John East


John East was a 19th-century Anglican clergyman and writer.
At Oxford he was a friend of William Henry Havergal.
He became:
St Michael's, Bath, was rebuilt in 1837 during East's time there.
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''