A. S. D. Smith

Arthur Saxon Dennett Smith (27 February 1883^[1] – 22 November 1950)^[2] was a Cornish bard, writer and linguist, known by the bardic name Caradar. He taught Modern Languages at Blundell's School, Tiverton, Devon. He was born in Hurstpierpoint, Sussex, England, of Cornish parents, Harriet Annie and Arthur Smith,^[3] and became a collaborator with Robert Morton Nance and Henry Jenner on the Gerlyver noweth Kernewek ha Sawsnek (Cornish-English dictionary). He compiled several grammars to make learning Cornish easier and edited some of the surviving Cornish texts. He also wrote an important series of books aimed at teaching Welsh to English speakers. In 1927, he married Dorothea Sophia Bazeley. He died in Worthing and is buried at Amberley, Sussex.

Works

1925: Welsh Made Easy : a self-instructor for use in the home (in three parts) : Wrexham : Hughes & Son
1939: Cornish Simplified (Kernewek Sempelhes)
1948: Whethlow an Seyth Den Fur a Rom
1951: Tristan and Isolt in Cornish verse
1946: Nebes Whethlow Ber
1969: The Story of the Cornish Language (Whedhel an Yeth Kernewek)
How to Learn Cornish (Fatell dhyskir Kernewek)

References

^ 1939 England and Wales Register
^ England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1995
^ 1901 England Census

External links

Works by A. S. D. Smith at Project Gutenberg
An Independent Academic Study on Cornish; April 2000^[usurped] EKOS Ltd; SGRÚD Research

[1] 1939 England and Wales Register

[2] England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1995

[3] 1901 England Census

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