Johns Hopkins University is a private research university in Baltimore, Maryland. Founded in 1876, Johns Hopkins was the first American university based on the European research institution model. The university also has graduate campuses in Italy, China, and Washington, D.C.
The university model of Heidelberg University in Heidelberg, Germany offered was replicated in the founding of Johns Hopkins University.
Daniel Coit Gilman, the first president of Johns Hopkins University
Hopkins Hall on the original Downtown Baltimore campus, c. 1885
Johns Hopkins was an American merchant, investor, and philanthropist. Born on a plantation, he left his home to start a career at the age of 17, and settled in Baltimore, Maryland, where he remained for most of his life.
Share of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, issued July 26, 1856 and signed by Johns Hopkins as the company's pro tem president
Johns Hopkins Monument at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore
Interior of Johns Hopkins University's library