William Hopkins

William Hopkins
Born	February 2, 1793 Kingston-on-Soar, Nottinghamshire
Died	October 13, 1866 Cambridge, England
Residence	England
Nationality	English
Field	Mathematician
Institutions	University of Cambridge
Alma mater	University of Cambridge
Academic advisor	Adam Sedgwick
Notable students	Edward John Routh Francis Galton George Gabriel Stokes
Known for	Finding that melting point increases with pressure
Notable prizes	Wollaston Medal (1850)
Although there was no doctorate at Cambridge until 1919, Adam Sedgwick is considered the equivalent of his doctoral advisor as he mentored Hopkins directly after his MA.

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Hopkins was born at Kingston-on-Soar, in Nottinghamshire. In his youth he learned practical agriculture in Norfolk and afterwards took an extensive farm in Suffolk. In this he was unsuccessful. At the age of thirty he entered St Peter's College (now Petehouse) at the University of Cambridge, taking his degree of BA in 1827 as seventh wrangler and MA in 1830. In 1833 he published Elements of Trigonometry. He was distinguished for his mathematical knowledge, and became eminently successful as a private tutor, many of his pupils attaining high distinction. Kingston on Soar is a village and civil parish in the Rushcliffe borough of Nottinghamshire. ... Nottinghamshire (abbreviated Notts) is an English county in the East Midlands, which borders South Yorkshire, Lincolnshire, Leicestershire and Derbyshire. ... Norfolk (IPA: //) is a low-lying county in East Anglia in the east of southern England. ... Suffolk (pronounced ) is a large historic and modern non-metropolitan county in East Anglia, England. ... Full name Peterhouse Motto - Named after St Peter Previous names The Scholars of the Bishop of Ely St Peter’s College Established 1284 Sister College(s) Merton College Master The Lord Wilson of Tillyorn Location Trumpington Street Undergraduates 253 Postgraduates 125 Homepage Boatclub The chapel cloisters, through which Old Court... Year 1827 (MDCCCXXVII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian Calendar (or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... At the University of Cambridge, a wrangler is a student who has completed the third year (called Part II) of the Mathematical Tripos with first-class honours. ... Liberty Leading the People by Eugène Delacroix commemorates the July Revolution 1830 (MDCCCXXX) was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... Year 1833 (MDCCCXXXIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian Calendar (or a common year starting on Sunday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ...

About 1833, through meeting Adam Sedgwick at Barmouth and joining him in several excursions, he became intensely interested in geology. Thereafter, in papers published by the Cambridge Philosophical Society and the Geological Society of London, he entered largely into mathematical inquiries connected with geology, dealing with the effects which an elevatory force acting from below would produce on a portion of the Earth's crust, in fissures and faults. In this way he discussed the elevation and denudation of the Lake District, the Wealden area, and the Bas Boulonnais. He wrote also on the motion of glaciers and the transport of erratic blocks. Adam Sedgwick (March 22nd, 1785–January 27, 1873) was one of the founders of modern geology. ... Barmouth (Welsh: Abermaw (formal); Y Bermo (colloquial)) is a town in the administrative county of Gwynedd, traditional county of Merionethshire, north-western Wales, lying on the estuary of the River Mawddach and Cardigan Bay. ... This article includes a list of works cited but its sources remain unclear because it lacks in-text citations. ... The Cambridge Philosophical Society (CPS) is a scientific society at University of Cambridge. ... The Geological Society of London is a learned society based in England with the aim of investigating the mineral structure of the Earth. It is the oldest national geological society in the world and the largest in Europe with over 9000 Fellows entitled to the postnominal FGS - over 2000 of... Earth cutaway from core to exosphere. ... Geologic faults, fault lines or simply faults are planar rock fractures, which show evidence of relative movement. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... A weald once meant a dense forest, especially the famous great wood once stretching far beyond the ancient counties of Sussex and Kent, England, where this country of smaller woods is still called the Weald. ... Glacial and Glaciation redirect here. ...

He was elected to Fellow of the Royal Society on June 1, 1837. The premises of The Royal Society in London (first four properties only). ... June 1 is the 152nd day of the year (153rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Queen Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom (1837 - 1901) 1837 (MDCCCXXXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ...

So ably had he grappled with many difficult problems that in 1850 the Wollaston Medal was awarded to him by the Geological Society of London; and in the following year he was elected president. In his second address (1853) he criticized Elie de Beaumont's theory of the elevation of mountain-chains and showed the imperfect evidence on which it rested. He brought before the Geological Society in 1851 an important paper On the Causes which may have produced changes in the Earth's superficial Temperature. He was president of the British Association for 1853. His later researches included observations on the conductivity of various substances for heat, and on the effect of pressure on the temperature of fusion of different bodies. He died at Cambridge. For the game, see: 1850 (board game) 1850 (MDCCCL) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Sunday [1] of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... The Wollaston Medal is a scientific award for geology, the highest award granted by the Geological Society of London. ... 1853 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... Jean-Baptiste Armand Louis Léonce Elie de Beaumont (September 25, 1798 – September 21, 1874) was a French geologist. ... 1851 (MDCCCLI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Friday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... The British Association or the British Association for the Advancement of Science or the BA is a learned society with the object of promoting science, directing general attention to scientific matters, and facilitating intercourse between scientific workers. ...

References

• This article incorporates text from the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, a publication now in the public domain.

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External links

• O'Connor, John J; Edmund F. Robertson "William Hopkins". MacTutor History of Mathematics archive.