Sir Roger Newdigate's Prize (Newdigate Prize)
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Edition 0 (1827) Winner
Robert Stephen Hawker
ロバート・スティーブン・ホーカー
Robāto Sutībun Hōkā
Aliases:
Parson Hawker
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1803-12-03 （Clergy house of Charles Church, Plymouth）
- Died
- 1875-08-15 （Ford Park Cemetery, Plymouth） age 71
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Languages
- English
- Religion
- Roman Catholic
- Residence History
- Morwenstow, Cornwall
Career
- Occupations
- Anglican priest, poet, antiquarian
- Active Years
- 1825-1875
- Affiliations
- Church of St Morwenna and St John the Baptist, Morwenstow
- Influenced
- Joyce Kilmer
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liskeard Grammar School | — | — | — | — | United Kingdom |
| Cheltenham Grammar School | — | — | — | — | United Kingdom |
| Pembroke College, Oxford | — | — | BA | 1823-1826 | United Kingdom |
Liskeard Grammar School
Country:
United Kingdom
Cheltenham Grammar School
Country:
United Kingdom
Pembroke College, Oxford
Degree:
BA
Period:
1823-1826
Year of Graduation:
1826
Country:
United Kingdom
Newdigate Prize winner 1827
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1827 | Newdigate Prize | Poem | — | University of Oxford | 受賞 |
Newdigate Prize
1827
Work:
Poem
Organization:
University of Oxford
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
The Song of the Western Men
1825 BalladFamous Cornish ballad with chorus 'And shall Trelawny die?'
CornwallLoyaltyRebellion
The Quest of the Sangraal
1864 Epic poemUnfinished Arthurian poem.
Arthurian legendHoly Grail
Bibliography
- Tendrils (1821)
- Records of the Western Shore (1832)
- Ecclesia: a volume of poems (1840)
- Reeds Shaken with the Wind (1843)
- Echoes from Old Cornwall (1846)
- The Quest of the Sangraal (1864)
- The Cornish Ballads and Other Poems (1869)
- Footprints of Former Men in Cornwall (1870)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- RomanticCornish dialect
- Recurring Motifs
- SeaShipwrecksCornish folklore
Legacy
Known as the eccentric vicar of Morwenstow, introduced harvest festival, famous for burying shipwrecked sailors.
Archives
- Project Gutenberg
In Popular Culture
- Hawker's Hut owned by National Trust
Quotes
-
What a life mine would be if it were all written and published in a book.
Source: Autobiographical note (1875)
Trivia
- Converted to Roman Catholicism on deathbed
- Funeral mourners wore purple
- Dressed as a mermaid; excommunicated his cat