List of Cornish historians

This is a list of Cornish people and others resident in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, who are known for their historical writings. Many of them have written almost exclusively about Cornwall.

Historians and scholars

Donald Adamson, author and historian John Angarrack, historian and activist Francis Vyvyan Jago Arundell, antiquary Caroline Bammel, ecclesiastical historian and classicist Sheila Bird, local history writer from Falmouth [1] Frederic Boase, librarian and biographer Thomas Bond, topographer from Looe [2] William Borlase, natural historian, antiquary and clergyman W. J. Burley, novelist and historian Richard Carew, antiquary Myrna Combellack, author and academic Margaret Ann Courtney, collector of folklore Bernard Deacon, author and academic [3] Gilbert Hunter Doble, historian and clergyman L. C. R. Duncombe-Jewell, historian and writer Susan Elizabeth Gay, chronicler of Falmouth William Hals, historian and author Kenneth Hamilton Jenkin, historian and author Charles Henderson, historian 1900-33 Fortescue Hitchins, historian James Jenkins, of Alverton, scholar and writer of verse

John of Cornwall (Iohannes Cornubiensis), 12th century Roman Catholic scholar John Kitto, biblical scholar W. S. Lach-Szyrma, historian and clergyman Sir John Maclean, historian William Henry Paynter, antiquarian and folklorist Philip Payton, professor of Cornish studies at the Institute of Cornish Studies Nicholas Pocock, ecclesiastical historian Colin Podmore, ecclesiastical historian Peter Aubrey Seymour Pool, historian and writer [4] Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch (aka 'Q'), author and literary critic [5] Ivan Rabey, Cornish historian and writer Philip Rashleigh, antiquary Joan Rendell, journalist, historian and collector A. L. Rowse, historian, poet and Shakespearean scholar George Smith, historian of Methodism John Spargo, Cornish-American socialist writer Rev. Thomas Taylor, historian and scholar of Celtic culture Charles Thomas, archaeologist and Cornish historian Thomas Tonkin, Cornish Antiquarian, historian, writer and MP Walter Hawken Tregellas, writer Garry Tregidga, historian and folklorist Raleigh Trevelyan, author and publisher [6] Craig Weatherhill, archaeologist, Cornish historian and writer Degory Wheare, the first Camden Professor of Ancient History in the University of Oxford

See also

• Cornwall portal

• Historiography of the United Kingdom

References

1. "Falmouth creature" . Retrieved 2009-03-21.
2. John Westby-Gibson, ‘Bond, Thomas (1765–1837)’, rev. Christine North, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography , Oxford University Press, 2004 accessed 23 Jan 2009
3. Institute of Cornish Studies website - Academic staff biographies - Bernard Deacon Archived 2006-10-05 at the Wayback Machine
4. Pool, P. A. S. Pool. (1974) The History of the Town and Borough of Penzance. Penzance: The Corporation of Penzance.
5. Smith, Michael Douglas (2004) ‘Couch, Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller- (1863–1944)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 accessed 16 Dec 2008
6. "Raleigh Trevelyan". Classic Travel Books. Retrieved 2008-12-16.