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Francis Lister Hawks (10 June 1798 – 26 September 1866) was an American priest of the Episcopal Church, and a politician in North Carolina. After practicing law with some distinction he entered the Episcopalian ministry in 1827 and proved a brilliant and impressive preacher, holding livings in New Haven, Philadelphia, New York City and New Orleans, and declining several bishoprics. Scandals in the 1830s and 40s led him to posts on the American frontier, although he eventually returned to New York City. Hawks's work on church history remains important today. On his appointment as historiographer of his church in 1835, he went to England and collected the abundant materials afterwards utilized in his ''Contributions to the Ecclesiastical History of U.S.A.'' (New York, 1836–1839). These two volumes dealt with Maryland and Virginia, while two later ones (1863 1864) were devoted to Connecticut. Hawks edited the single volume Appletons' Cyclopaedia of Biography (1856), which added American biographies to the volume edited by Elihu Rich and published in 1854 by Richard Griffin & Company (London). ==Early life and career== Hawks was born in New Bern, North Carolina. He graduated from the state university in 1815 and entered the practice of law. He represented New Bern in the North Carolina House of Commons in 1821.〔(North Carolina Manual of 1913 )〕 Hawks also became active in the Episcopal Church, where he took the post of lay reader of his parish. Hawks felt drawn to the ministry〔Wright 37.〕 and entered the tutelage of Bishop John Stark Ravenscroft. Hawks quickly climbed the church ranks, becoming deacon in 1827 and assistant minister of Trinity parish in New Haven, Connecticut, a short while later. His preaching was widely praised,〔 and in short order, he was ordained a priest. His next post was as assistant to Bishop White of St. James' Church in Philadelphia. He next took a position as Professor of Divinity at Washington College (now Trinity College) in Hartford, Connecticut. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Francis L. Hawks」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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