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)

Johns Hopkins(noun)

a university in Baltimore

Johns Hopkins(ProperNoun)

A university, and in particular, a world-class school of medicine and teaching hospital located in Baltimore, Maryland.

Johns Hopkins

Johns Hopkins was an American entrepreneur, abolitionist and philanthropist of 19th-century Baltimore, Maryland. His bequests founded numerous institutions bearing his name, including Johns Hopkins Hospital, Johns Hopkins University, Johns Hopkins School of Nursing, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, and Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. A biography entitled Johns Hopkins: A Silhouette written by his cousin, Helen Hopkins Thom, was published in 1929 by the Johns Hopkins University Press.