Arthur Saxon Dennett Smith (27 February 1883 – 22 November 1950) was a Cornish

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, writer and linguist, known by the bardic name Caradar. He taught Modern Languages at Blundell's School,

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. He was born in

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, Sussex, England, the elder of two sons to Harriet Annie and Arthur Smith. His father was from Sussex and his mother from Gloucestershire. ''1901 England Census'' He became a collaborator with

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and

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on the ''Gerlyver noweth Kernewek ha Sawsnek'' ( Cornish-

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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

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to English speakers. In 1927, he married Dorothea Sophia Bazeley. He died in

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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'')

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External links

* * EKOS Ltd; SGRÚD Research {{DEFAULTSORT:Smith, A. S. D. 1883 births 1950 deaths Cornish-language writers Bards of Gorsedh Kernow 20th-century British writers People from Hurstpierpoint