Bernard W. Deacon is a Cornish multidisciplinary academic, based at the

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of the

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at the Tremough

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. He has an

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doctorate and displays his thesis on the ICS website.

Academic career

Deacon has worked for the

and

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’s Department of Lifelong Learning. In 2001, he joined the

and is the director of the Institute's master's degree programme in Cornish Studies. His main research interests are: * 18th and 19th century Cornish communities * The Cornish language and its revitalisation * Cornwall's population and how it has changed * How peripheral regions are governed * Who are the Cornish and how their identity is presented Deacon is a fluent

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speaker, and represents the

on the Cornish Language Partnership. In 2007, he was re-elected as Chairman of Cussel an Tavaz Kernuak (The Cornish Language Council).

Publications

In book form

* * * * * * (hardback) (paperback) * (small format paperback, lavishly illustrated). * (paperback).

In ''Cornish studies''

Deacon has prolific publications in learned journals.Some earlier publications may be found listed in th
Cornwall County Library Catalogue.
The following were published in the Institute's journal (published by the University of Exeter Press): * * * * * * * * * * * *

Work in progress

* Cornish surnames, their origin and spread

References

External links

The Cornish Community Programme: Working papers: includes work by Bernard Deacon.
{{DEFAULTSORT:Deacon, Bernard Education in Cornwall Academics of the University of Exeter People educated at Liskeard Grammar School Living people British historians Historians of Cornwall Writers from Cornwall Cornish nationalists Culture of Cornwall Cornish language Cornish-speaking people Year of birth missing (living people)