Henry Hawkes B.A., FLS. (1805–1886) was an English unitarian clergyman and author, born at

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, now part of

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. He is best known for his memoir of the

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originator

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(1766—1839), to whom he was introduced in 1833, soon after arriving in

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to serve as a minister. His published works include sermons and ''The Passover Moon'' (1878) a study of the divinity of

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. He was christened on 28 April 1805 at the Old Chapel-Presbyterian, in Dukinfield. He befriended John Pounds while serving as the Minister of the Unitarian Chapel in High Street.King, Alan
Portsmouth Encyclopaedia: A History of Places and People in Portsmouth
. 25 March 2011. Retrieved 13 February 2013 In 1881 he was retired and lodging in Elm Grove Marston Lodge in

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. He was unmarried.

References

External links

Henry Hawkes, Recollections of John Pounds (1884)

Henry Hawkes, Other works
{{DEFAULTSORT:Hawkess, Henry Clergy from Portsmouth Fellows of the Linnean Society of London 1805 births 1886 deaths People from Dukinfield English Unitarian ministers