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Robert Hawker (1753–1827) was an Anglican priest in
* ''The Poor Man's Evening Portion.'' 4th ed. 1819. * ''The Poor Man's Commentary on the New Testament.'' 4 vols., London, 1816. * ''Visits to and from Jesus upon the most interesting occasions, and in the most hallowed moments of life.'' London, 1816. * ''Lectures on the Person, Godhead, and Ministry of the Holy Ghost''. Plymouth 817 * ''The Poor Man's Commentary on the Old Testament''. 6 vols., London, 1822. * ''The Portrait of an English Bishop of the Sixteenth Century''. 2nd edition, London, 1829. * ''Life of Dr. T. Goodwin''. 1838. * ''A Concordance and Dictionary to the Sacred Scriptures, both of the Old and New Testament''. new edition, London, 184
* ''A Concordance and Dictionary to the Sacred Scriptures, both of the Old and New Testament''. new edition, London, 184
His collected ''Works'' was published in 10 volumes in 1831.
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Robert Hawker (1753–1827) was an Anglican priest in Devon
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, vicar of Charles Church, Plymouth. Called "Star of the West" for his popular preaching, he was known as an evangelical
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and author. The Cornish poet Robert Stephen Hawker was his grandson.
Early life
Hawker was born inExeter
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In Roman Britain, Exeter w ...
in 1753 to Jacob Hawker, a surgeon in Exeter
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. He was married aged 19 to Anna Rains, and they had eight children altogether.
Hawker studied medicine in Plymouth
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under Samuel White of Bretonside, and joined the Royal Marines
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as assistant surgeon. In 1778 he entered Magdalen College, Oxford
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.
References
Further reading
*Comb, George (1827) A Tribute of Respect to Departed Greatness: being the substance of a sermon, delivered on occasion of the decease of the Rev. Robert Hawker, D.D. Vicar of Charles, Plymouth, at Soho Chapel, Oxford Street, London, Lord's day evening, 15 April 1827. London: Ebenezer Palmer * Mutter, George (1827) Zion's Faithful Priest: a sermon, occasioned by the death of the late Rev. Robert Hawker, D.D. Vicar of Charles, Plymouth: delivered on Sunday evening, 22 April 1827, at the Broadway Church, St. Margaret's, Westminster / by the Rev. George Mutter, A.M. minister of Broadway Church. London: Ebenezer Palmer *Palmer, Ebenezer (1826) Prospectus of a handsome, uniform edition of the works of the Rev. Robert Hawker. London: printed for E. Palmer *Williams, John, minister of Stroud (1831) Memoirs of the Life and Writings of the Rev. Robert Hawker, D.D., late Vicar of Charles, Plymouth. London: E. Justins & Son, printersPartial List of Works by Robert Hawker
* ''Sermons on the Divinity of Christ.'' London, 1792. * ''Sermons on the Divinity and Operations of the Holy Ghost.'' Bath, 1794. * ''An Appeal to the People of England on the . . . French Revolution.'' 1794. * ''Paracelsus, or Conflations for a Dying Hour, from a review of the evidences of the renewed life.'' London, 1797. * ''Zion's Pilgrim.'' Falmouth, 1801. * ''Zion's Warrior, or the Christian Soldier's Manual.'' 1802. * ''The Sailor Pilgrim. 2nd edition.'' London 806? * ''Life and Writings of the Rev. Henry Tanner of Exeter.'' London, 1807. * ''The Poor Man's Morning Portion, being a selection of a verses of Scripture, with short observations, for every day in the year.'' 2nd edition. London, 1809. * ''The Poor Man's Concordance and Dictionary to the Sacred Scriptures.'' London: J. Nisbet, 1812. * ''The Poor Man's Concordance and Dictionary to the Sacred Scriptures.'' London: Ebenezer Palmer, 182* ''The Poor Man's Evening Portion.'' 4th ed. 1819. * ''The Poor Man's Commentary on the New Testament.'' 4 vols., London, 1816. * ''Visits to and from Jesus upon the most interesting occasions, and in the most hallowed moments of life.'' London, 1816. * ''Lectures on the Person, Godhead, and Ministry of the Holy Ghost''. Plymouth 817 * ''The Poor Man's Commentary on the Old Testament''. 6 vols., London, 1822. * ''The Portrait of an English Bishop of the Sixteenth Century''. 2nd edition, London, 1829. * ''Life of Dr. T. Goodwin''. 1838. * ''A Concordance and Dictionary to the Sacred Scriptures, both of the Old and New Testament''. new edition, London, 184
* ''A Concordance and Dictionary to the Sacred Scriptures, both of the Old and New Testament''. new edition, London, 184
His collected ''Works'' was published in 10 volumes in 1831.
External links
* * * * Robert Hawker entry in the online Dictionary of National Biography, volume XXV, p. 21{{DEFAULTSORT:Hawker, Robert 1753 births 1827 deaths 18th-century English Anglican priests 19th-century English Anglican priests Clergy from Plymouth, Devon Alumni of Magdalen College, Oxford 18th-century Royal Marines personnel Medical doctors from Plymouth, Devon Royal Marines officers Military personnel from Exeter