The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-11-16
PROFESSOR HOPPIN DEAD
LITE OF 4 AlNoTED AND BELOVED
 SCHOLAR ENDED.

For Forty Years Prominently Con-
 nected With Yale University--Lec-
 turer on the Fine Arts-AuthOr of
 Various Theological Works and
 Books of Travel-Was Pastor of q
 Church in Salem and Pastor at Yale
 A Sketch of His Long and Highly
 Useful Career.
 The world of literature and the fine arts meets with a notable loss in the death of Professor James Mason Hop pin, D. D., IL. D., for nearly forty years a teacher in Yale university and one greatly beloved. Professor Hoppin passed away at his beautiful home on Hillhouse avenue yesterday morning at 10:45 o'clock. A ripe scholar and a man whose name has long been an honor to Yale and to our city is no more. He was a man of rare refinement, of rare beauty of character, approachable, friendly, benignant and highly estim- able Christian gentleman.
 Professor Hoppin, who was eighty-six years old, had been in failing health for some time He is survived by one son, Benjamin Hoppin of Baddeck Cape Breton, Nova Scotia; his daughter-in- law, Mrs. Susan Mitchell Hoppin, who has made her home with him, and a niece, Miss Mary Quincy, of Litchfeld, who has also lived here of late. His wife, Mary Deming Perkins, died two years ago.
 Professor Hoppin's connection with Yale began in 1861, when he came to the Divinity school, where he taught for eighteen years, In 1879 he became a lecturer on History of Art in the Yale Art school where he remained until 1899, when he retired with the title of professor emeritus.
 James Mason Hoppin was born in Providence R. l., January IT, 1920, and was son of Benjamin and Esther Warner Hoppin, and a great-grandsor of Benjamin Hoppin, a commissioned officer of the Revolutionary army He graduated at Yale in 1S40 and studied at Harvard Law school in 1S41-42, re. ceiving the degree of LL B. He studied theology at Union Theological semi nary, New York, and at Andover sem. mary in 1S42-45 He then went to Su rope, where he remained for two year! l-1S47-4 -49-most of the time as sudden of theology and attending Dr, Mean ders lectures at the University of Der lin He also spent year in foreigi Itravel, chiefly in Greece and in the Hol. Land. On his return he was settled fo
 nine years as pastor of the Cronbi IStreet church in Salem, Mass, and late
 was for some time pastor of the Val
 college chapel, appointed to the latte in 1861. He then again went to Europe his family accompanying him. He wa appointed professor of homiletics ant the pastoral charge at Yale in 1861. H ! received the degree of D. D. from Kno1 college, Illinois, in 1870.
 Professor Hoppin was the author 0
 several theological works and books 0 travel of note included among whicl are Notes of Theological Student
 QS54), "Old England, its Art, scener, and People, dS6D, "The Office an Work of the Christian Ministry" GS69) and Life of Andrew Hull Foote, Rear l Admiral, U. s. NJ CS74). He had als written many articles for the Bibliothe
 ca Sacra and the New Englander. On of his last books, which was publishe about year ago, was an illuminativ
 treatise on portions of Shakespeare l, He was a well-khown and very polishe critic of the fine arts.