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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.

Hopkins died of pneumonia and was interred at Hartford's Ancient Burying Ground.

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

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