Augustus Hoppin

Providence, Rhode Island, 1828 - 1896, Flushing, New York

BiographyHoppin, Augustus (American painter, illustrator, 1828-1896)

LC name authority rec. n85253016
LC Heading:Hoppin, Augustus, 1828-1896
Author and illustrator

Biography:

s. Thomas Coles and Harriet (Jones) H.; grad. Brown U., 1848; attended Harvard Law Sch., 1848-50. Admitted to R.I. bar, 1850; abandoned law to become an illustrator; drawings appeared in many mags.; illustrated numerous books including Potiphar Papers (G. W. Curtis), 1853, Autocrat of the Breakfast Table (Oliver W. Holmes), 1858; other publs. include Hay Fever, 1873, A Fashionable Sufferer, 1883, Two Compton Boys, 1885. Author: (anonymous romance) Married for Fun, 1885. Death: Died Flushing, L.I., N.Y., Apr. 1, 1896.
("Hoppin, Augustus". 2009. In Marquis Who Was Who in America 1607-1984, MarquisWho'sWho. New Providence: Marquis Who's Who LLC. http://ezproxy.bpl.org/login?url=http://search.credoreference.com/content/entry/marqwas/hoppin_augustus/0)

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