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James Mason Hoppin
D.D.
James Mason Hoppin D.D.
Born	January 17, 1820; Providence, Rhode Island
Died	November 15, 1906 (aged 86); New Haven, Connecticut
Education	Yale College, B.A. (1840); Harvard Law School, LL.B. (1842); Andover Theological Seminary (1845);
Occupation(s)	Educator, writer
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James Mason Hoppin (January 17, 1820 – November 15, 1906) was an American educator and writer.

Biography

James 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]

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.