John East

Who was John East?

John East was a 19th-century Anglican clergyman and writer.

At Oxford he was a friend of William Henry Havergal.

He became:

Rector of Croscombe, Somerset

Curate of St Michael's, Bath

Rector of St Michael's, Bath from 1843 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.