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James S. Hawkes
James Symonds Hawkes (1856 – 11 July 1919) was an Australian accountant and civil engineer. History Hawkes was born in Adelaide, a son of John Henry Mason Hawkes (c. 1827 – 14 October 1858) and his wife Frances Sarah Ann Hawkes, née Symonds (c. 1831 – 15 February 1902). Frances arrived in South Australia in February 1849 aboard the ship ''Marion''; they married later that same year. She was in 1880 to marry again, to the recently widowed William Henville Burford. Hawkes grew up in Port Adelaide, and at 13 was admitted to Adelaide Educational Institution, where he was dubbed "Geometry Hawkes" by his schoolmates, and whose principal, J. L. Young, was impressed by his ready grasp of complex mathematics. At a little over 16 he went to work for Robin and LeMessurier, timber merchants, of Port Adelaide, and at 18 became their accountant. The owner, Theophilus Robin, died in September 1874, and his widow brought in Theodore Hack to manage what became known as Robin & Hack. H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adelaide
Adelaide ( ) is the capital city of South Australia, the state's largest city and the fifth-most populous city in Australia. "Adelaide" may refer to either Greater Adelaide (including the Adelaide Hills) or the Adelaide city centre. The demonym ''Adelaidean'' is used to denote the city and the residents of Adelaide. The Traditional Owners of the Adelaide region are the Kaurna people. The area of the city centre and surrounding parklands is called ' in the Kaurna language. Adelaide is situated on the Adelaide Plains north of the Fleurieu Peninsula, between the Gulf St Vincent in the west and the Mount Lofty Ranges in the east. Its metropolitan area extends from the coast to the foothills of the Mount Lofty Ranges, and stretches from Gawler in the north to Sellicks Beach in the south. Named in honour of Queen Adelaide, the city was founded in 1836 as the planned capital for the only freely-settled British province in Australia. Colonel William Light, one of Adelaide's foun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
