Robertson Hare the provinces, and in South Africa. He reached a new public in the late 1960s in a television series, "All Gas and Gaiters". He played the Archdeacon of St. Ogg's, the Ven Henry Blunt. His co-stars were William Mervyn as the Rt Rev Cuthbert Hever, Bishop of St Ogg's, Derek Nimmo as the Rev Mervyn Noote, the Bishop's chaplain, and John Barron as the Very Rev Lionel Pugh-Critchley, Dean of St Ogg's. George Melly wrote: His most famous catchphrase was: "Oh, calamity!" He was awarded the OBE in 1979. Hare died in London at the age of 87. Robertson Hare
Mervyn A. Ellison Mervyn A. Ellison Mervyn Archdall Ellison FRAS FRSE (May 5, 1909 – September 12, 1963) was an Irish astronomer. He was recognized as a world authority on solar physics and the effect of solar flares on the Earth. He was born at Fethard-on-Sea in County Wexford, Ireland, the third son of Reverend William Frederick Archdall Ellison, and was home tutored until the age of nine when his father became the director of Armagh Observatory. Mervyn was entered into the Royal School, Armagh, and during his spare time he developed an interest in astronomy. In 1927 he began his undergraduate work