October 08

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

October 08, 1872

John Cowper Powys, Welsh novelist, born.

October 08, 1822

Birth in Dublin of Richard Dalton Williams.

October 08, 1774

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