Sir Thomas Bodley, the founder of the Bodleian Library, was born in Heavitree, as was Richard Hooker (1554--1600) whose writings were very influential in the Church of England in his own time and later.
Sir Thomas Bodley, the founder of the Bodleian Library of the University of Oxford, was born in Heavitree. The writings of Richard Hooker (1554--1600) were very influential in the Church of England in his own time and later.