Bernard Deacon

Before retirement, Bernard Deacon was Senior Lecturer in Cornish Studies and History at the University of Exeter's Cornwall campus. Before that he worked in adult education, teaching social sciences and history for the Open University, and delivering courses on Cornish history for the WEA and Exeter University's former extra-mural department. Now living in a cottage in Redruth, he is the author of several books on Cornwall, including From a Cornish Study, Cornwall's First Golden Age and...See more

Before retirement, Bernard Deacon was Senior Lecturer in Cornish Studies and History at the University of Exeter's Cornwall campus. Before that he worked in adult education, teaching social sciences and history for the Open University, and delivering courses on Cornish history for the WEA and Exeter University's former extra-mural department. Now living in a cottage in Redruth, he is the author of several books on Cornwall, including From a Cornish Study, Cornwall's First Golden Age and Cornwall: A Concise History. See less