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William Hopkins
English mathematician and geologist (1793-1866).
Wikipedia | William Hopkins
Statements about
William Hopkins
Occupation
Mathematician
Cricketer
Geologist
Member Of
Royal Society
Place of Birth
Nottinghamshire
Kingston on Soar
Country
:
Kingdom of Great Britain
Reason for Preferred Rank
:
Most Precise Value
Place of Death
Cambridge
Country
:
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Country of Citizenship
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Date of Birth
2/2/1793
Date of Death
10/13/1866
Instance Of
Human
Image
Educated At
Peterhouse
(1822 - 1827)
Start Time
:
1822
End Time
:
1827
University of Cambridge
( - 1830)
End Time
:
1830
Award Received
Fellow of the Royal Society
(1837)
Point in Time
:
1837
Wollaston Medal
(1850)
Point in Time
:
1850
Position Held
President of the Geological Society of London
(1851 - 1853)
Replaces
:
Charles Lyell
Replaced By
:
Edward Forbes
Start Time
:
1851
End Time
:
1853
Chairperson
(1853 - 1853)
Replaces
:
Edward Sabine
Replaced By
:
Dudley Ryder, 2nd Earl of Harrowby
Organization Directed by the Office or Position
:
British Science Association
Start Time
:
1853
End Time
:
1853
Given Name
William
Described by Source
Dictionary of National Biography, 1885–1900
Statement Is Subject Of
:
Hopkins, William (1793-1866) (DNB00)
Encyclopædia Britannica 11th Edition
Statement Is Subject Of
:
1911 Encyclopædia Britannica/Hopkins, William
Doctoral Advisor
Adam Sedgwick
(1830)
Point in Time
:
1830
Employer
University of Cambridge
(1827 - 1866)
Subject Has Role
:
Esquire Bedell
Start Time
:
1827
End Time
:
1866
Sport
Cricket
Family Name
Hopkins
Field of Work
Mathematician
Sex or Gender
Male
Name in Native Language
William Hopkins
Child
Ellice Hopkins
Student
Philip Kelland
External Pages About William Hopkins
ISNI
UK National Archives
Google Arts & Culture Entity
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