Lemuel Hopkins

Lemuel Hopkins
Born	(1750-06-19)June 19, 1750 Waterbury, Connecticut, British America
Died	April 14, 1801(1801-04-14) (aged 50) Hartford, Connecticut, US
Resting place	Ancient Burying Ground
Occupation	Poet, physician
Language	English
Genre	Satire
Literary movement	Hartford 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]

References

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. "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.

External links

• The Anarchiad: A New England Poem - full text via the Internet Archive