HOPKINS, MARK

(1802-1887), an American College president, 6. in Stock bridge, Ma . He graduated from Williams College, in 1824, studied medicine and began practice in New York City, in 1828, but returned to Williams Coilege two years later as profe or of philosophy and rhetoric. In 1836 he became president, and as such showed such ability that within a few years he had raised the institution to the status of one of the best colleges in the country. He wrote An Outline Study of Man, 1873; The Scriptural Idea of Man, 1883; and TLeachangs and Counsels, 1884.