THOMAS, ROBERT (died 1774), poet, and sexton of Llanfair Talhaearn Denbighshire
Date of death: 1774
Gender: Male
Occupation: poet, and sexton of Llanfair Talhaearn Denbighshire
Area of activity: Poetry; Public and Social Service, Civil Administration; Religion
Author: David Jenkins
NLW MS 6146B , which is chiefly in his hand, contains one of his poems in free verse entitled 'Cywydd y Dylluan' (193-8), and a translation by him of a piece of Latin prose 'Am y flwyddyn a'i rhannau' concerning the Gregorian calendar (187 et seq.). The parish register of Llanfair Talhaearn for the years 1740-74 is also in his neat hand. Among his more notable friends were Siôn Powel, Dafydd Siôn Prys, and Evan Evans (Ieuan Brydydd Hir) He was buried at Llanfair Talhaearn on 18 December 1774; Dafydd Siôn Prys wrote an elegy upon him (Additional Letters of the Morrises of Anglesey (1735-86) , p. 736).
Author
- Dr David Jenkins, (1912 - 2002)
- Bishops'transcripts for Llanfair Talhaiarn
- NLW Archives: NLW MS 2039D: Letters to Ieuan Fardd, &c.
- NLW Archives: NLW MS 5477B: Amrywiol ddeunydd llenyddol
- H. Blackwell, NLW MSS 9251-9277A: A Dictionary of Welsh Biography
- Gwaith Talhaiarn (London 1855), 16
- Y Cymmrodor, x, 53
Sources
- Wikidata: Q20804763
Additional Links
Published date: 1959
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