Carpenter, Prof. Stephen Hopkins, was born Aug. 7, 1831, at Little Falls, Herkimer Co., NY

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Carpenter, Prof. Stephen Hopkins, was born Aug. 7, 1831, at Little Falls, Herkimer Co., N;.¥. He died at Geneva, N. Y. Prof. Carpenter graduated from Rochester University in 1852. In 1855 he received the degree of A.M., and in 1872 that of LL.D. He was appointed tutor in the Wisconsin State University in 1852. He was elected in 1860 to the professorship of Ancient Languages in St. Paul College at Palmyra, Mo. In 1866 he was tendered the chair of Rhetoric in the Wisconsin State University, which he filled with great ability until his death. He occupied for a time the position of Superintendent of Public Instruction of Wisconsin. [He was a diligent student, and his attainments were very extensive. He wrote largely on educational and religious subjects and delivered frequent addresses on science and literature. ‘Ten or twelve of his addresses are published, and many articles of an educational and religious character were printed in the periodicals of the denomination with which he was connected. Although not an ordained minister, he preached frequently for the church of which he was a member, with great ability. His sermons on the inspiration of the Scriptures are considered as among the ablest ever published on that subject. Although occupying a conspicuous place among the educators of the State, and eminent in his attainments in science and literature, he will be longest remembered as the sincere Christian and loyal disciple of the Lord Jesus Christ. : From the Baptist Encyclopedia by William Cathcart