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Hopkinson, Emilius, 1869-1951


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    • Birth Date

        1869-03-31
    • Death Date

        1951-06-11
    • Birth Place

        London (England)
    • Associated Locale

        Haywards Heath (England)
    • Associated Locale

        Great Britain
    • Associated Locale

        South Africa
    • Associated Locale

        Gambia
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      • found: Records of birds bred in captivity, 1926:t.p. (Emilius Hopkinson)
      • found: NGCOBA, viewed 4/3/2014(Emilius HOPKINSON; UK; Male; 1869-1951 Jun 11) - http://www.authorandbookinfo.com/ngcoba/ho3.htm
      • found: Ibis, vol. 94, 1952:page 534 (Dr. Emilius Hopkinson died at his home at Balcombe on 12 June 1951; educated at Haileberry and Trinity College, Oxford; medical course at St. Thomas Hospital; served in South Africa, 1900-1901, as Medical Officer, 15th Battalion Imperial Yeomanry; Medical officer to the Gambia, 1900-1911; Travelling Commissioner, 1911-1929; published A Vocabulary of the Mendengo Languages in 1912 and Notes on Protectorate Laws, Gambia, in 1925; keen ornithologist; member of the British Ornithologists' Union)
      • found: Oxford men, 1880-1892, with a record of their schools, honours and degrees, 1893:(heading: Hopkinson, Emilius; born in London on 31 March 1869; matriculated at Trinity College on 15 October 1887; BA in 1891; honours in Physiology)
      • found: England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966, accessed at Ancestry.com WWW Site, Feb. 10, 2015:Volume for 1951, H-Ho, page 623 (Emilius Hopkinson, C.M.G., D.S.O., M.B., B.Ch. of Wynstay Balcombe, Sussex, died 11 June 1951, at the Brooklands Nursing Home, Haywards Heath, Sussex)
      • found: Dix Noonan Webb (DNW) WWW Site, Feb. 12, 2015:Awards to the Medical Services from the Collection of the late Tony Sabell -- Part I, Lot 266 page (Emilius Hopkinson was born on 31 March 1869, the eldest son of Jonathan Hopkinson Esq., of British Guiana and Frant, Sussex. He was educated at Haileybury and Trinity College, Oxford, gaining a B.A. in 1891. He did his medical training at St. Thomas's Hospital, gaining the M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P., 1896; M.A. (Oxon 1899 and M.B., B. Ch. (Oxon) 1899. He served in South Africa during the Boer War as Medical Officer of the 15th Battalion Imperial Yeomanry, 1900-01, and was mentioned in despatches and awarded the D.S.O. He resigned his commission in the Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars - Oxfordshire Imperial Yeomanry in June 1904. After the war he served as Medical Officer with the West African Frontier Force, 1901-02; Protectorate Medical Officer, Gambia, 1903-1911, and Travelling Commissioner, Gambia, 1911-1929. Awarded the C.M.G. in 1922. A Fellow of the Zoological Society. Dr. Hopkinson died in Haywards Heath, Sussex, on 11 June 1951)
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      • 2014-04-04: new
      • 2015-02-13: revised
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