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Samuel Hopkins (the younger) was born in 1721 in Waterbury, Connecticut, [1] and was named after his paternal uncle, Samuel Hopkins (1693–1755), a minister in the church in West Springfield, Massachusetts. [citation needed] Hopkins graduated from Yale College in 1741, then studied divinity in Northampton, Massachusetts with Jonathan Edwards ...
Samuel Hopkins (December 9, 1743 – 1818) was an American inventor from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, [1] [2] On July 31, 1790, he was granted the first U.S. patent, under the new U.S. patent statute just signed into law by President Washington on April 10, 1790.
Samuel Hopkins or Sam Hopkins may refer to: Samuel Hopkins (inventor) (1743–1818), American inventor who was awarded the first US patent for a process to refine potash Samuel Hopkins (theologian) (1721–1803), American clergyman who formulated a religious system called Hopkinsism or Hopkinsianism
Samuel Hopkins Adams (January 26, 1871 – November 16, 1958) was an American writer who was an investigative journalist and muckraker. Background.
New Divinity men such as Joseph Bellamy (1719–1790), Samuel Hopkins (1721–1803) and Timothy Dwight (1752–1817) were revivalists who tried to steer a moderate course between Old Lights who opposed revival and radical New Lights who separated from the established Congregational churches. By the end of the 18th century, most Congregational ...
Samuel Hopkins (April 9, 1753 – September 16, 1819) was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky. Born in Albemarle County in the Virginia Colony , Hopkins was educated by private tutors. He served in the Revolutionary War , for a while on the staff of General Washington, and later as lieutenant colonel and colonel of the Tenth Virginia Regiment.
The first patent was granted on July 31, 1790, to Samuel Hopkins for his invention of "Making Pot and Pearl Ashes." [4] Potash was used as an ingredient in several fields of manufacturing, such as making glass and soap, dying cloth, and producing both saltpeter and gunpowder.
Samuel Miles Hopkins (May 9, 1772 – October 8, 1837) was an American attorney and politician from New York. A Federalist, he served in the United States House of Representatives from 1813 to 1815, the New York State Assembly from 1820 to 1821, and the New York State Senate from 1821 to 1822.