John Hopkins (legal scholar)

John Alan Hopkins (16 December 1936 – 19 September 2018)[1] was an English legal academic known for developing Downing College's reputation for law.

[2] He attended Pontypridd Boys' Grammar School and then read law at Queens' College, Cambridge.

[4] In 2012, John Hopkins was conferred Honorary Fellowship of Hughes Hall, Cambridge after serving for 8 years as the College's Director of Studies in Law.

[5] John Hopkins was a keen member of the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) and a stalwart of The Athenaeum.

[7] Cherry Hopkins is a life fellow and former Director of Studies in law at Girton College, Cambridge.

Downing College, Cambridge , where Hopkins spent the bulk of his academic career