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DING 2014: "Born at York, he was educated at Trinity College, Dublin. Between 1844 and 1846 he was curate of Longford, Db and, later, of Bridgehill, Db until 1857. Afterwards he was appointed perpetual curate of St. Day, Cor, where he remained until his death. He was the author of several works on Cornish. A Glossary of Cornish Names, published in London from 1869 to 1871, was brought out in seven parts.”

WORKS

1869-1871. A Glossary of Cornish Names, ancient and modern, local, family, personal, &c.: 20,000 Celtic and other names now or formerly in use in Cornwall; with derivations and significations, for the most part conjectural, suggestive and tentative of many, and lists of unexplained names about which information is solicited. Truro: Netherton.  SC. EDD.

Gerlever Cernouak, a vocabulary of the ancient Cornish language.  Egerton MS. 2328.

English-Cornish Dictionary. Egerton MS. 2329.

Cornish Vocabulary. Egerton MS. 2330.

KINGKONG PROJECT

Rev, John BANNISTER (M: 1816 Feb 25 - 1873 Aug 30)

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ABOUT HIS LIFE AND WORKS SEE

Cooper, Thompson. 2004. "Bannister, John (1816–1873)". rev. John D. Haigh. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford: University Press. [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/1317, accessed 12 April 2015]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Bannister_%28philologist%29

http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bannister,_John_(1816-1873)_(DNB00)

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John Bannister

(1816-1873)