John Hopkinson
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It is catalogued under topics including 1849 births, 1898 deaths and 19th-century British physicists.
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- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- John
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Place of birth
- Manchester
- Place of death
- Val d'Hérens
- Child
- Bertram Hopkinson
- Occupation
- mathematician
- Position held
- chairperson
- Educated at
- Victoria University of Manchester
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Award
- Smith's Prize
- Notable work
- Hopkinson's law
- Doctoral advisor
- Edward Routh
- Image
- John Hopkinson.jpg
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- member of
- Academy of Sciences of Turin
- date of birth
- 1849-07-27
- date of death
- 1898-08-27
- manner of death
- accidental death
- writing language
- English language
- Commons category
- John Hopkinson
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