フランソワ＝ルネ・ド・シャトーブリアン
In 1794, François-René de Chateaubriand, while in exile, taught here French language and literature. He fell in love with Charlotte Ives, daughter of Bungay's reverend. (See: first part of "Mémoires d'outre-tombe", book 10, chapter 9 "Charlotte".)