GRUFFYDD, ROBERT (Patrobas, 1832 - 1863), poet
Name: Robert Gruffydd
Pseudonym: Patrobas
Date of birth: 1832
Date of death: 1863
Parent: Catrin Gruffydd
Parent: Robert Gruffydd
Gender: Male
Occupation: poet
Area of activity: Poetry
Author: William Llewelyn Davies
Pseudonym: Patrobas
Date of birth: 1832
Date of death: 1863
Parent: Catrin Gruffydd
Parent: Robert Gruffydd
Gender: Male
Occupation: poet
Area of activity: Poetry
Author: William Llewelyn Davies
b. at Pen-y-maes, Nevin, Caerns., son of Robert and Catrin Gruffydd. He contributed poems to Y Dysgedydd and other journals and, in 1862, published a small volume entitled Byr Ganeuon gan Patrobas (Pwllheli). He died 20 or 21 April 1863 of tuberculosis, leaving a widow and two children, and was buried at Nevin.
Author
- Sir William Llewelyn Davies, (1887 - 1952), Aberystwyth
- J. Jones (‘Myrddin Fardd’), Enwogion Sir Gaernarfon (1922);
- NLW MS 13701.
Sources
- Wikidata: http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q20738151
Additional Links
Published date: 1959
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