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Hop⋅kins

[hop-kinz]
–noun
1. Anthony, born 1937, English actor, born in Wales.
2. Sir Frederick Gow⋅land [gou-luhnd] , 1861–1947, English physician and biochemist: Nobel prize for 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. 15,336.
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Hop·kins   (hŏp'kĭnz)   
British poet known for a number of works published posthumously, including "The Wreck of the Deutschland" and "The Windhover."
Hopkins, Johns 1795-1873.  
American financier and philanthropist who left $7 million to found the hospital and university in Baltimore that bear his name.
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Hopkins Hop·kins (hŏp'kĭnz), Sir Frederick Gowland. 1861-1947.

British biochemist. He shared a 1929 Nobel Prize for discovery of growth-promoting vitamins.

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