EVANS, ROBERT (fl. c. 1750), poet

He was parish clerk of Meifod and is said to have died in the almshouse about 1750. His most popular poem, ' Cerdd y Winllan,' together with two others, ' Ystyriaeth ar fyrdra oes dyn ' and ' Cerdd ar Ymadawiad Pachadur (sic) ai Oferedd ', were included by David Jones of Trefriw in his Blodeu-Gerdd, 1759. He wrote in a serious vein, chiefly on religious themes. It was he who taught his vicar, Salisbury Pryce, to read Welsh.

Author

• Walter Thomas Morgan, (1912 - 1990)

Sources

• Cambrian Quarterly Magazine (1829–33), i, 445-6
• R. Williams, Montgomeryshire Worthies (1894)
• Edward Jones, Rhestr gyda nodiadau byrion, o Enwogion Cymreig o 1700 i 1900 (1908)
• J. H. Davies, A Bibliography of Welsh Ballads printed in the 18th century (London 1908-11)

Additional Links

• Wikidata: Q20734329

Published date: 1959

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