Born December 31, 1937 in Port Talbot, Wales. Philip Anthony Hopkins is a stage and film actor. Known for his strong personality, his performances as insane characters are particularly impressive. As a child, Hopkins dreamed of becoming a pianist, but at the age of 18, he joined the YMCA drama club and began acting. He won a scholarship to the Cardiff Dramatic School, and after graduating, he toured with the Arts Council as a stage director and actor. After two years of military service in the Royal Artillery, he returned to acting and made his professional debut in 1960. The following year, in 1961, he enrolled in the Royal Academy of Dramatic Artillery to hone his acting skills, and graduated second honours two years later. He made his London debut in Lindsay Anderson's production of Julius Caesar (1964). In 1965, he joined the National Theatre and was selected to understudy Laurence Olivier. He landed the big role of Prince Richard in the film version of The Lion in Winter (1968). Since then, he has given many brilliant performances breathing life into historical figures, and has been given generous praise. However, his most famous role is probably Hannibal Lecter in The Silence of the Lambs (1991). For this role as a brilliant and terrifying serial killer, he won the Academy Award for Best Actor. In 1993, he was knighted. Hopkins
Hopkins, Sir Frederick Gowland Born: 20 June 1861, Eastbourne
Died May 16, 1947. British biochemist from Cambridge. Known for discovering vitamins. After working at a hospital, he began research at Cambridge University in 1898, and became a professor there (1914-43). In 1901, he discovered the amino acid tryptophan. He demonstrated that some animals cannot synthesize tryptophan and other amino acids in their bodies, and must ingest them from outside the body through their diet. These are now known as essential amino acids. In 1906-07, he discovered that, while raising mice, they needed a small amount of milk in addition to artificial feed consisting of proteins and lipids. He believed that milk contained a substance that was essential for the survival and growth of animals, and that was effective in small amounts. This substance was later named vitamins. In 1907, in a joint study with W. Fletcher, he discovered that lactic acid is produced when muscles contract, which laid the foundation for biochemical research into muscle contraction. In 1922, he also discovered glutathione, and demonstrated that it was a substance necessary for enzyme function. He was knighted in 1925 and shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with C. Eickman in 1929. Hopkins
Hopkins, Mark Born February 4, 1802 in Stockbridge, Massachusetts.
[Died] June 17, 1887. Williamstown. American educator and moral philosopher. He taught at Williams College from 1830 to 1887, and served as president from 1836 to 1872. His philosophical views were a fusion of 18th-century Puritanism and 19th-century progressivism. He preached the "Gospel of Wealth" at Lowell Technical College, stressing the importance of gain and the need to use it from a Christian perspective. His position in the history of American education is exemplified by an aphorism attributed to his student, the 20th president J. Garfield: "The ideal college is a log with Hopkins at one end and the students at the other." This aphorism alludes to the ideal image of an American liberal arts college, which emphasizes self-education, close relationships between professors and students, and moral education and intellectual training. Hopkins
Hopkins, Gerard Manley Born: July 28, 1844, Stratford, Essex
Died June 8, 1889. British poet from Dublin. Graduated from Oxford University. Converted to Catholicism in 1866, and ordained a priest in 1877. Professor of Classical Language at University College, Dublin. From an early age, he had a sensitive sense of aesthetics and a devout religious faith. Influenced by JH Newman, Arnold, and Peter at Oxford, combined with his training as a monk, he became a unique clergyman-poet. The Wreck of the Deutschland, which explains the paradox of God's love, is his representative work, making full use of his unique style of idiom and what he calls sprang rhythm. The poem was not published during his lifetime, but a collection of poems edited by his friend Bridges was published in 1918, and had a great influence on modern poetry. Hopkins
Hopkins, Harry Lloyd Born August 17, 1890 in Sioux City, Iowa
[Died] January 29, 1946. New York American politician. After graduating from Grinnell College in 1912, he engaged in social work in New York. In 1931, as the depression worsened, he played an active role as director of the New York State Temporary Emergency Relief Administration. In 1933, he became director of the newly established Federal Emergency Relief Administration, and cooperated with F. Roosevelt's New Deal policy, such as working to combat unemployment. From 1938 to 1940, he was Secretary of Commerce, and later Assistant to the President, and as Roosevelt's special envoy, he was involved in important negotiations with I. Stalin, W. Churchill and other Allied leaders. Even after Roosevelt's death, he was involved in preparations for the Potsdam Conference in 1945. Hopkins
Hopkins, Stephen Born March 7, 1707 in Providence, Rhode Island.
Died July 13, 1785. Providence, Rhode Island. A statesman during the American Revolution. One of the signers of the Declaration of Independence. Served as a member of the Rhode Island Provincial Assembly, a judge in the Court of Common Pleas, and governor of the colony (1755-56, 1758-61, 1763-67). Delegate to the Continental Congress (1774-76) and member of the drafting committee for the Articles of Confederation. Published the newspaper Providence Gazette and the pamphlet The Rights of the Colonies Examined (65), among others, and fought for the rights of the colonists. Hopkins
Hopkins, Samuel Born: September 17, 1721, Waterbury
[Died] December 20, 1803. Newport. American Congregational theologian, pastor, and abolitionist. He studied at Yale University and served as a Congregational pastor in Great Barrington (1743-69) and Newport (1770-1803). He took a Calvinist stance and, influenced by J. Edwards, advocated the theological thought known as Hopkinsianism. His main work was "The System of Doctrines Contained in Divine Revelation" (1793). Hopkins
Hopkins, Esek Born April 26, 1718 in Scituate, Rhode Island.
Died: February 26, 1802. Providence, Rhode Island. American military officer. During the American Revolutionary War, he served as a brigadier general in the Rhode Island militia, and in 1775 was made commander-in-chief of the Rhode Island Navy by order of the Continental Congress. He was dismissed from his command (1777) and from the Navy the following year for operating in the Bahamas in violation of the Continental Congress' orders to attack the British fleet in the Chesapeake. He subsequently occupied important positions in Rhode Island politics. Hopkins
Hopkins, Johns Born May 19, 1795 in Anne Arundel, Maryland
Died December 24, 1873, Baltimore, Maryland. A Baltimore businessman, he founded Johns Hopkins University and Johns Hopkins Hospital. He made his fortune as a wholesaler, bill broker, and warehouseman, and was the largest shareholder in the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad and president of the Baltimore Merchants Bank. In his will, he donated his $7 million fortune to two parties as the founding funds for the university and hospital. Hopkins
Hopkins, Charles [Born] Around 1664
[Died] c.1700 English playwright and poet. Graduated from Cambridge University. Appreciated by Dryden and Congreve. Imitating their writings, he wrote three tragedies, epistolary poems, and a translation of Ovid. Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica Concise Encyclopedia About Encyclopaedia Britannica Concise Encyclopedia Information |
