Mark Hopkins (educator), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Mark Hopkins (educator)

American educationalist and theologian

Date of Birth: 04-Feb-1802

Place of Birth: Stockbridge, Massachusetts, United States

Date of Death: 17-Jun-1887

Profession: writer, theologian, university teacher

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Mark Hopkins (February 4, 1802 – June 17, 1887) was an American educator and Congregationalist theologian, president of Williams College from 1836 to 1872.
An epigram — widely attributed to President James A.
Garfield, a student of Hopkins — defined an ideal college as "Mark Hopkins on one end of a log and a student on the other".