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American merchant, investor, and philanthropist
- Johns Hopkins (May 19, 1795 – December 24, 1873) was an American merchant, investor, and philanthropist. Born on a plantation, he left his home to start a career at the age of 17, and settled in Baltimore, Maryland, where he remained for most of his life.
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Johns Hopkins (May 19, 1795 – December 24, 1873) was an American merchant, investor, and philanthropist. Born on a plantation, he left his home to start a career at the age of 17, and settled in Baltimore, Maryland, where he remained for most of his life.
- Helen Hopkins. Thom
- 1929
Johns Hopkins was born on May 19, 1795. Raised as a member of the Society of Friends (Quakers), Johns Hopkins was known as an honest man, generous to a fault, somewhat stubborn, and hard with a bargain. He transformed himself from a grocer’s helper to a millionaire banker, and became Victorian Baltimore’s greatest philanthropist.
Johns Hopkins was a U.S. millionaire merchant and investor who in his will left large endowments to found Johns Hopkins University and Johns Hopkins Hospital. The son of a Quaker tobacco planter, Johns Hopkins quit school at the age of 12 to work the family fields after his parents—in accord with.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
The Johns Hopkins University [a] (often abbreviated as Johns Hopkins, Hopkins, or JHU) is a private research university in Baltimore, Maryland, United States. Founded in 1876, Johns Hopkins was the first American university based on the European research institution model. [7]
Learn about the history of Johns Hopkins, founded in 1876 and named for a 19th-century philanthropist whose bequest established the university and hospital.
Dec 9, 2020 · Under the auspices of Hopkins Retrospective and through the Sheridan Libraries, this archive explores and publicly presents archival evidence related to the life of Johns Hopkins and his family.
Johns Hopkins, founded in 1876, is America's first research university and home to nine world-class academic divisions working together as one university.
