Quote of the day
I went on all over the States, ranting poems to enthusiastic audiences that, the week before, had been equally enthusiastic about lectures on Railway Development or the Modern Turkish Essay.
Robert Hawker

Born: 1753
Died: 1827 (aged 74)
Bio: Robert Hawker was an Anglican priest in Devon vicar of Charles Church, Plymouth. Called "Star of the West" for his popular preaching, he was known as an evangelical and author. The Cornish poet Robert Stephen Hawker was his grandson.
Known for:
- Poor Man's Morning & Evening Portions
- Zion's pilgrim (1801)
- The Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary
- Specimens of Preaching (1801)






