▁before ▁his ▁father ▁r ented ▁him ▁a ▁small ▁farm ▁at ▁B ury ▁St ▁Edmund s , ▁Su ff olk . ▁However , ▁Hop kins ▁was ▁un success ful ▁as ▁a ▁far mer ▁and , ▁when ▁his ▁first ▁wife ▁died ▁som etime ▁around ▁ 1 8 2 1 , ▁he ▁took ▁the ▁opportunity ▁to ▁mit ig ate ▁his ▁losses ▁and ▁enter ▁St ▁Peter ' s ▁College ▁( now ▁Peter house ) ▁at ▁ ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁Cambridge , ▁taking ▁his ▁degree ▁of ▁B . A . ▁in ▁ 1 8 2 7 ▁as ▁sevent h ▁wr ang ler ▁and ▁M . A . ▁in ▁ 1 8 3 0 . ▁ ▁W r ang ler ▁mak er ▁Before ▁gradu ation , ▁Hop kins ▁had ▁married ▁Caroline ▁Frances ▁Boys ▁( 1 7 9 9 – 1 8 8 1 ) ▁and ▁was , ▁therefore , ▁in el ig ible ▁for ▁a ▁fellow ship . ▁He ▁instead ▁maintained ▁himself ▁as ▁a ▁private ▁t utor , ▁co aching ▁the ▁young ▁mathemat icians ▁who ▁sought ▁the ▁pr estig ious ▁distinction ▁of ▁Senior ▁W r ang ler . ▁He ▁was ▁enorm ously ▁successful ▁in ▁the ▁role , ▁ear ning ▁the ▁sob ri quet ▁senior ▁wr ang ler ▁mak er ▁and ▁gross ing ▁£ 7 0 0 – 8 0 0 ▁ann ually . ▁By ▁ 1 8 4 9 , ▁he ▁had ▁co ached ▁almost ▁ 2 0 0 ▁wr ang lers , ▁of ▁whom ▁ 1 7 ▁were ▁senior ▁wr ang lers ▁including ▁Arthur ▁C ay ley ▁and