LEADER 04498oam 22006374a 450 001 9910524693503321 005 20230306173944.0 010 $a0-8018-0623-2 035 $a(CKB)5590000000429609 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse95333 035 $a(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/88543 035 $a(EXLCZ)995590000000429609 100 $a20081014d2009 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|||||||nn|n 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aJohns Hopkins: A Silhouette$fby Helen Hopkins Thom 210 $cJohns Hopkins University Press$d2009 210 1$aBaltimore :$cJohns Hopkins University Press,$d2009. 210 4$dİ2009. 215 $a1 online resource (xxiii, 125 pages, 16 unnumbered leaves of plates) $cillustrations, portraits, facsimiles ; 300 $aIntroduction to the 2009 ed. by James Stimpert, Archivist, Sheridan Libraries, The Johns Hopkins University. 300 $aFacsimile reprint of 1929 ed. with a new introduction and reset prelims. 311 $a0-8018-9098-5 330 $aAs shared in a message to the Johns Hopkins community, Mr. Hopkins' life has been traced primarily to the 1929 book written by Johns Hopkins' grandniece Helen Thom. While Thom portrays Johns Hopkins as an early abolitionist whose father had freed the family's enslaved people in the early 1800s, recently discovered records offer strong evidence that Johns Hopkins held enslaved people in his home until at least the mid-1800s. More information about the university's investigation of this history is available at the Hopkins Retrospective Website. Helen Hopkins Thom?granddaughter of Johns Hopkins's older brother Joseph?began collecting material for this portrait when it was possible to talk to people who had actually known the founder of the Johns Hopkins University. Her research became of vital importance when it was discovered that Hopkins himself?owing to a deep sense of humility?had destroyed virtually all of his papers before he died in 1873. First published in 1929, this biography still stands as the authoritative account of Hopkins's life, his business career, and the motives that lay behind his decision to leave his fortune to establish a university and hospital.Thom tells the story of Johns Hopkins's family, including the origin of his unusual first name (originally the surname of his great-grandmother). She traces his life from his childhood on the family tobacco plantation to his rise as a merchant and banker who became the largest stockholder of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. Thom portrays a man of principle?an abolitionist and Union supporter in a divided city?who found himself at odds with his Quaker faith. He disagreed with them about temperance, trading in whiskey and enjoying fine wine and champagne. Forbidden to marry the only woman he ever loved?his first cousin Elizabeth?he remained a lifelong bachelor.Johns Hopkins died of pneumonia at the age of 78 on December 24, 1873. This volume includes his will and instructions to the trustees, in which he articulated his wishes for a school of medicine, a university press, an orphanage, and a school of nursing. Among his stipulations was that the hospital treat anyone, regardless of race, sex, age, or ability to pay.This reissued edition brings this compelling portrait to a new generation of readers. 606 $aUniversities and colleges$2fast$3(OCoLC)fst01161597 606 $aHospitals$2fast$3(OCoLC)fst00961166 606 $aHospitals, University$xhistory 606 $aHospitals, University 606 $aFinancial Support 606 $aFamous Persons 606 $aHospitals$xHistory 606 $aUniversities and colleges$xHistory 607 $aUnited States$2fast 607 $aUnited States 608 $aHistory. 608 $aBiography. 610 $aHistory of the Americas 615 0$aUniversities and colleges. 615 0$aHospitals. 615 20$aHospitals, University$xhistory. 615 20$aHospitals, University. 615 20$aFinancial Support. 615 10$aFamous Persons. 615 0$aHospitals$xHistory. 615 0$aUniversities and colleges$xHistory. 676 $a378.04 700 $aThom$b Helen Hopkins$f1869-$01203266 801 0$bMdBmJHUP 801 1$bMdBmJHUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910524693503321 996 $aJohns Hopkins: A Silhouette$92777473 997 $aUNINA