Dictionary of Welsh Biography

HOWELL, JOHN (Ioan ab Hywel, Ioan Glandyfroedd; 1774 - 1830), weaver, schoolmaster, poet, editor, and musician (Daniel Ddu o Geredigion), James Davies (Iago ap Dewi), D. Rowland (Dewi Brefi) of Carmarthen, Edward Richard of Ystradmeurig, Evan Thomas of Llanarth, D. Lloyd of Llwynrhydowen, D. Jones of Llanwrda, John Jenkins (Ioan Siengcyn) of Cardigan, Francis Thomas ('y Crythwr Dall o Geredigion'), Ifan Gruffydd of Tŵr-gwyn, and others. Some of the material for his anthology was obtained by him from what is now
HUGHES, ARWEL (1909 - 1988), musician popular orchestral piece. He composed two notable choral works to libretti by his BBC colleague Aneirin Talfan Davies (1909-1980), namely Dewi Sant for the Festival of Britain in 1951, and Pantycelyn, which was performed at the National Eisteddfod in Swansea in 1964. He also composed two operas which were performed by the Welsh National Opera: Menna (1954), to a libretto by Llewelyn Wyn Griffith, which
HUGHES, DEWI ARWEL (1947 - 2017), Christian leader and theologian Dewi Arwel Hughes was born on 1 January 1947 at Bugeilfod, Llangwm, Denbighshire, the youngest of four children of Gruffudd Evans Hughes (1912-1975), agricultural merchant, and his wife Annie (née Edwards, 1908-1957), a seamstress. He had three sisters, Elen Haf, Lona Wyn and Gwenan Arwel. A year after his birth the family moved to Garth Isa, Frongoch, near Bala. His mother died in 1957, when
HUGHES, EDWARD (Y Dryw; 1772 - 1850), eisteddfodic poet Bodfari from 1818 to 185 0. His awdl ' Elusengarwch ' was judged to be the best in the Denbigh eisteddfod of 1819 by William Owen Pugh, Robert Davies (Bardd Nantglyn), and David Richards (Dewi Silin). This adjudication started a bitter controversy which raged for a very long time, for the general opinion among the poets and littérateurs of Wales was that the prize should have gone to David Owen (Dewi
HUGHES, GARFIELD HOPKIN (1912 - 1969), university lecturer and Welsh scholar was appointed student-assistant in the Welsh department at Aberystwyth in 1937; he was promoted assistant lecturer in 1940, lecturer in 1947, senior lecturer in 1960, and reader in 1968, serving as acting-head of the Welsh department, 1968-69. He gained his M.A. in 1939 for a thesis on the life and work of Iaco ap Dewi (James Davies). He was a member of the language and literature committee of the
HUGHES, RICHARD SAMUEL (1888 - 1952), minister (Presb.), and college tutor was ordained in 1918, and was minister of Calfaria, Porth, Glamorganshire (1918-22), Fourcrosses, Llŷn, Caernarvonshire (1922-24), and Garreg-ddu, Blaenau Ffestiniog (1924-30). In 1930 he was called to Clwyd College, Rhyl, and remained there till he died, serving initially as a tutor (under the Rev. R. Dewi Williams), and thirteen years as principal. He left his influence on more than one generation
HUGHES, WILLIAM JOHN (1833 - 1879), musician and schoolmaster school and where he spent the remainder of his life. Many anthems and hymn-tunes by him were published in such collections as Y Ceinion (Hafrenydd), Caniadau y Cysegr a'r Teulu (Gee, Denbigh), Llyfr Tonau ac Emynau (Stephen and Jones), Udgorn Seion (Dewi Wyllt), and Aberth Moliant (J. Ambrose Lloyd). He arranged some old anthems for publication in Y Cerddor Cymreig, edited St. Asaph Tune Book, and
HUGHES, WILLIAM ROBERT (1798? - 1879), healer of cancer and cancerous warts Born at Tanyrallt, in the parish of Abererch, Caernarfonshire, of a family reputed to have an exceptional ability to cure cancerous warts, etc. After marriage he moved to live at Mur Crysto, Llangybi, in 1821. He was a friend of David Owen ('Dewi Wyn o Eifion'), Ebenezer Thomas ('Eben Fardd'), and Robert Williams ('Robert ap Gwilym Ddu'). So great was his power that he became known as ' Dewin y
HUMPHREYS, HUGH (1817 - 1896), printer and publisher John Rhys, afterwards principal of Jesus College, Oxford, edited for him; a new edition (1864), edited by Cynddelw, of Gorchestion Beirdd Cymru; a translation by Eben Fardd, of Chambers's Information for the People (1856), a translation of Josephus (1882), and editions of the poetical works of Dewi Wyn, Cawrdaf, Ieuan Brydydd Hir, and Cynddelw. In 1855 he began to publish a weekly newspaper, Y
HUMPHREYS, RICHARD (1790 - 1863), Calvinistic Methodist minister 1833, but he held no formal pastorate. He was noted for his strong common sense and wit; he took an active part in denominational matters and in the temperance and educational movements of his time. He was a member of the committee summoned, in 1854, by Sir Hugh Owen to consider the establishment of a Welsh university. He wrote for Y Traethodydd and Y Methodist, and counted Dewi Wyn and Eben Fardd
HUWS, ALUN 'SBARDUN' (1948 - 2014), musician and composer at the college in Cyncoed, Alun forged a life-long friendship with three other young men who would play a very important part throughout his life. Dewi 'Pws' Morris, Stan Morgan Jones and Emyr Huws Jones were Alun's contemporaries in college and they soon got together to form one of the most influential and popular bands of the period, Y Tebot Piws. When the Tebot Piws disbanded in 1972, Alun
IACO ab DEWI - see DAVIES, JAMES

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