Robert Morton Nance (born 1873 in Cardiff of Cornish parents - died 1959) is a leading authority on the Cornish language, and joint founder the Old Cornwall Society. He wrote many books and pamphlets on the Cornish language, including a Cornish dictionary, which is a standard work, and edited magazines and pamphlets about Cornwall, including the journal of the Federation of Old Cornwall Societies.

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  • Robert Morton Nance (born 1873 in Cardiff of Cornish parents - died 1959) is a leading authority on the Cornish language, and joint founder the Old Cornwall Society. He wrote many books and pamphlets on the Cornish language, including a Cornish dictionary, which is a standard work, and edited magazines and pamphlets about Cornwall, including the journal of the Federation of Old Cornwall Societies. Nance was also a nautical archaeologist of distinction and was an originator of the Society for Nautical Research. His insight and learning were displayed in his book 'Sailing Ship Models' which appeared in 1924. He studied art in Britain and France and was both painter and skilled craftsman.
  • Robert Morton Nance, conegut també amb el nom bàrdic de Mordon fou un gramàtic còrnic. Tot i ser gal·lès de pares còrnics, el 1906 tornà a Cornualla i passà bona part de la seva vida a Saint Ives, on va fer de pintor i participà en el renaixement còrnic, tot cofundant el 1901 la Cowethas Kelto-Kernuak (Societat Celto-Còrnica) amb Henry Jenner. També és autor de Lyver an pymp marthus seleven (1939) i de la gramàtica Cornish for all (1949), on proposa un sistema unificat còrnic o Kernewek Unys. El 1920 va fundar amb Jenner la Cowethas Kernow Goth (Societat de la Vella Cornualla), i edità un Gerlyver Noweth Kernewek ha Sawsnek (Diccionari còrnic-anglès, 1938). També fou Gran Bard del Gorsedh Kernow del 1934 al 1959 i escriví el drama An balores (1932).
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  • Robert Morton Nance (born 1873 in Cardiff of Cornish parents - died 1959) is a leading authority on the Cornish language, and joint founder the Old Cornwall Society. He wrote many books and pamphlets on the Cornish language, including a Cornish dictionary, which is a standard work, and edited magazines and pamphlets about Cornwall, including the journal of the Federation of Old Cornwall Societies.
  • Robert Morton Nance, conegut també amb el nom bàrdic de Mordon fou un gramàtic còrnic. Tot i ser gal·lès de pares còrnics, el 1906 tornà a Cornualla i passà bona part de la seva vida a Saint Ives, on va fer de pintor i participà en el renaixement còrnic, tot cofundant el 1901 la Cowethas Kelto-Kernuak (Societat Celto-Còrnica) amb Henry Jenner.
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