john Hopkins
- John Hopkins is a medical school.
- Johns Hopkins’ given name was the maiden name of his great-grandmother, Margaret Johns.
- Johns Hopkins University was the first research university established in the United States.
- The Johns Hopkins University Press, founded in 1878.
- The Egyptian mummy in the Johns Hopkins Archaeological Collections is nicknamed “Boris.”
- The first doctorates were awarded in 1878 and the first bachelors in 1879.
- Johns Hopkins’ formal education ended when he was 12 years old.
- Woodrow Wilson is the only U.S. president to have an earned Ph.D., which was bestowed on him by Johns Hopkins in 1886.
- Today, the university enrolls nearly 20,000 full-time and part-time students on three major campuses in Baltimore.
- The university is named for its initial benefactor (gave money).
- The headquarters campus (Homewood) has more than 4,700 full-time undergraduates and about 1,600 full-time graduate students in two schools.