October 08

Edith Oenone Somerville, Irish novelist, dies in Castletownshend, Co. Cork.

October 8, 1949

John Cowper Powys, Welsh novelist, born.

October 8, 1872

Birth in Dublin of Richard Dalton Williams.

October 8, 1822

Rev Henry Duncan, founder of the first savings bank, born in the Manse at Lochrutton.

October 8, 1774