Akademik

1. United States financier and philanthropist who left money to found the university and hospital that bear his name in Baltimore (1795-1873)

2. a university in Baltimore

Johns Hopkins University [Johns Hopkins University] (also Johns Hopkins)

a US university in ↑Baltimore, ↑Maryland. In 2004, it had about 5 400 students. It was established in 1867 with money given by Johns Hopkins, a Baltimore ↑businessman, and opened in 1876. He also gave $4.5 million for Johns Hopkins Hospital, which is part of the university’s famous medical school, established in 1893.