Local authors
National School, Tisbury
National School, Tisbury
National School, Tisbury
Tisbury Church of England School, Tisbury
St. John's Infants' School, Tisbury
Local authors for the community.
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| Author | Date | Association with Tisbury |
|---|---|---|
| Arthur Ransome | 1884-1967 | Novelist; biographer, essayist; lived at West Hatch |
| Lockwood Kipling | 1837-1911 | Father of Rudyard Kipling and illustrator of some of his books. He and his wife lived here and are buried here. |
| Rex Sawyer | Local history writer and novelist living in Tisbury | |
| Sir John Davies | 1569-1626 | Statesman, dramatist and and poet (including notorious epigrams), Attorney General of Ireland 1603-16, was born and brought up in Tisbury. |