William Hopkins (1793–1866)

Mathematician and geologist. Tutor in mathematics at Cambridge University. President of the Geological Society of London, 1851–3. Specialised in quantitative studies of geological and geophysical questions. FRS 1837.

Sources

DSB

ODNB

Record of the Royal Society of London.

Volumes

2,3,4,5,6,8,9,10,11,13,14,15,18,20,22,24,25