ENTimothy Hopkins
Here you can see all subject revisions and compare the changes have been made in each revision. Left column shows the subject title and description in the selected revision, right column shows what have been changed. Unchanged text is highlighted in white, deleted text is highlighted in red, and inserted text is highlighted in green color.
2 revisions | MikeH at Sep 16, 2020 08:50 PM | Revision changes |
|---|---|---|
Timothy HopkinsTimothy Nolan Hopkins (1859-1936) was a founding and long-serving Trustee of Stanford University who acquired and developed the land that became Palo Alto. He was born Timothy Nolan and grew up in the household of railroad executive Mark Hopkins as his mother was employed as housekeeper. After Mark Hopkins died in 1878, his widow Mary adopted Timothy in 1879. He became Treasurer of the Central Pacific Railroad and served as Director of several other companies.
| Timothy Hopkins |
Stanford Letters Project
Help us transcribe historic materials in the Stanford University Archives
Stanford University Archives | Stanford Libraries | Questions? Contact us
|
