| James Mason Hoppin | |
| Honorific Suffix: | D.D. |
| Birth Date: | 17 January 1820 |
| Birth Place: | Providence, Rhode Island |
| Death Place: | New Haven, Connecticut |
| Occupation: | Educator, writer |
| Signature: | Signature of James Mason Hoppin (1820–1906).png |
James Mason Hoppin (January 17, 1820 – November 15, 1906) was an American educator and writer.
James Mason Hoppin was born at Providence, Rhode Island on January 17, 1820.[1] He graduated from Yale College in 1840 (where he was a member of Skull and Bones,[2]) from Harvard Law School in 1842, and from Andover Theological Seminary in 1845. He studied for some time abroad; and was pastor of a Congregational church at Salem, Massachusetts from 1850 to 1859.[1] From 1861 to 1879 he was professor of homiletics at Yale, where he was also professor of art history from 1879 to 1899, when he became professor emeritus. He was a member of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences and the American Philosophical Society.[3]
He died in New Haven, Connecticut on November 15, 1906.[4]