John Henry Hopkinson (died 22 October 1957) was Archdeacon of Westmorland from 1931 until 1944.[1]

Personal life and early education

The son of Sir Alfred Hopkinson, K.C.; nephew of John Hopkinson, the physicist and Edward Hopkinson, the electrical engineer; and brother of Austin Hopkinson, M.P., he was educated at Dulwich College and University College, Oxford. He died on 22 October 1957.[2]

Career

He was a Lecturer in Greek at Birmingham University then Warden of Hulme Hall, Manchester and a Lecturer in Archaeology at the University of Manchester from 1904 to 1914 before his ordination in 1914.[3] Then he served as a Private in the RAMC during World War I. He held incumbencies at Holy Trinity Church, Colne; Christ Church, Moss Side; St Oswald, Burneside and Christ Church, Cockermouth. He was also Diocesan Organiser of Religious Education and Examining Chaplain to the Bishop of Carlisle from 1928 to 1944.

Notes

  1. ^ ‘HOPKINSON, Rev. John Henry’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2015; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014 ; online edn, April 2014 accessed 23 July 2015
  2. ^ The Rev. J. H. Hopkinson. The Times (London, England), Thursday, Oct 24, 1957; pg. 14; Issue 53980
  3. ^ Crockford's Clerical Directory; p 632: Oxford, OUP 19129[clarification needed]


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