Introduction

Biography

Robert was the son of Ja­cob Hawk­er and Sar­ah Smith, grand­fa­ther of Ro­bert Ste­phen Hawk­er, and hus­band of Anne Rains.

Hawker was edu­cat­ed for the me­di­cal pro­fess­ion, and be­came an as­sist­ant sur­geon in the Roy­al Mar­ines, but took Ho­ly Or­ders in 1778.

In 1784, he be­came in­cum­bent of Charles the Mar­tyr Church in Ply­mouth, where he stayed the rest of his life.

Hawker was well known as a con­tro­ver­si­al and theo­lo­gic­al writ­er.

Works

• Psalms and Hymns Sung by the Child­ren of the Sun­day School, in the Par­ish Church of Charles, Ply­mouth, at the Sab­bath Ev­en­ing Lec­ture, cir­ca 1787
• The Ab­ba, Amen, and Cor­pus Chris­ti Hymns (Lon­don: A. A. Pa­ris, 1818)