Quote of the day
Although there exist many thousand subjects for elegant conversation, there are persons who cannot meet a cripple without talking about feet.
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