WILLIAMS, WILLIAM WYN (1876 - 1936), minister and poet
Date of birth: 1876
Date of death: 1936
Spouse: Kate Williams (née Pritchard)
Gender: Male
Occupation: minister and poet
Area of activity: Poetry; Religion
Author: Bedwyr Lewis Jones
Born in Blaenau Ffestiniog, Merionethshire, 12 July 1876, of a religious family from the district of Bowydd. He was a pupil-teacher in Tanygrisiau before entering Bangor Normal College. He then became a teacher in the neighbourhood of Wrexham. He began to preach and went to University College and Theological College, both at Aberystwyth. In 1909 he was inducted minister of Moriah (Presb.), Llanystumdwy; in 1921 he moved to Salem, Dolgellau, and thence to Glan-rhyd, Llanwnda in 1925. He published two volumes of poems Wrth Borth yr Awen (1909) and Caniadau (1911). A shy and musical person, he suffered ill health, and spent a year travelling through U.S.A. and Patagonia and climbing the Andes to recover his health. He married Kate Pritchard of Betws Garmon in 1927 and they had a son. He died 12 November 1936.
Author
- Bedwyr Lewis Jones, (1933 - 1992)
- Blwyddiadur y Methodistiaid Calfinaidd, 1938, 211-2
- Y Goleuad, 25 November 1936, 8
Sources
- Wikidata: Q20821251
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Published date: 2001
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