Definitions for hopkinsˈhɒp kɪnz

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Hop•kinsˈhɒp kɪnz(n.)

  1. Sir Frederick Gowland, 1861–1947, English physician and biochemist: Nobel prize for physiology or medicine 1929.

    Category: Biography

  2. Gerard Manley, 1844–89, English poet.

    Category: Biography

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

    Category: Biography

Princeton's WordNet

  1. Hopkins, Mark Hopkins(noun)

    United States educator and theologian (1802-1887)

  2. Hopkins, Johns Hopkins(noun)

    United States financier and philanthropist who left money to found the university and hospital that bear his name in Baltimore (1795-1873)

  3. Hopkins, Gerard Manley Hopkins(noun)

    English poet (1844-1889)

  4. Hopkins, Sir Frederick Gowland Hopkins(noun)

    English biochemist who did pioneering work that led to the discovery of vitamins (1861-1947)

  5. Hopkins, Anthony Hopkins, Sir Anthony Hopkins, Sir Anthony Philip Hopkins(noun)

    Welsh film actor (born in 1937)


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