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Thomas Hopkinson (April 6, 1709 - November 5, 1751) was a lawyer, public official, and prominent figure in colonial
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Thomas Hopkinson was born in
London, in 1709, the son of Thomas Hopkinson, a London scrivener and a member of
Middle Temple. He was educated there, then immigrated about 1731 to
Pennsylvania, where he became a merchant, lawyer, judge, and natural philosopher, as well as a friend of
Benjamin Franklin. He worked with Franklin on several of his experiments on electricity and was a member of the
Junto.
Hopkinson held a number of legal and judicial positions, including judge of the vice-admiralty for the province of Pennsylvania. He was also a member of the Governor's Council. As a merchant, Hopkinson acted as agent for several London firms, and in partnership with
William Coleman, imported and sold a wide variety of goods, including fabrics, spices, gunpowder and iron.
Hopkinson was a founder of both the
Library Company of Philadelphia and the Academy of Philadelphia (now the
University of Pennsylvania), and served as first president of the
American Philosophical Society. He was also an active
Mason. He married Mary Johnson in 1736, and together they'd eight children. He enrolled his son
Francis Hopkinson, later a signatory of the
Declaration of Independence in the first classes at the Academy. One of his daughters married Reverend
Jacob Duché, and another
Dr. John Morgan.
He died in Philadelphia, 5 November, 1751.
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