(1908-1912) and 14 Thornsett Road (1912-1925) [9] John Freeman (Georgian poet) and essayist. A friend of Walter de la Mare. [10] Camille Pissarro , French impressionist painter, lived in Penge in the 1870s. [11] Thomas Malcolm Muggeridge , British journalist, author, satirist, media personality, soldier-spy and latterly a Christian apologist. [12]