Walter Hook, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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English cleric; Dean of Chichester
Date of Birth: 13-Mar-1798
Place of Birth: London
Date of Death: 20-Oct-1875
Profession: writer
Zodiac Sign: Pisces 
About Walter Hook
- Walter Farquhar Hook (13 March 1798 – 20 October 1875), known to his contemporaries as Dr Hook, was an eminent Victorian churchman. He was the Vicar of Leeds responsible for the construction of the current Leeds Parish Church and for many ecclesiastical and social improvements to the city in the mid-nineteenth century.
- His achievements, as a High Churchman and Tractarian in a non-conformist city are remarkable.
- Later in life he became Dean of Chichester.
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