Robert Hawker (poet), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Robert Hawker (poet)

Cornwall clergyman and poet

Date of Birth: 03-Dec-1803

Place of Birth: Plymouth, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 15-Aug-1875

Profession: writer, poet, Anglican priest

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Robert Stephen Hawker (1803–1875), was an Anglican priest, poet, antiquarian of Cornwall and reputed eccentric.
He is best known as the writer of "The Song of the Western Men" with its chorus line of "And shall Trelawny die? / Here's twenty thousand Cornish men / will know the reason why!", which he published anonymously in 1825.
His name became known after Charles Dickens acknowledged his authorship of "The Song of the Western Men" in the serial magazine Household Words.