Background
Nance was born in Cardiff to Cornish parents.
Nance was born in Cardiff to Cornish parents.
He studied art in Britain and France and was both a painter and a skilled craftsman.
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 Old Cornwall, the journal of the. 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.
1873: He was born in Cardiff 1898: He wrote "The Merry Ballad of the Cornish Pasty".
1906: He moved from Wales and settled at Nancledra near Street Ives, Cornwall. 1911: He jointly founded the Society for Nautical Research.
1920: Together with Henry Jenner, he founded the first Old Cornwall Society at Street Ives. 1924: The was established.
1925: The Federation established the periodical Old Cornwall.
1928: He jointly founded the Gorsedh Kernow, which was inaugurated at Boscawen-Un, where he took the bardic name Mordon ("Sea Wave"). 1929: He published Cornish for All using the Unified Cornish spelling system. 1951 - 1955: He was President of the Royal Institution of Cornwall for 1951 - 1955.
1959: He died and was buried at Street Senara"s churchyard, Zennor 1.
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