Fred W. P. Jago
Cornish-language scholar
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| Intro | Cornish-language scholar | |
| Places | United Kingdom | |
| was | Surgeon Scholar | |
| Work field | Academia Healthcare | |
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| Birth | 1817, Bodmin, United Kingdom | |
| Death | 1 February 1911St Germans, United Kingdom (aged 94 years) |
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Frederick William Pearce Jago (fl. 1838–1892) was a scholar best known for his work The Ancient Language and the Dialect of Cornwall, originally published 1882 by Netherton and Worth of Truro. He also published a Cornish dictionary in 1887. He settled at Bodmin in 1843 where he practised medicine.