Mark Hopkins
1802–87
American moral philosopher. Graduated from Williams College, Massachusetts, in 1824. MD, 1829. Practised medicine in Binghamton, New York, and New York City. Professor of moral philosophy and rhetoric, Williams College, 1830; president, 1836–72. Licensed to preach by the Berkshire Association of Congregational Ministers, 1833. Rejected Darwinism and biblical criticism.
Source
ANB.
Bibliography
ANB: American national biography. Edited by John A. Garraty and Mark C. Carnes. 24 vols. and supplement. New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press. 1999–2002.
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