He wrote a "Glossary of the Cornish Dialect" and he compiled a Cornish-English Dictionary.
Wife: Johanna
Children: Emily Anne, Mary Harris
Son of William and Ann Jago.
"Royal Cornwall Gazette" 09 Feb 1911, page 4:
Death of Dr. Jago, St. Germans.
Dr. Frederick William Pearce Jago, who died on Wednesday week at the age of 93, and was on Monday buried in St. Germans churchyard, was born in Cornwall on December 21st, 1817. His father, who was descended from Cyprian Jago, of St. Ewe, who died in 1645, was in legal practice as a conveyancer at St. Austell. In early life Dr. Jago did much to promote the establishment of literary societies, and distinguished himself in his studies and in examinations at the London Hospital and in connection with the Royal College of Surgeons and Apothecaries' Hall, earning several first prize medals for various subjects and the Pereira gold medal. He was subsequently in practice as a physician at Plymouth. At the funeral the vicar (Canon Westmacott) officiated. The chief mourners were Miss Jago, daughter: Mr. Maurice C. Jewell, son-in-law: and Mr. J. Pethybridge (Bodmin). Others present included the Earl and Countess of St. Germans, the Misses Geake (2), Miss Glendenning (Bodmin), Lieut. Johns, R.N., Messrs. Peter Hamblyn (Plymouth), and W.F. Creber, Dr. Harman, and Messrs. French and Handcock (St. Germans). Floral tributes were sent by Dr. and Mrs. J.W. Gill, Miss Gill, Miss E. Gill, and Dr. Jago's grandchildren.
He wrote a "Glossary of the Cornish Dialect" and he compiled a Cornish-English Dictionary.
Wife: Johanna
Children: Emily Anne, Mary Harris
Son of William and Ann Jago.
"Royal Cornwall Gazette" 09 Feb 1911, page 4:
Death of Dr. Jago, St. Germans.
Dr. Frederick William Pearce Jago, who died on Wednesday week at the age of 93, and was on Monday buried in St. Germans churchyard, was born in Cornwall on December 21st, 1817. His father, who was descended from Cyprian Jago, of St. Ewe, who died in 1645, was in legal practice as a conveyancer at St. Austell. In early life Dr. Jago did much to promote the establishment of literary societies, and distinguished himself in his studies and in examinations at the London Hospital and in connection with the Royal College of Surgeons and Apothecaries' Hall, earning several first prize medals for various subjects and the Pereira gold medal. He was subsequently in practice as a physician at Plymouth. At the funeral the vicar (Canon Westmacott) officiated. The chief mourners were Miss Jago, daughter: Mr. Maurice C. Jewell, son-in-law: and Mr. J. Pethybridge (Bodmin). Others present included the Earl and Countess of St. Germans, the Misses Geake (2), Miss Glendenning (Bodmin), Lieut. Johns, R.N., Messrs. Peter Hamblyn (Plymouth), and W.F. Creber, Dr. Harman, and Messrs. French and Handcock (St. Germans). Floral tributes were sent by Dr. and Mrs. J.W. Gill, Miss Gill, Miss E. Gill, and Dr. Jago's grandchildren.
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