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Mar 14, 1876 Woolwich, England, United Kingdom Died on 18 Aug 1965 (aged 89) Pisces
Jan Stewer - Place of Birth, Date of Birth, Age, Wiki, Facts, Net Worth, Birthday, Biography and Family
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About Jan Stewer
- Albert John Coles (also known as Jan Stewer; 14 March 1876 – 18 August 1965) was an English author. Jan Stewer is generally known in the South West of England as a character in the song Widecombe Fair (song), the chorus of which ends with 'Uncle Tom Cobley and all'.
- This was also the name adopted by Albert John Coles, who, over 64 years, wrote and performed Devonshire dialect stories, plays and songs under this name.
- He was also (as Mr.
- A.
- J.
- Coles) by turns a schoolteacher , soldier, farmer, managing editor of a newspaper, and "journalist, playwright" (self description in 1939).
- He was described by John Betjeman, before he was Sir John, 'as one of the great and understanding humorists'., Coles wrote many books, wrote some 5,000 stories for local papers, toured town and village halls with his vaudeville stage acts, wrote, acted and produced plays, (one of which was performed in the Haymarket Theatre in London), acted in films and broadcast on the BBC, in the course of his career as Jan Stewer.
