William Hersey Hopkins

William Hersey Hopkins (December 20, 1841 – December 17, 1919) was an American academic who served as the first president of Goucher College and acting president of St. John's College in Annapolis, Maryland.

Despite his efforts, Hersey described facing significant difficulties as a fundraiser, later saying the experience "nearly crushed him." Hopkins resigned in 1890 and was succeeded by John Franklin Goucher, who became the school's namesake upon its renaming in 1910. Hopkins remained on Goucher's faculty as a professor in classical studies.

Personal life In 1870, Hopkins married Eliza Brook Brady, who was also from Annapolis. In 1915, he was granted an honorary Doctor of Laws from Goucher.

Hopkins died on December 17, 1919, at his daughter's home in Chicago, Illinois, three days before his 78th birthday.