John Hodgkin, 1857-1930

John Hodgkin FLS was born in Birmingham in 1857, the son of John Eliot Hodgkin and Sarah Ransome. In 1881, he was living with his parents in Richmond, Surrey and working as an analyst for a medical firm. In 1889 he married Grace Stock and they had three sons.

Like his father, John Hodgkin had a keen interest in bibliography. He assembled a notable collection of books on the subject of cookery, some of which now form part of the Cookery Collection at Leeds University Library, along with his extensive notes on the bibliography of cookery and housekeeping. He died in 1930, after which his collection was sold and dispersed.