Quote of the day
The true spirit of conversation consists in building on another man's observation, not overturning it.
Robert Stephen Hawker
Born: December 3, 1803
Died: August 15, 1875 (aged 71)
Bio: Robert Stephen Hawker was an Anglican priest, poet, antiquarian of Cornwall and reputed eccentric.
Known for:
- Footprints of former men in far Cornwall
- Cornish ballads & other poems
- Echoes From Old Cornwall
- Hawker's Cornish Witchcraft