James Mason Hoppin (January 17, 1820 – November 15, 1906) was an American educator and writer.
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| Born | January 17, 1820 |
| Died | November 15, 1906 (aged 86) |
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| Occupation(s) | Educator, writer |
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Biography
editJames Mason Hoppin was born at Providence, Rhode Island on January 17, 1820.[1] He graduated from Yale College in 1840 (where he was a member of Skull and Bones,[2]) from Harvard Law School in 1842, and from Andover Theological Seminary in 1845. He studied for some time abroad; and was pastor of a Congregational church at Salem, Massachusetts from 1850 to 1859.[1] From 1861 to 1879 he was professor of homiletics at Yale, where he was also professor of art history from 1879 to 1899, when he became professor emeritus. He was a member of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences and the American Philosophical Society.[3]
He died in New Haven, Connecticut on November 15, 1906.[4]
Selected writings
edit- Old England: Its Art, Scenery, and People (1857)
- The Office and Work of the Christian Ministry (1869)
- Life of Rear-Admiral Andrew Hull Foote (1874)
- The Early Renaissance and Other Essays on Art Subjects (1892)
- Greek Art on Greek Soil (1897)
- The Reading of Shakespeare (1904)
References
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This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Gilman, D. C.; Peck, H. T.; Colby, F. M., eds. (1905). "HOPPIN, James Mason". New International Encyclopedia (1st ed.). New York: Dodd, Mead.
- ^ a b The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography. Vol. I. James T. White & Company. 1893. p. 245. Retrieved April 12, 2021 – via Google Books.
- ^ Norton, Eliot (1897). The Harvard Law School. Harvard Law School. p. 66. Retrieved April 12, 2021 – via Google Books.
- ^ "APS Member History". search.amphilsoc.org. Retrieved March 27, 2024.
- ^ "Professor Emeritus at Yale Dead". Hartford Courant. New Haven. November 16, 1906. p. 13. Retrieved April 12, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.