John Hopkins is a native of the United States of America. Known as a philanthropist and businessman. The hospital established by his will, better known as the Johns Hopkins Hospital, at one time became the largest legacy that went to charity. Among other things, he founded a university in the city of Baltimore.
Biography
The future entrepreneur was born in the winter of 1873. December 24, Hannah Jenny Hopkins gave birth to her husband Samuel, the second child, whom they decided to name John. Subsequently, a family that specialized in growing tobacco gave birth to another 9 children.
Hopkins spent his whole life in his hometown of Baltimore, Maryland. Since the boy’s parents belonged to the Protestant Christian Quaker movement and freed their slaves for free bread, he was forced to work in his family’s factory. This made it very difficult to get an education. John Hopkins attended school for only three years.
At the age of 17, he left the parent plantation and engaged in wholesale trade under the supervision of his uncle Gerard. John lived with his uncle's family and had the imprudence to fall in love with his cousin, whose name was Elizabeth. The uncle of the Quaker movement did not approve of marriage. Until his death, John loved Elizabeth and did not have a family. So is the cousin.
Doing business
In the same year, when John came to work with his uncle, he stood at the head of the store. The relatives did not have a permanent partnership; after 7 years, Hopkins went to work with Quaker Benjamin Moore. After a couple of years, they went their separate ways, because Moore was not enthusiastic about John’s habit of accumulating capital.
When John Hopkins turned 24, he took three brothers and started his own business. The family organized an enterprise, which was called the Hopkins and the Brothers. Such prudent actions and further investment in the railroad allowed John to take the 69th line in the list of “A Hundred Rich from Benjamin Franklin to Bill Gates”.
Johns Hopkins Institute
The grand opening of a private research institute took place on February 22, 1876. Mr. Hopkins acted as its founder and main financial sponsor, having earned a rather large fortune by that time. This university for several years in a row ranked 17th in the ranking of the best universities in the world. Here at different times 36 scientists who became laureates of the Nobel Prize managed to work. For a long time there were no faculties at the university where women could study. The only exception was the medical faculty. The only educational institution that competes closely with Hopkins University is the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
John Hopkins Hospital
The hospital (better known as the hospital) was based on money left by Hopkins after his death. It was assumed that here the treatment of patients will be combined with the training of medical students and research. At Johns Hopkins Hospital, the results of studies were scientifically obtained that became the basis for generating understanding about neurosurgery, child psychiatry and many other branches of medicine.