Quote of the day
There are no countries in the world less known by the British than these selfsame British Islands, or where more strange things are every day occurring.
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)