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.
In 1847 he recorded his impressions of the Great Famine of Ireland in his Glimpses of Ireland in 1847.
Selected published works
The Sabbath-Harp: A selection of sacred poetry The Village; or, Christian lessons: drawn from the circumstances of a country parish My Saviour; or devotional meditations in prose and verse, on the name and titles of the Lord Jesus Christ Peace in Believing, exemplified in a memoir of Ann,... wife of the Rev. J. East Psalmody for the Church: a collection of Psalms and hymns adapted for public worship- ''Glimpses of Ireland in 1847''