Henry Hawkes B.A., FLS. (1805–1886) was an English unitarian clergyman and author, born at

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, now part of

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. He is best known for his memoir of the

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originator

John Pounds John Pounds (17 June 1766 – 1 January 1839) was a teacher and altruist born in Portsmouth, and the man most responsible for the creation of the concept of Ragged schools. After Pounds' death, Thomas Guthrie (often credited with the creation of ...

(1766—1839), to whom he was introduced in 1833, soon after arriving in

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to serve as a minister. His published works include sermons and ''The Passover Moon'' (1878) a study of the divinity of

Christ Jesus, likely from he, יֵשׁוּעַ, translit=Yēšūaʿ, label=Hebrew/Aramaic ( AD 30 or 33), also referred to as Jesus Christ or Jesus of Nazareth (among other Names and titles of Jesus in the New Testament, names and titles), was ...

. He was christened on 28 April 1805 at the Old Chapel-Presbyterian, in Dukinfield. He befriended John Pounds while serving as the Minister of the Unitarian Chapel in High Street.King, Alan
Portsmouth Encyclopaedia: A History of Places and People in Portsmouth
. 25 March 2011. Retrieved 13 February 2013 In 1881 he was retired and lodging in Elm Grove Marston Lodge in

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. He was unmarried.

References

External links

Henry Hawkes, Recollections of John Pounds (1884)

Henry Hawkes, Other works
{{DEFAULTSORT:Hawkess, Henry Clergy from Portsmouth Fellows of the Linnean Society of London 1805 births 1886 deaths People from Dukinfield English Unitarian ministers