Hawker, Robert Stephen

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• Hawker, Robert Stephen — (1803 1875)    Born in Plymouth, Devon, the son of a doctor, he was educated at Cheltenham grammar school and graduated M.A. from Magdalen Hall in 1836. Ordained in 1831, he was appointed in 1834 as vicar to the Cornish parish of Morwenstow,… …   British and Irish poets

• HAWKER, ROBERT STEPHEN —    a Cornish clergyman and poet; was vicar for 40 years of Morwenstow, a parish on the N. Cornwall coast; author of Cornish Ballads ; was a humane man, of eccentric ways, and passionately fond of animals; was the author of several works besides… …   The Nuttall Encyclopaedia

• Hawker, Robert Stephen — (1804 1875)    Poet and antiquary, ed. at Cheltenham and Oxf., became parson of Morwenstow, a smuggling and wrecking community on the Cornish coast, where he exercised a reforming and beneficent, though extremely unconventional, influence until… …   Short biographical dictionary of English literature

• Robert Stephen Hawker —     Robert Stephen Hawker     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Robert Stephen Hawker     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 son… …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Robert Stephen Hawker — (1864) Robert Stephen Hawker (* 3. Dezember 1803[1] oder 1804[2] in Stoke Damerell (heute Plymouth), England; † 15. August 1875 …   Deutsch Wikipedia

• Robert Stephen Hawker — (3 December 1803 ndash; 15 August 1875), often known as Stephen Hawker, was a Anglican clergyman, poet, antiquarian of Cornwall, and reputed eccentric. He is best known as the writer of The Song of the Western Men , that includes the chorus line… …   Wikipedia

• Robert Hawker — (1753 1827) was a Devonian vicar of the Anglican Church and the most prominent of the vicars of Charles Church, Plymouth, Devon. His Grandson was Cornish poet Robert Stephen Hawker.Of all the ministers of Charles Church this man is the most… …   Wikipedia

• Hawker — may refer to: * Hawker (dragonfly), a family of dragonflies in North America and Europe * Hawker (trade), a single food stall or the occupation * Hawker centre, an Asian open air market of food stalls * Hawker Aircraft, a British aircraft… …   Wikipedia

• Hawker — ist der Familienname folgender Personen: Elizabeth Hawker (* 1976), britische Extremsportlerin Harry Hawker (1889–1921), australischer Flugpionier Lanoe Hawker (1890–1916), britischer Militärpilot Robert Stephen Hawker (1803–1975), britischer… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

• Hawker Hurricane — Hurricane Hurricane Mk I (R4118), which fought in the Battle of Britain Role Fighter …   Wikipedia