Bernard W. Deacon is a Cornish[1][2] multidisciplinary academic, based at the Institute of Cornish Studies[3] of the University of Exeter at the Tremough Campus.
He has an Open University doctorate and displays his thesis on the ICS website.
In 2001, he joined the Institute of Cornish Studies and is the director of the Institute's master's degree programme in Cornish Studies.
[7][8] In 2007, he was re-elected as Chairman of Cussel an Tavaz Kernuak (The Cornish Language Council).
[9][10] Deacon has prolific publications in learned journals.