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- 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", 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 "to be numbered amongst the great understanding humorists". Coles wrote , 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. (en)
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- Jan Stewer, Bert Coles. (en)
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- Woolwich, London, England, U.K. (en)
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- Pathfinder Village, Tedburn St Mary, Devon , England, U.K. (en)
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- Writer, humourist, teacher, stage performer, farmer, playwright, actor, hotel proprietor, journalist (en)
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- Jan Stewer, Bert Coles. (en)
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- Elizabeth Coles (en)
- William Coles (en)
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- Jan Stewer's Signature.svg (en)
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- 1901 (xsd:integer)
- 1961 (xsd:integer)
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- Florence Elizabeth Coles (en)
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- 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", 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 "to be numbered amongst the great understanding humorists". Coles wrote , wrote some 5,000 stories for local papers, toured town and village halls with his (en)
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