HAWTREY, EDWARD CRAVEN English educationalist, was born at Burnham on May 7, 1789, the son of the vicar of the parish. He was educated at Eton and King's college, Cambridge, and in 1814 was appointed assistant master at Eton. He was headmaster of the college from 5834-52. In 1852 he became provost of Eton; in 1854 vicar of Mapledurham. He died on Jan. 27, 1862, and was buried in the Eton college chapel. On account of his command of languages ancient and modern, he was known in London as "the English Mezzofanti," and he was a book collector of the finest taste. He made some excellent translations from the English into Italian, German and Greek. He had a considerable reputation as a writer of English hexameters and as a judge of Homeric translation.