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Charles Hawes
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American maritime writer (1889-1923)
OverviewAI-generated
Charles Hawes (1889–1923) was an American writer, children's writer, and novelist. Born in Clifton Springs, he was educated at Bowdoin College and wrote in English. His literary career spanned from 1920 until his death in 1923.
Hawes is recognized for works including *Mr. Africa*, *Pink Beard the Pirate*, *Dark Frigate*, *MisOutdoor Adventures*, and *Mutineers Illustrated*. He received the Newbery Medal for his contributions to children's literature.
He died of meningitis in Springfield on natural causes. His works are included in the Newbery Medal collection.
Synthesized by Vinony from 21 facts across 3 sources: Wikidata, Open Library, Vinony collections. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 9
Top works
- Mr. Africa
- Pink Beard the Pirate
- Dark Frigate
- MisOutdoor Adventures
- Mutineers Illustrated
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Charles
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Clifton Springs
- Place of death
- Springfield
- Occupation
- novelist
- Educated at
- Bowdoin College
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Image
- Charles Boardman Hawes - Springfield, Massachusetts.jpg
Show 9 more facts
- date of birth
- 1889-01-24
- date of death
- 1923-07-16
- writing language
- English language
- cause of death
- meningitis
- start of work period
- 1920-00-00
- end of work period
- 1923-00-00
- Commons category
- Charles Boardman Hawes
- Commons Creator page
- Charles Boardman Hawes
- manner of death
- natural causes
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