Chronology of His Life
- 1898: He wrote "The Merry Ballad of the Cornish Pasty".
- 1906: He moved from Wales and settled at Nancledra near St Ives.
- 1911: He jointly founded the Society for Nautical Research.
- 1920: He, together with Henry Jenner, founded the first Old Cornwall Society at St Ives.
- 1924: The Federation of Old Cornwall Societies was established.
- 1925: The Federation established the periodical Old Cornwall.
- 1928: He jointly founded the Gorseth 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' Middle Cornish spelling system.
- 1951 - 1955: He was President of the Royal Institution of Cornwall for 1951 - 1955.
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