John East
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John East was a 19th-century Anglican clergyman and writer.
At Oxford he was a friend of William Henry Havergal
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He became:
St Michael's, Bath, was rebuilt in 1837 during East's time there.
In 1847 he recorded his impressions of the Irish Potato Famine in his Glimpses of Ireland in 1847.
At Oxford he was a friend of William Henry Havergal
William Henry Havergal
William Henry Havergal was an Anglican clergyman, writer, composer and hymnwriter, and a publisher of sermons and pamphlets...
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He became:
- Rector of CroscombeCroscombeCroscombe is a village and civil parish west of Shepton Mallet and from Wells, in the Mendip district of Somerset, England. It is situated on the A371 road in the valley of the River Sheppey....
, SomersetSomersetThe ceremonial and non-metropolitan county of Somerset in South West England borders Bristol and Gloucestershire to the north, Wiltshire to the east, Dorset to the south-east, and Devon to the south-west. It is partly bounded to the north and west by the Bristol Channel and the estuary of the...
(some of his earlier writings were published in Evesham so one wonders whether he may also have lived in that area) - Curate of St Michael's, Bath
- Rector of St Michael's, Bath from 1843 (when the church became an independent parish for the first time since the Reformation) until his death.
St Michael's, Bath, was rebuilt in 1837 during East's time there.
In 1847 he recorded his impressions of the Irish Potato Famine in his Glimpses of Ireland in 1847.
Selected published works
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- (information mainly from COPAC)
- The Sabbath-Harp: A selection of sacred poetry (Bristol, 1823)
- The Village; or, Christian lessons: drawn from the circumstances of a country parish (Bristol, 1831)
- My Saviour; or devotional meditations in prose and verse, on the name and titles of the Lord Jesus Christ (Bristol, 1832)
- Peace in Believing, exemplified in a memoir of Ann, ... wife of the Rev. J. East (Bristol, 1837)
- Psalmody for the Church: a collection of Psalms and hymns adapted for public worship (Bath, 1838)
- Glimpses of Ireland in 1847 (London & Bath, 1847)
- (information mainly from COPAC)