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  • How did Johns Hopkins University get its name?

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    Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore is named after its first benefactor, the 19th-century Maryland entrepreneur and philanthropist, Johns Hopkins. Hopkins was born in 1795 into a family of tobacco-farming Quakers and made his fortune as a businessman and investor, most notably in the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company (B&O), where he was also a director. In his senior years, Hopkins Read more...

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