deaths
April 1, 1986
Edwin Boston, English clergyman, author, and railway preservationist
Edwin Boston
Edwin Richard Boston, known as Teddy Boston, was a Church of England clergyman and author. He built a narrow gauge railway in the grounds of his Rectory at Cadeby, Leicestershire, and was immortalised as the "Fat Clergyman" in The Railway Series children's books by the Rev. W. Awdry.
April 1
April 1 is the 91st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 274 days remain until the end of the year.