Hopkins Classical School
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The Hopkins Classical School (1839-1854) in Cambridge, Massachusetts
, was a secondary school located near the corner of Massachusetts Avenue and Dana Street. It received financial support from the bequest of Edward Hopkins
. Staff included John Benjamin Henck
. Students included George Martin Lane
, William C. Lovering
, James Mills Peirce, George D. Robinson
, and William Robert Ware
.
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Cambridge is a city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States, in the Greater Boston area. It was named in honor of the University of Cambridge in England, an important center of the Puritan theology embraced by the town's founders. Cambridge is home to two of the world's most prominent...
, was a secondary school located near the corner of Massachusetts Avenue and Dana Street. It received financial support from the bequest of Edward Hopkins
Edward Hopkins
Edward Hopkins was an English colonist and politician and Governor of the Connecticut Colony. Active on both sides of the Atlantic, he was a founder of the New Haven and Connecticut colonies, serving seven one-year terms as governor of Connecticut. He returned to England in the 1650s, where he...
. Staff included John Benjamin Henck
John Benjamin Henck
John Benjamin Henck was a classical scholar and civil engineer.-Biography:...
. Students included George Martin Lane
George Martin Lane
George Martin Lane , American scholar, was born at Charlestown, Massachusetts.He graduated in 1846 at Harvard, and in 1847-1851 studied at the universities of Berlin, Bonn, Heidelberg and Göttingen...
, William C. Lovering
William C. Lovering
William Croad Lovering was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts.-Biography:Born in Woonsocket, Rhode Island, Lovering moved with his parents to Taunton, Massachusetts, in 1837....
, James Mills Peirce, George D. Robinson
George D. Robinson
George Dexter Robinson -Biography:He was born in Lexington, Massachusetts. He attended Lexington Academy and Hopkins Classical School in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and graduated from Harvard University in 1856. While at Harvard he was admitted to the Zeta Psi fraternity...
, and William Robert Ware
William Robert Ware
William Robert Ware , born in Cambridge, Massachusetts into a family of the Unitarian clergy, was an American architect, author, and founder of two important American architectural schools....
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See also
- Hopkins AcademyHopkins AcademyHopkins Academy is the public middle and senior high school for the town of Hadley, Massachusetts.- Founding :...
, Hadley, Massachusetts - Hopkins SchoolHopkins SchoolThe Hopkins School is a private, college-preparatory, coeducational day school, located in New Haven, Connecticut....
, New Haven, Connecticut