William Hopkins
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| Gender | Male |
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| Death | 159 years ago |
| Date of birth | February 2,1793 |
| Zodiac sign | Aquarius |
| Born | Kingston On Soar |
| United Kingdom | |
| Date of died | October 13,1866 |
| Died | Cambridge |
| United Kingdom | |
| Books | On the Theory of the Motion of Glaciers |
| Kingston on Soar, United Kingdom | |
| Elements of Trigonometry | |
| Nationality | English |
| British | |
| Education | Peterhouse, Cambridge |
| Peterhouse Cambridge | |
| University of Cambridge | |
| Peterhouse | |
| Notable student | William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin |
| James Clerk Maxwell | |
| Lord Kelvin | |
| Awards | Wollaston Medal |
| Academic advisor | Adam Sedgwick |
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| Date of Upd. | |
| ID | 1817569 |
William Hopkins Life story
William Hopkins FRS was an English mathematician and geologist. He is famous as a private tutor of aspiring undergraduate Cambridge mathematicians, earning him the sobriquet the "senior-wrangler maker."