William Hopkins, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

William Hopkins

English mathematician and geologist

Date of Birth: 02-Feb-1793

Place of Birth: Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 13-Oct-1866

Profession: mathematician, geologist, cricketer

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

William Hopkins FRS (2 February 1793 – 13 October 1866) was an English mathematician and geologist.
He is famous as a private tutor of aspiring undergraduate Cambridge mathematicians, earning him the sobriquet the "senior-wrangler maker." He also made important contributions in asserting a solid, rather than fluid, interior for the Earth and explaining many geological phenomena in terms of his model.
However, though his conclusions proved to be correct, his mathematical and physical reasoning were subsequently seen as unsound.