hopkins meaning and definition

HOPKINS noun

Definition of Hopkins (noun)

1. United States educator and theologian (1802-1887)
   • synonyms: Mark Hopkins
2. United States financier and philanthropist who left money to found the university and hospital that bear his name in Baltimore (1795-1873)
   • synonyms: Johns Hopkins
3. English poet (1844-1889)
   • synonyms: Gerard Manley Hopkins
4. English biochemist who did pioneering work that led to the discovery of vitamins (1861-1947)
   • synonyms: Sir Frederick Gowland Hopkins
5. Welsh film actor (born in 1937)
   • synonyms: Anthony Hopkins, Sir Anthony Hopkins, Sir Anthony Philip Hopkins