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Milton Hopkins, Jr. (1906–1983) was an American historian, professor of biology, and an editor of college textbooks.

Biography

In 1917 Milton Hopkins, Jr. moved with his family to Port Washington, New York and attended elementary school and high school there. In 1930 he received his bachelor's degree from Amherst College. After graduating with M.A. and Ph.D. in biology from Harvard University, he was a professor of biology from 1936 to 1945 at the University of Oklahoma.

In 1944 he married Elizabeth Robbins Hewlett. In 1945 they returned to the Port Washington area to live in the Hewlett homestead. Located in the Village of Flower Hill, the home was built in the early 1700s and occupied by eight generations of the Hewlett family before being sold to the real estate developer Ivo Matkovic.

From 1945 until retirement, Milton Hopkins was editor-in-chief of college textbooks at Holt, Rinehart & Winston. He was a local historian of Long Island and president of the Cow Neck Peninsula Historical Society of Port Washington. Milton and Elizabeth Hopkins lived in the historic Hewlett house until 1980. Upon his death he was survived by his widow, a daughter, and two granddaughters.

Death

Hopkins died on March 25, 1983, at St. Francis Hospital in Flower Hill, New York. He was 76 at the time of his death.

Legacy

A small green space on East Gate Road in Flower Hill is named Milton Hopkins Green in honor of Hopkins.

Selected publications

• Hopkins, Milton (1935). "Notes on Lespedeza". Rhodora. 37 (439): 264–266. JSTOR 23300288.
• —— (1937). "Arabis in eastern and central North America (Continued)". Rhodora. 39 (460): 106–148. JSTOR 23300659.
• —— (1938). "Notes from the herbarium of the University of Oklahoma—I". Rhodora. 40 (479): 425–434. JSTOR 23301951.
• —— (1942). "Cercis in North America". Rhodora. 44 (522): 193–211. JSTOR 23301997.
• ——; Waterfall, U. T. (1943). "Notes on Oklahoma plants". Rhodora. 45 (532): 113–117. JSTOR 23302105.
• —— (1943). "Notes from the Bebb Herbarium of the University of Oklahoma—II". Rhodora. 45 (535): 265–277. JSTOR 23301989.

References

1. ^ "Obituary. Dr. Milton Hopkins". New York Times. 28 March 1983.
2. ^ Pitaro, Francesca (2005). "Guide to the Edwin A. & Mary Hopper Hopkins Family Papers, inclusive dates 1735–1963" (PDF). Port Washington Public Library Local History Center.
3. Shaman, Diana (1983-11-06). "BLENDING A DEVELOPMENT WITH HISTORY (Published 1983)". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-10-10.
4. "Milton Hopkins Green · E Gate Rd, Port Washington, NY 11050". Milton Hopkins Green · E Gate Rd, Port Washington, NY 11050. Retrieved 2021-07-14.
5. International Plant Names Index.  M.Hopkins.

• 1906 births
• 1983 deaths
• People from Glen Cove, New York
• People from Flower Hill, New York
• Historians from New York (state)
• 20th-century American botanists
• Amherst College alumni
• Harvard Graduate School of Arts and Sciences alumni
• University of Oklahoma faculty