Awards
- 1910: Prix Leconte of the French Academy of Sciences
- 1911: Fellowship of the Royal Geographical Society (FRGS)
- 1912: Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society
- 1913: Fellowship of the Royal Society (FRS)
- 1913: Gresham Professor of Astronomy, appointed by the City of London Corporation, a post he would hold until 1941
- 1920: Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
- 1938: Victoria Medal of the Royal Geographical Society
- 1943: Cullum Geographical Medal of the American Geographical Society
- 2003: The Hinks Dorsum, a ridge on 433 Eros, is named in honour of Hinks and his association with the asteroid by the International Astronomical Union
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