page_title: Walter Hook
hierarchical_section_title: Walter Hook
caption_attribution_description: English: Statue of Dr Walter Farquhar Hook, City Square, Leeds. Bronze by F. W. Pomeroy.
context_page_description: Walter Farquhar Hook, 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 Minster 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.
context_section_description: 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 Minster 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.
caption: Statue in Leeds City Square
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