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Hopkins, Theodore Weld – Hornaday, William Temple

Hopkins, Theodore Weld

educator, clergyman, author, was born Jan. 5, 1841, in Cincinnati, Ohio. In 1873 he was called to the chair of church history in the congregational theological seminary at Chicago, Ill. In 1881 he accepted the pastorate of the Central Presbyterian church in Rochester, N. Y. He is the author of an historical essay on The Doctrine of Inspiration.

Hopkins, Thomas Cramer

geologist, author, was born May 4, 1861, in Centre county, Pa. During 1889-92 he was assistant state geologist of Arkansas, and filled the same position in 1895-96 in Indiana. Since 1896 he has filled the chair of economic geology in the State college of Pennsylvania. His specialty is building stones, on which subject he has published many valuable papers.

Hopkins, Vira M. Darling

poet.

She is the author of a volume of poems entitled Sunny Side Sketches.

Hopkins, William Henry

college president, was born Dec. 20, 1841, in Greensborough, Md. He was elected vicepresident of St. John's college in 1881, and in 1884 was appointed president.

Hopper, William Tatom

journalist, legislator, was born May 8, 1872, in Georgia. He has been county school examiner, and is now president of the Citizen Printing and Publishing company of Mountain Home, Ark., and is also the editor-in-chief of the Citizen. He has served with distinction as a member of the Arkansas state legislature.

Hoppin, Augustus

artist, author, was born July 13, 1828, in Providence, R.

I. He is the author of On the Nile; Ups and Downs on Land and Water; Jubilee Days; Hay Fever; Recollections of Auton House, a novel; A Fashionable Sufferer; Two Compton Boys; and Married for Fun, a romance.

Hoppin, James Mason

educator, author, was born Jan. 17, 1820, in Providence, R. I. He is a congregational clergyman, professor of homiletics at Yale university in 1861-79, and subsequently of the history of art. He is the author of Notes of a Theological Student; Old England; Life of Admiral Foote; Memoirs of Henry Armitt Brown; Homiletics; Pastoral Theology; Office and Work of the Christian Minister; Sermons on Faith, Hope, Love, etc.; The Early Renaissance; and Greek Art on Greek Soil.

Hoppin, William Warner

governor, was born Sept. 1, 1807, in Providence, R. I. After serving in the municipal boards of Providence he was sent to the state senate in 1853, and in 1854 was elected governor. He was re-elected in 1855 and 1856, and was nominated for a fourth term, but declined. He died April 19, 1890, in Providence, R. I.

Horn, Charles Edward

composer, was born June 21, 1786, in London, England. His best known compositions are I Know a Bank Whereon the Wild Thyme Blows; Cherry Ripe; Through the Wood; and I've Been Roaming. He died Oct. 21, 1849, in Boston, Mass.

Horn, Edward Traill

clergyman, author, was born June 10, 1850, in Easton, Pa. He is a lutheran clergyman of Charleston, and the author of The Christian Year; Old Matin and Vesper Services of the Lutheran Church; Outlines of Liturgies; and The Evangelical Pastor.

Horn, Henry

congressman. He was a representative in congress from Pennsylvania from 1831 to 1833.

Hornaday, William Temple

naturalist, author, was born Dec. 1, 1854, in Plainfield, Ind. He is a naturalist of Washington, for eight years chief taxidermist of the National museum, and the author of Two Years in the Jungle; The Buffalo Hunt; Canoe and Rifle on the Orinoco; Free Rum on the Congo; and Taxidermy and Zoölogical Collecting.