This website contains over five thousand concise biographies of individuals who have made a significant contribution to national life, whether in Wales or more widely.
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Sarah Rhiannon Davies Jones (1921-2014)
Rhiannon Davies Jones was one of the finest exponents of the historical novel in Welsh. She depicted women’s lives with great sympathy in Lleian Llanllŷr a Fy Hen Lyfr Cownt, and gave powerful expression to her own nationalist ideals in a series of novels about the struggle for independence of the princes of Gwynedd.
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- ROBERT, GRUFFYDD (c. 1527 - 1598), priest, grammarian and poet
- JONES, JOHN HENRY (1909 - 1985), educationist and translator
- JONES, SARAH RHIANNON DAVIES (1921 - 2014), author and lecturer
- DAVIES, ANEIRIN TALFAN (1909 - 1980), poet, literary critic, broadcaster and publisher
- REES, MORGAN GORONWY (1909 - 1979), writer and university administrator
- DAVIS, ELIZABETH (1789 - 1860), nurse and traveller