William Hopkins Net Worth

William Hopkins was a renowned mathematician and geologist from Britain who was born in Kingston on Soar in 1793. Despite dropping out of school, he was able to gain admission to Cambridge University and was one of the top ten scorers in the Mathematical Tripos examination. He became a tutor for aspirants of the Senior Wrangler and was hailed as the 'Senior Wrangler Maker'. He wrote a highly sought after publication on trigonometry and went on to study geology with Adam Sedgwick. His investigations were praised by the Geological Society of London and he eventually became the President of the committee.
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Age, Biography and Wiki

Who is it? Mathematician, Geologist
Birth Day February 02, 1793
Birth Place Kingston on Soar, British
Age 226 YEARS OLD
Died On 13 October 1866(1866-10-13) (aged 73)\nCambridge, England, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Birth Sign Pisces
Residence England
Alma mater St Peter's College, Cambridge
Known for Finding that melting point increases with pressure
Awards Wollaston Medal (1850)
Fields Mathematician and geologist
Institutions University of Cambridge
Academic advisors Adam Sedgwick
Notable students Edward John Routh Francis Galton George Gabriel Stokes Arthur Cayley Lord Kelvin Peter Guthrie Tait James Clerk Maxwell Isaac Todhunter Philip Kelland

💰 Net worth: $250,000 (2024)

William Hopkins, a renowned mathematician and geologist from Britain, is expected to have a net worth of approximately $250,000 by 2024. Known for his exceptional expertise in the field of mathematics and geology, Hopkins has made significant contributions to these disciplines throughout his career. His groundbreaking research and theories have garnered international recognition and acclaim. With his extensive knowledge and extraordinary skill set, it is no surprise that his wealth reflects his exceptional achievements in these fields.

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Famous Quotes:

Hopkins to use a Cantab expression is a regular brick; tells funny stories connected with different problems and is no way Donnish; he rattles us on at a splendid pace and makes mathematics anything but a dry subject by entering thoroughly into its metaphysics. I never enjoyed anything so much before.

Biography/Timeline

1793

There was a famous story that the theory of George Green (1793–1841) was almost forgotten. In 1845, Lord Kelvin (William Thomson, a young man in 1845) got some copies of Green's 1828 short book from william Hopkins. Subsequently, Lord Kelvin helped to make Green's 1828 work famous according to the book "George Green" written by D.M. Cannell.

1799

Before graduation, Hopkins had married Caroline Frances Boys (1799–1881) and was, therefore, ineligible for a fellowship. He instead maintained himself as a private tutor, coaching the young mathematicians who sought the prestigious distinction of Senior Wrangler. He was enormously successful in the role, earning the sobriquet senior wrangler maker and grossing £700–800 annually. By 1849, he had coached almost 200 wranglers, of whom 17 were senior wranglers including Arthur Cayley and G. G. Stokes. Among his more famous pupils were Lord Kelvin, James Clerk Maxwell and Isaac Todhunter. Francis Galton praised his teaching style:

1821

Hopkins was born at Kingston-on-Soar, in Nottinghamshire, the only son of william Hopkins, a gentleman farmer. In his youth he learned practical agriculture in Norfolk before his father rented him a small farm at Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk. However, Hopkins was unsuccessful as a farmer and, when his first wife died sometime around 1821, he took the opportunity to mitigate his losses and enter St Peter's College (now Peterhouse) at the University of Cambridge, taking his degree of B.A. in 1827 as seventh wrangler and M.A. in 1830.

1825

He played first-class cricket from 1825 to 1828. He was mainly associated with Cambridge University Cricket Club and made 4 known appearances in first-class matches.

1833

About 1833, through meeting Adam Sedgwick at Barmouth and joining him in several excursions, Hopkins became intensely interested in geology. From then on, in papers published by the Cambridge Philosophical Society and the Geological Society of London, he defined the discipline of physical geology, making mathematical investigations dealing with the effects that an elevatory force, acting from below, would produce on a portion of the Earth's crust, in fissures and faults. In this way he discussed the elevation and denudation of the Lake District, the Wealden area, and the Bas Boulonnais.

1838

Hopkins conceived of a largely solid but dynamic Earth threaded with cavities whereby hot vapours or fluids could create locally elevatory pressures. Such a model was at odds with the ideas of Charles Lyell whose theory was of a "steady state" with a largely liquid terrestrial interior, inside a solid crust no more than 100 miles thick. Hopkins presented a series of papers at the Royal Society between 1838 and 1842 analysing the Earth's rotation, including its precession and nutation, and using observations to support his theory, contending that they were inconsistent with a fluid interior. He also interpreted earthquakes and volcanoes through the same model in an 1847 British Association report.

1851

As part of his investigations, Hopkins sought to quantify the effects of enormous pressures on the melting point and thermal conductivity of various substances. With the support of a grant from the Royal Society, he invoked the assistance of Thomson, James Prescott Joule and william Fairbairn to make measurements which he interpreted as supporting his theory. He further asserted that the cooling of the Earth had had no real impact on climate. He read a paper to the Geological Society On the Causes which may have produced changes in the Earth's superficial Temperature (1851). In his second address as President of the Geological Society of London (1853) he criticised Elie de Beaumont's theory of the elevation of mountain-chains and the imperfect evidence on which he saw it as resting.