Lemuel Hopkins

Lemuel Hopkins
Born(1750-06-19)June 19, 1750
Waterbury, Connecticut, British America
DiedApril 14, 1801(1801-04-14) (aged 50)
Hartford, Connecticut, US
Resting placeAncient Burying Ground
OccupationPoet, physician
LanguageEnglish
GenreSatire
Literary movementHartford Wits

Lemuel Hopkins (June 19, 1750 – April 14, 1801) was an American poet and physician who was a member of the Hartford Wits, a group of literary satirists active in the late eighteenth century. A politically conservative Federalist, he coauthored The Anarchiad (1786–1787), a lengthy satiric poem critical of popular democracy and of the Articles of Confederation. His fellow authors on the poem were three other leading Wits: David Humphreys, Joel Barlow, and John Trumbull. Hopkins practiced medicine in Litchfield and Hartford and received an honorary Master of Arts degree from Yale University in 1784.[1][2]

Hopkins died of pneumonia[2] and was interred at Hartford's Ancient Burying Ground.[3]

  1. ^ Van Dover, J. K. (1999). "Hopkins, Lemuel (1750-1801), physician and poet". American National Biography. doi:10.1093/anb/9780198606697.article.1600788. ISBN 978-0-19-860669-7. Retrieved 2022-01-10.
  2. ^ a b "Dr. Lemuel Hopkins (1750–1801), M.A. (Hon.) 1784". Yale University Art Gallery. Retrieved 2022-01-10.
  3. ^ "Burial List". Hartford’s Ancient Burying Ground. Retrieved 2022-01-10.