What is "hopkinson"

Hopkinson is a surname of English and Welsh origin. Notable people with the surname include:

• Abdur Rahman Slade Hopkinson (born 1934), West Indian writer
• Alfred Hopkinson (18511939), British politician
• Alister Hopkinson (194199), New Zealand rugby union player
• Amanda Hopkinson (born 1948), British scholar and literary translator
• Austin Hopkinson (18791962), British politician
• Barney Hopkinson (born before 1965), British Anglican priest
• Bertram Hopkinson (18741918), British engineer
  • Split-Hopkinson pressure bar, an apparatus for testing the dynamic stress-strain response of materials, named after Bertram Hopkinson
• Bobby Hopkinson (born 1990), English footballer
• Carl Hopkinson (born 1981), English cricketer
• Charles Hopkinson (18691962), American artist
• Deborah Hopkinson (born before 2004), American writer of children's books
• Eddie Hopkinson (19352004), English football goalkeeper
• Edward Hopkinson (18591922), British politician and engineer
• Emilius Hopkinson (18691951), British medical doctor, ornithologist and writer
• Francis Hopkinson (173791), American writer and signer of the Declaration of Independence
  • Francis Hopkinson House, a historic home in Bordentown, Burlington County, New Jersey, onetime residence of Francis Hopkinson
• Fred Hopkinson (1908after 1935), English footballer
• Frederick Hopkinson (19222004), British sports shooter who competed in the 1956 Summer Olympics
• George F. Hopkinson (18961943), British general
• Gerald Hopkinson (before 1930after 1952), British general
• Glen S. Hopkinson (born 1946), American painter of Latter Day Saint art
• Greta Hopkinson (190193), British wood sculptor
• Harry Hopkinson (190279), English yodeler
• Henry Hopkinson, 1st Baron Colyton (190296), British diplomat and politician
• Hopkinson (MCC cricketer) , English cricketer
• Ian Hopkinson (born 1950), English footballer
• John Hopkinson (184998), British physicist
  • Hopkinson and Imperial Chemical Industries Professor of Applied Thermodynamics, University of Cambridge, named after John Hopkinson
  • Hopkinson's law, the magnetic analogy to Ohm's law, named after John Hopkinson
• John Hopkinson (priest) (before 19041957), British Anglican priest
• Joseph Hopkinson (17701842), U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania, later a federal judge
• Mark Hopkinson (194992), American convicted murderer
• Mick Hopkinson (born 1942), English footballer
• Nalo Hopkinson (born 1960), Jamaican writer
• Peter Hopkinson (19202007), British film-maker and director
• Rusty Hopkinson (active from 1990s), Australian drummer
• Samuel Hopkinson (cricketer) (182587), Australian cricketer
• Samuel Hopkinson (190358), English footballer
• Simon Hopkinson (born 1954), British chef and cookery writer
• Thomas Hopkinson (170951), American lawyer and public official
• Tom Hopkinson (190590), British journalist, picture magazine editor, author, and teacher
• W. C. Hopkinson (18801914), British intelligence agent
• William John Hopkinson (18871970), Canadian artist

• Francis Hopkinson Smith (18381915), American author, artist and engineer
• Hopkinson Smith (born 1946), American lutenist
• William Hopkinson Cox (18561950), American politician in Kentucky

Hopkinson (first name and dates unknown) was an English first-class cricketer associated with Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) who was active in the 1810s. He is recorded in two matches in 1817, totalling 28 runs with a highest score of 10 and holding 3 catches.