Herbert M. (Herbert Müller) Hopkins

Herbert M. Hopkins, listed in library records as Herbert Müller Hopkins (1870–1910), was an American author whose novels include The Fighting Bishop, The Torch, and The Mayor of Warwick. His work appears in catalogues and public-domain collections such as Project Gutenberg, HathiTrust, Internet Archive, and Open Library, which suggests he was a recognized published novelist in the first years of the 20th century.

The surviving records also connect him with the clergy: memorial listings identify him as Rev. Herbert Müller Hopkins, and that background fits the religious and institutional worlds reflected in titles like The Fighting Bishop. His fiction seems especially interested in character, duty, and the tensions between personal feeling and public role.

He died young in 1910, at about forty years old. Because easily confirmed biographical sources are scarce, much of his life remains faintly outlined today, but his novels continue to be preserved and read through digital libraries.