Entries tagged 'people'

The following 62 entries have been tagged using the term people. Click the titles to read the full entry in each instance.

Antiquarian William Collings Lukis was born
Guernsey-bown William Collings Lukis was a renowned historian, and for 30 years was a rector in Yorkshire.

Guernsey’s oldest resident dies, aged 110
Margaret Anne Neve was born in the aftermath of the French Revolution, and widowed for 54 years.

Famed printer Thomas de la Rue born
Known as the Father of the Playing Card, this printer set up a business that's still thriving.

Guernsey guidebook pioneer Henry Inglis dies
Travel writer Henry Inglis wrote one of the first guidebooks to the Channel Islands.

Birth of concrete poet Dom Sylvester Houedard
This Guernsey-born monk attained legendary status during his lifetime as a pioneer in the art of concrete poetry.

Specsavers’ Mary Perkins was born
Although born in Bristol, Dame Mary Perkins went on to become one of the most successful business people in Guernsey.

Queen Mary executed while wearing Guernsey stockings
Both Queen Mary and Queen Elizabeth had been fans of Guernsey knitwear.

Birth of Generaloberst Friedrich Dollmann
Friedrich Dollmann was a high-ranking officer in the German army, after whom Guernsey's Batterie Dollmann was named.

Guernsey poet George Métivier is born
George Métivier is considered by many to be Guernsey's national poet

Guernsey’s last witch trial takes place
Guernsey's last witch trail took place as late as 1914

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All of the characters, organisations, publications and narrative of the Sarnian series, any related publications, products and web sites are fictitious. Characters, events, organisations and publications are not intended to refer to actual entities or events and any similarity is unintentional and entirely coincidental.

What's this all about?

This web site, and its contents, are here to support The Sarnian, a series of books set on and around the Channel Islands, and Guernsey in particular. It started as a means of keeping track of each character so that their features, loves, desires, abilities, looks and so on didn't change from book to book and has grown to become a complete encyclopedia of the series. Unless otherwise stated, the images included on this site were taken by The Sarnian author, Nik Rawlinson, who is also the author of the content.