.U. Hist. Reg ; Al. Oxon ; Boase, I. 1534; T. A. Walker, 417; D.N.B. )
[add:]Photograph: CAS: J.47[:add]

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