John Boson (writer)

John Boson (writer)

John Boson (1655-1730) was a writer in the Cornish language. The son of Nicholas Boson, he was born in Paul, Cornwall. He taught Cornish to William Gwavas. His works in Cornish include an epitaph for the language scholar John Keigwin, and the "Pilchard Curing Rhyme". [John Boson. [http://www.moderncornish.co.uk/late-texts/Boson-John-pilchardrhyme.html "Pilchard Curing Rhyme"] , at www.moderncornish.co.uk. Cf. [http://www.moderncornish.co.uk/cornish_texts.html other texts by John Boson] .] He also translated parts of the Bible, the Lord's Prayer and the Apostles' Creed. The only known surviving lapidary inscription in the Cornish language (to Arthur Hutchens, d. 1709), is also his work, and can be found in Paul Church where John Boson, his father, and their relative Thomas Boson are also buried.

His work is collected, along with that of Nicholas and Thomas Boson, in Oliver Padel's "The Cornish writings of the Boson family" (1975).

References

*Matthew Spriggs, ‘Boson family (per. c.1675–1730)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/74428 accessed 11 Oct 2007]


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