John of Cornwall, possibly called in

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Johannes Cornubiensis or Johannes de Sancto Germano was a 14th-century scholar and teacher, author of the

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grammar ''Speculum Grammaticale'' He is not to be confused with the twelfth-century theologian John of Cornwall who authored the ''Eulogium ad Alexandrum Papam III''. There was also a

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monk John of St. Germans who wrote a ''Commentarius in Aristotelis libros duo analyticorum posteriorum'' (now at the

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); it is not clear whether these were the same person. It has been claimed as one of the great ironies of history that three Cornish-speaking Cornishmen brought the

English language English is a West Germanic language of the Indo-European language family, with its earliest forms spoken by the inhabitants of early medieval England. It is named after the Angles, one of the ancient Germanic peoples that migrated to the is ...

back from the verge of extinction - John of Cornwall,

John Trevisa 350px, John Trevisa (or John of Trevisa; la, Ioannes Trevisa; fl. 1342–1402 AD) was a Cornish writer and translator. Trevisa was born at Trevessa in the parish of St Enoder in mid-Cornwall, in Britain and was a native Cornish speaker. He w ...

and Richard Pencrych.

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The town of St Germans in Cornwall
Medieval Cornish people 14th-century English people Linguists of English