William Hopkins

William Hopkins
William Hopkins (1793–1866)
Born	(1793-02-02)2 February 1793 Kingston-on-Soar, Nottinghamshire, England, Kingdom of Great Britain
Died	13 October 1866(1866-10-13) (aged 73) Cambridge, England, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Nationality	English
Alma mater	St Peter's College, Cambridge
Known for	Finding that melting point increases with pressure[1]
Awards	Wollaston Medal (1850)
Scientific career
Fields	Mathematician and geologist
Institutions	University of Cambridge
Academic advisors	Adam Sedgwick
Notable students	Edward John Routh Francis Galton George Gabriel Stokes Arthur Cayley Lord Kelvin Peter Guthrie Tait James Clerk Maxwell Isaac Todhunter Philip Kelland

William Hopkins FRS (2 February 1793 – 13 October 1866) was an English mathematician and geologist. He is famous as a private tutor of aspiring undergraduate Cambridge mathematicians, earning him the sobriquet the "senior-wrangler maker."

He also made important contributions in asserting a solid, rather than fluid, interior for the Earth and explaining many geological phenomena in terms of his model. However, though his conclusions proved to be correct, his mathematical and physical reasoning were subsequently seen as unsound.