East Coker - Notable Residents

Notable Residents

  • James Bree, actor
  • Trevor Peacock, actor (who plays Jim Trott in the BBC sitcom The Vicar of Dibley).
  • William Dampier, buccaneer, sea captain, explorer, author and scientific observer.
  • Gerald Basil Edwards, Guernsey-born author of The Book of Ebenezer Le Page.

Read more about this topic:  East Coker

Famous quotes containing the words notable and/or residents:

    “a notable prince that was called King John;
    And he ruled England with main and with might,
    For he did great wrong, and maintained little right.”
    —Unknown. King John and the Abbot of Canterbury (l. 2–4)

    “Most of the folktales dealing with the Indians are lurid and romantic. The story of the Indian lovers who were refused permission to wed and committed suicide is common to many places. Local residents point out cliffs where Indian maidens leaped to their death until it would seem that the first duty of all Indian girls was to jump off cliffs.”
    —For the State of Iowa, U.S. public relief program (1935-1943)