James Hawkes (missionary)

James W. Hawkes (1853–1932), was an American minister, a missionary in Qajar Iran, and a founder of a school.

Hawkes spent two years at Wabash College before transferring to Princeton College, which granted him his undergraduate degree; he attended Union Theological Seminary in New York City in order to be trained as a missionary.

He was married in 1884 to Sarah "Belle" Belknap (née Sherwood; 1854–1819),[3] and they had a son a year later, which died shortly after birth.

[3] While doing missionary work in Persia, Hawkes’ wife died in 1919 from typhoid fever.

Hawkes also founded the American School for Boys in Hamadan, Persia where he spent most of his missionary years.