John Hodgkin (1766–1845)
John Hodgkin may refer to: *John Hodgkin (barrister) (1800–1875), English barrister and Quaker preacher * John Hodgkin (tutor) (1766–1845), English tutor, grammarian, and calligrapher See also *John Hodgkins John Hodgkins (died 1560) was an English suffragan bishop. Biography Educated at Cambridge, Hodgkins was appointed Bishop of Bedford under the provisions of the Suffragan Bishops Act 1534 in 1537 and held the post until 1560 (although he was d ...

John Hodgkin (barrister)
John Hodgkin (11 March 1800 – 5 July 1875) was an English barrister and Quaker preacher. Life The son of John Hodgkin, he was born at Pentonville, London, on 11 March 1800. He and his older brother Thomas Hodgkin were educated at home, partly by their father; John Stuart Mill was one of the few associates of their boyhood. His youth and middle life were passed at Tottenham. John Hodgkin became a pupil of George Harrison, a Quaker conveyancer, of the school of Richard Preston and Peter Bellinger Brodie. As a conveyancer Hodgkin was in the same tradition, which aimed at concision, at a time when legal documents were still often diffuse. He obtained a large practice, but was best known as a teacher of the law; his chambers had many pupils, with whom he read for an hour daily. They included Joseph Bevan Braithwaite, James Hope-Scott (who was also with William Plunkett of the Temple), and Frederick Prideaux. Hodgkin rarely appeared in court except to uphold an opinion which he had ...
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John Hodgkin (tutor)
John Hodgkin (11 February 1766 – August 1845) was an English tutor, grammarian, and calligrapher. Life He was born at Shipston-on-Stour, and was educated partly at a Quaker school at Worcester, and partly by his uncle, Thomas Hodgkin, a successful private tutor in London, who invited his nephew to follow his profession. Thomas Hodgkin accepted an offer from David Barclay of Youngsbury to become headmaster of Ackworth School in Yorkshire; and at age 15 John Hodgkin went there as assistant for a year. In 1787 he joined Thomas Young in superintending the education of Hudson Gurney, Barclay's grandson; the two were resident tutors, at Youngsbury and elsewhere.Kass, Amalie M. and Kass, Edward H. (1988) ''Perfecting the World: The life and times of Dr. Thomas Hodgkin, 1798–1866''. Harcourt. . pp. xxii–xxiii. In combination they forming a successful study group and friendship. The two tutors seem to have given each other mutual instruction for four years, and tutors and pupil rem ...
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