EDWARDS, WILLIAM (Gwilym Padarn; 1786 - 1857), poet

Name: William Edwards
Pseudonym: Gwilym Padarn
Date of birth: 1786
Date of death: 1857
Child: Griffith Edwards
Gender: Male
Occupation: poet
Area of activity: Poetry
Author: Griffith Milwyn Griffiths

He was a native of Llanberis, Caernarfonshire, where he worked as a quarryman. Gaining considerable repute as a poet, he published a volume of verse, Eos Padarn, in 1829. He was buried at Llanberis 3 October 1857. His son, Griffith Edwards (Gutyn Padarn), is separately noticed.

Author

Griffith Milwyn Griffiths

Sources

Edward Jones, Rhestr gyda nodiadau byrion, o Enwogion Cymreig o 1700 i 1900 (1908)
Bye-Gones, relating to Wales and the Border Counties, 1891, 208
Catalogue of Printed Literature in the Welsh Department, Cardiff Free Libraries (1898)
NLW MS 1899

Additional Links

Wikidata: Q20734598

Published date: 1959

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