Charles John Cornish

Charles John Cornish (28 September 1858 – 30 January 1906) was an English naturalist and writer.

Born on 28 September 1858 at Salcombe House, near Sidmouth, the residence of his grandfather, Charles John Cornish, J.P., D.L., was eldest son of Charles John Cornish, then curate of Sidbury, Devon, by his first wife, Anne Charlotte Western (died 1887).

After time as a private tutor, he entered Hertford College, Oxford, as a commoner in 1881, was elected Brunsell exhibitioner in 1882 and Lusby scholar in 1883.

[1] In 1885, Cornish was appointed assistant classical master at St Paul's School, London, a position he held for the rest of his life.

After cremation his ashes were interred at Salcombe Regis, near Sidmouth, and a mural tablet to his memory was placed in the parish church.