Robert William Hook

Coxswain of the Lowestoft lifeboat (1853–1883), credited with saving more than 600 lives

PersonDied aged 83humanQ25752956

Born: June 4, 1828
Died: June 28, 1911

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Robert William Hook was a fisherman and innkeeper and the coxswain of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) Lowestoft lifeboat and with private companies from 1853 to 1883 and who has been credited with saving more than 600 lives in addition to two cats and a dog. He was twice awarded the RNLI Silver Medal for gallantry.

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Sex or gender: male

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