Robert Hawker

Robert Hawker (1753–1827) 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.

Early life Hawker was born in Exeter in 1753 to Jacob Hawker, a surgeon in Exeter. He was married aged 19 to Anna Rains, They had eight children altogether.

He preached in London every year and launched an early Sunday School hymn book; he also published the “Poor Man” series of commentaries at a low price, so that anyone could afford to buy them. Zion's Pilgrim. Falmouth, 1801. Zion's Warrior, or the Christian Soldier's Manual. 1802. The Sailor Pilgrim. 2nd edition. London [1806?]. Life and Writings of the Rev. Henry Tanner of Exeter. London, 1807. The Poor Man's Morning Portion, being a selection of a verses of Scripture, with short observations, for every day in the year. 2nd edition. London, 1809. The Poor Man's Concordance and Dictionary to the Sacred Scriptures. London: Ebenezer Palmer, 1828. The Poor Man's Evening Portion. 4th ed. 1819. A Concordance and Dictionary to the Sacred Scriptures, both of the Old and New Testament. new edition, London, 1846.

His collected Works was published in 10 volumes in 1831.