John Bannister, LL.D. (1816–1873) was an English philologist.
Life
Bannister was the son of David Bannister, by his wife Elizabeth Greensides. He was born at York on 25 February 1816, and educated at Trinity College, Dublin (B.A., 1844; M.A., 1853; LL.B. and LL.D., 1866). He was curate of Longford, Derbyshire, 1844–5, and perpetual curate of Bridgehill, Duffield, Derbyshire, from 1846 till 1857, when he was appointed perpetual curate of St. Day, Cornwall, where he died on 30 August 1873.
Works
He was the author of:
- 'Jews in Cornwall,’ Truro, 1867, reprinted from the Journal of the Royal Institution of Cornwall.
- 'A Glossary of Cornish Names, ancient and modern, local, family, personal, &c.: 20,000 Celtic and other names now or formerly in use in Cornwall; with derivations and significations, for the most part conjectural, suggestive and tentative of many, and lists of unexplained names about which information is solicited,’ London, 1869–71. This work was brought out in seven parts.
- 'Gerlever Cernouak, a vocabulary of the ancient Cornish language,’ Egerton MS. 2328.
- 'English-Cornish Dictionary,’ a copy of Johnson's Dictionary, interleaved, with Cornish and other equivalents, Egerton MS. 2329.
- 'Cornish Vocabulary,’ being copious additions by Bannister to his printed work, Egerton MS. 2330.
- Materials for a Glossary of Cornish Names, Egerton MS. 2331.
References
- "Bannister, John (1816-1873)" . Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
- Attribution
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: "Bannister, John (1816-1873)". Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
- 1816 births
- 1873 deaths
- People from York
- Alumni of Trinity College Dublin
- English non-fiction writers
- 19th-century English non-fiction writers
- English philologists
- 19th-century English Anglican priests
- English male non-fiction writers
- 19th-century English male writers
- People from Duffield
- Writers from Cornwall