John Sidney Hawkins (baptised 11 February 1758 – 12 August 1842) was an English antiquarian. Considered reclusive, he is known largely for his publications.
Life
He was the eldest son of
Sir John Hawkins
Sir John Hawkins (also spelled Hawkyns) (1532 – 12 November 1595) was a pioneering English naval commander, naval administrator and privateer. He pioneered, and was an early promoter of, English involvement in the Atlantic slave trade.
Hawk ...
and his wife Sidney Storer; the writer
Laetitia-Matilda Hawkins was his sister.
While living in
Westminster
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The area, which extends from the River Thames to Oxford Street, has many visitor attractions and historic landmarks, including the Palace of Westminster, B ...
, Hawkins used to accompany his father to
Westminster Abbey
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to hear the music and study the architecture. He died on 12 August 1842, aged 84, at Lower Grove,
Brompton, London, where he had long resided. He was a
Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London
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, and his library was sold in 1843. He was described in the ''
Gentleman's Magazine
''The Gentleman's Magazine'' was a monthly magazine founded in London, England, by Edward Cave in January 1731. It ran uninterrupted for almost 200 years, until 1922. It was the first to use the term '' magazine'' (from the French ''magazine' ...
s obituary as a learned antiquary, whose "talents were overshadowed by a sour and jealous temper," and who in later life was in retirement.
Works
An early work comprised essays on plates from subjects in Westminster Abbey, published in 1782–3 in
John Carter's ''Antient Sculpture and Painting''. The extent of his assistance was later a matter of dispute between him and Carter. On the discovery of paintings on the walls of the old House of Commons in 1800, Hawkins set out to write an account of them, to accompany the drawings made by
John Thomas Smith; but Smith completed and published the work himself in 1807 as ''Antiquities of Westminster''. Hawkins published ''A Correct Statement'' of his share of the work, London, 1807, and Smith issued ''A Reply'', London, 1808. During 1814 Hawkins engaged in a dispute with
Isaac D'Israeli in vindication of his father.
Hawkins also published:
* An edition of George Ruggle's ''
Ignoramus
Ignoramus may refer to:
*Latin for "we do not know"
* ''Ignoramus'', a college farce written in 1615 in Latin by George Ruggle
*An ignorant person or dunce (as a consequence of Ruggle's play)
*A verdict by a Grand Jury, meaning "we do not know of ...
'', with notes, London, 1787.
* ''Walton's Complete Angler'', 1797, 1808, a reproduction of his father's edition).
* ''L. Da Vinci's Treatise on Painting'' in
John Francis Rigaud
John Francis Rigaud (18 May 1742 – 6 December 1810) was an eighteenth-century history, portrait, and decorative painter. Of French descent, he was born in Turin and spent most of his career in England.
Early life
Rigaud was born in Turin on ...
's translation, with a life, 1802.
* ''A History of the Origin and Establishment of Gothic Architecture'', London, 1813 criticised by John Carter in the ''Gentleman's Magazine''.
* ''An Inquiry into … Greek and Latin Poetry'' (especially dramatic), London, 1817.
* ''An Inquiry into the nature … of Thorough Bass on a new plan'', London
817
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Events
By place Europe
* Summer – Emperor Louis I issues an ''Ordinatio Imperii'', an imperial de ...
Family
Hawkins married Emily. They had a son John Sidney, baptised 1817, and a daughter Emily Louisa, baptised 1826.
Notes
External links
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Date of birth missing
1842 deaths
English antiquarians
Fellows of the Society of Antiquaries of London
1750s births