Robert Hawker
Priest and poet
Robert Stephen Hawker was a British Anglican priest, poet, antiquarian and reputed eccentric, known to his parishioners as Parson Hawker. He is best known as the writer of "The Song of the Western Men" with its chorus line of "And shall Trelawny... Wikipedia
Born: December 3, 1803, Plymouth, United Kingdom
Died: August 15, 1875 (age 71 years), Morwenstow, United Kingdom
Robert Stephen Hawker (1803–1875) was a British Anglican priest, poet, antiquarian and reputed eccentric, known to his parishioners as Parson Hawker.
On the reverse of your Deed, Hawker is described as 'the famous poet, eccentric and vicar of Morwenstow who is responsible for starting the church's tradition ...
Oct 18, 2020 · The Reverend Robert Stephen Hawker should go down in the annals of history for writing what is basically the national anthem of Cornwall, ...
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Robert Hawker died on 15 August 1875, having become a Roman Catholic on his deathbed. He was buried in Plymouth's Ford Park Cemetery.
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Mr. Robert Stephen Hawker obtained the Newdegate in 1827: he took his degree of B.A. in 1828, and then came with his wife to Morwenstow, a place for which even ...
Poet and antiquary; b. at Plymouth 3 December, 1803, d. there 15 August, 1875, son of Jacob Stephen Hawker, M. D., who took orders soon after the birth of his ...
He published several poetical works, including Ecclesia, 1840, in which some of his hymns appeared. Hymns by him were also published in Lyra Messianica, 1864.
Dec 20, 2010 · Robert Stephen Hawker was born on 3 December 1803 at 6 Norley Street, Plymouth, Devon, and baptised four weeks later at the church of St Andrew with St Luke, ...
Oct 23, 2017 · Robert Stephen Hawker was born in 1803 in Plymouth, and studied for the priesthood in Oxford. He was ordained in 1831, and became vicar of Morwenstow three ...
ROBERT STEPHEN HAWKER was born on December 3rd, 1803, at 6, Norley Street, Plymouth. He was the eldest son of Jacob Stephen Hawker, who at the time of Robert's ...
Robert Stephen Hawker · Song Of The Western Men · On the Grave of a Child in Morwenstow Churchyard · Modryb Marya—Aunt Mary (A Christmas Chant) · Messages x.