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Mark Hopkins 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."

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Mark Hopkins

American educationalist and theologian (1802–1887)

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Occupation: theologian, university teacher, writer

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February 4, 1802, 1802

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June 17, 1887, 1887

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