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Hopkins

[ hop-kinz ]

noun

  1. Anthony, born 1937, English actor, born in Wales.
  2. Sir Frederick Gow·land [gou, -l, uh, nd], 1861–1947, English physician and biochemist: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1929.
  3. Gerard Man·ley [man, -lee], 1844–89, English poet.
  4. Harry Lloyd, 1890–1946, U.S. government administrator and social worker.
  5. Johns, 1795–1873, U.S. financier and philanthropist.
  6. Mark, 1802–87, U.S. clergyman and educator.
  7. a city in SE Minnesota.


Hopkins

/ ˈhɒpkɪnz /

noun

  1. HopkinsSir Anthony1937MWelshTHEATRE: actor Sir Anthony. born 1937, Welsh actor: his films include Bounty (1984), The Silence of the Lambs (1991), Shadowlands (1994), Nixon (1995), and Hannibal (2001)
  2. HopkinsSir Frederick Gowland18611947MBritishSCIENCE: chemist Sir Frederick Gowland (ˈɡaʊlənd). 1861–1947, British biochemist, who pioneered research into what came to be called vitamins: shared the Nobel prize for physiology or medicine (1929)
  3. HopkinsGerard Manley18441889MBritishWRITING: poetRELIGION: clergyman Gerard Manley. 1844–89, British poet and Jesuit priest, who experimented with sprung rhythm in his highly original poetry
  4. HopkinsHarry L(loyd)18901946MUSPOLITICS: administrator Harry L ( loyd ). 1890–1946, US administrator. During World War II he was a personal aide to President Roosevelt and administered the lend-lease programme


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In “Back Home,” Gil also revisits the nostalgia for the South explored in his Johns Hopkins thesis, “Circle of Stone.”

“I think, with Hopkins, he finally found some happiness,” Mann said.

On 1902, a shoeless boy from the Great Smoky Mountains stood before the dean at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.

Only one person got offered the part of Lecter before Anthony Hopkins.

At its upfront presentation in May, CEO Mike Hopkins said Hulu plans to triple its investment in original content.

Mr. Hopkins appeared highly gratified with his own pleasantry, and continued—'No, the way was this.

Colonel Hopkins was a stern, battle-scarred old soldier, who wasted no words.

Hopkins made an abortive expedition to New Providence, in which Jones had but one opportunity to distinguish himself.

Miss Hopkins and I did not sleep in, but had our beds assigned us, and used our dormitory rights merely for a cloak room.

In these circumstances it was deemed advisable for Mr. and Mrs. Hopkins to go on to Lac-qui-parle for a year.

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