Milton Hopkins, Jr. (1906–1983) was an

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historian, professor of biology, and an editor of college textbooks.

Biography

In 1917 Milton Hopkins, Jr. moved with his family to Port Washington, New York and attended elementary school and high school there. In 1930 he received his bachelor's degree from

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. After graduating with M.A. and Ph.D. in biology from

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, he was a professor of biology from 1936 to 1945 at the

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. In 1944 he married Elizabeth Robbins Hewlett. In 1945 they returned to the Port Washington area to live in the Hewlett homestead. Located in the Village of Flower Hill, the home was built in the early 1700s and occupied by eight generations of the Hewlett family before being sold to the real estate developer Ivo Matkovic. From 1945 until retirement, Milton Hopkins was editor-in-chief of college textbooks at

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. He was a local historian of Long Island and president of the Cow Neck Peninsula Historical Society of Port Washington. Milton and Elizabeth Hopkins lived in the historic Hewlett house until 1980. Upon his death he was survived by his widow, a daughter, and two granddaughters.

Death

Hopkins died on March 25, 1983, at St. Francis Hospital in Flower Hill, New York. He was 76 at the time of his death.

Legacy

A small green space on East Gate Road in Flower Hill is named Milton Hopkins Green in honor of Hopkins.

Selected publications

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References

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