Hopkins

American  

[hop-kinz] / ˈhɒp kɪnz /

noun

1. Anthony, born 1937, English actor, born in Wales.

2. Sir Frederick Gowland 1861–1947, English physician and biochemist: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1929.

3. Gerard Manley 1844–89, English poet.

4. Harry Lloyd, 1890–1946, U.S. government administrator and social worker.

5. Johns, 1795–1873, U.S. financier and philanthropist.

6. Mark, 1802–87, U.S. clergyman and educator.

7. a city in SE Minnesota.

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Hopkins British  

/ ˈhɒpkɪnz /

noun

1. Sir Anthony. born 1937, Welsh actor: his films include Bounty (1984), The Silence of the Lambs (1991), Shadowlands (1994), Nixon (1995), and Hannibal (2001)

2. Sir Frederick Gowland (ˈɡaʊlənd). 1861–1947, British biochemist, who pioneered research into what came to be called vitamins: shared the Nobel prize for physiology or medicine (1929)

3. Gerard Manley. 1844–89, British poet and Jesuit priest, who experimented with sprung rhythm in his highly original poetry

4. Harry L ( loyd ). 1890–1946, US administrator. During World War II he was a personal aide to President Roosevelt and administered the lend-lease programme

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Sarah Hopkins started teaching in 1998 - a year before the Welsh Assembly, now the Senedd, took over responsibility for education in Wales from Westminster.

From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2026

"It casts doubt over a system we're proud of and children that we're proud of," says Sarah Hopkins, who's been a headteacher here for eight years.

From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2026

Johns Hopkins opened in 1876 and, funded by a $3.5 million bequest, was America’s first research university.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

“We’ll bring in additional fuel trucks. We’ll bring in and house additional employees to make sure that we’re meeting the demand,” says Jim Hopkins, an executive at the company.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026

Warning patients about fertility loss before cancer treatment was standard practice at Hopkins, and something Howard Jones says he and TeLinde did with every patient.

From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot

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