Johns Hopkins

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Johns Hopkins was a 19th-century American Quaker businessman, investor, and philanthropist whose bequests led to the creation of Johns Hopkins University and Johns Hopkins Hospital.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Quaker
businessperson
human
investor
philanthropist
birthDate 1795-05-19
birthPlace Anne Arundel County
surface form: Anne Arundel County, Maryland

United States of America
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
deathDate 1873-12-24
deathPlace Baltimore
surface form: Baltimore, Maryland

United States of America
employer Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
era 19th century
ethnicGroup Religious Society of Friends
surface form: Quakers
familyName Hopkins
givenName Johns
hasNoChildren true
knownFor founding benefactor of Johns Hopkins Hospital
founding benefactor of Johns Hopkins University
major philanthropic bequests
maritalStatus never married
memberOf Religious Society of Friends
movement abolitionism
namesakeOf Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital
Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Johns Hopkins Carey Business School
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Johns Hopkins School of Nursing
Johns Hopkins University
notableWork endowment of Johns Hopkins Hospital
endowment of Johns Hopkins University
occupation abolitionist sympathizer
banker
merchant
railroad executive
philanthropicFocus care for orphans
care for the poor
higher education
medicine
public health
placeOfBurial Baltimore
surface form: Baltimore, Maryland

Green Mount Cemetery
positionHeld director of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
religion Religious Society of Friends
surface form: Quakerism
residence Baltimore
surface form: Baltimore, Maryland
sexOrGender male

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Johns Hopkins University founder Johns Hopkins
Johns Hopkins University namedAfter Johns Hopkins
School of Medicine founder Johns Hopkins
subject surface form: Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
School of Medicine namedAfter Johns Hopkins
subject surface form: Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Johns Hopkins Hospital namedAfter Johns Hopkins
Johns Hopkins Hospital foundedBy Johns Hopkins
Green Mount Cemetery, Baltimore, Maryland, United States notableBurial Johns Hopkins
subject surface form: Green Mount Cemetery
Hopkins hasNotableBearer Johns Hopkins
Johns hasNotableBearer Johns Hopkins
Johns namedAfter Johns Hopkins
subject surface form: Johns Hopkins University
Johns namedAfter Johns Hopkins
subject surface form: Johns Hopkins Hospital
Green Mount Cemetery hasBurial Johns Hopkins