Dictionary of Welsh Biography

ANEIRIN (fl. second half of the 6th century), poet 'n,' as has happened with other Welsh words. By 1632 we find Dr. Davies in the Dictionarium Duplex calling him Aneurin, and this form of the name has continued to the present day, although without justification. Nor is there foundation whatsoever for the opinion advanced by some that Aneirin, from being (incorrectly) written Aneurin (eurin = 'golden'), corresponds to the Gildas who scourged the
BACON family, iron-masters and colliery proprietors Harley, 5th earl of Oxford. Thomas Bacon, who was often at Aberaman, was at one time the possessor of the ' Gododdin ' of Aneirin, one of the most valuable manuscripts in Welsh. (See Bulletin of the Board of Celtic Studies, xi, 109-12.)
BURTON, PHILIP HENRY (1904 - 1995), teacher, writer, radio producer and theatre director Wales for holidays, Burton remained in touch with friends such as his erstwhile BBC colleague, Aneirin Talfan Davies, and many of his old pupils in Wales and beyond, writing long letters in his neat, precise hand. Richard Burton visited him though the actor died more than a decade before his teacher. Aged eighty-eight, P. H. Burton was the subject of an HTV documentary. The narrator was Brinley
CYNDDELW BRYDYDD MAWR (fl. 1155-1200), leading 12th century Welsh court poet his work - that of the panegyric awdl strongly influenced by the poetry of Aneirin and Taliesin and that of the Powysian englynion. In the course of a bardic disputation early in Cynddelw's career (The Myvyrian Archaiology of Wales, 154a), he was reminded that he had sprung from no family of poets, and although his opponent, Seisyll Bryffwrch, was concerned in minimizing his achievements, he refers
DAVIES, ALUN TALFAN (1913 - 2000), barrister, judge, politician, publisher and businessman Alun Talfan Davies was born on 22 July 1913 in Gorseinon near Swansea, the youngest of four sons of William Talfan Davies (1873-1938), a Methodist minister, and his wife Alys (née Jones, 1879-1948). The older brothers were Elfyn Talfan Davies, Aneirin Talfan Davies, and Goronwy Talfan Davies. Alun was educated at Gowerton Grammar School, then studied law at the University College of Wales
DAVIES, ANEIRIN TALFAN (1909 - 1980), poet, literary critic, broadcaster and publisher Aneirin Talfan Davies was born on 11 May 1909 in Dre-fach Felindre, Carmarthenshire, the second of four sons of the Rev. William Talfan Davies (1873-1938), from Ysbyty Ystwyth, Ceredigion, and Alys (née Jones, 1878-1948). His elder brother was Elfyn Talfan Davies (b. 1907), and his younger brothers were Goronwy Talfan Davies (1911-1977) and Alun Talfan Davies (1913-2000). In 1911, when Aneirin
EVANS, JOHN GWENOGVRYN (1852 - 1930), palaeographer University College of Wales. He had by that time retired to 'Tremvan,' Llanbedrog, Caernarfonshire, where he went on printing old Welsh texts on a small hand-press; but in his later years he was interested more in interpreting than in reproducing texts, and his theories (represented by his drastic revision and translation of the 'Aneirin' and 'Taliesin' poems) met with little acceptance among scholars (see
GWILYM TEW (fl. c. 1460-1480), one of the bards of Glamorgan himself. He and Dafydd Nanmor wrote their names in 'Llyfr Aneirin' (the 'Book of Aneirin'); he says that he owned the manuscript. He studied it, collected the strange words found in it, and attempted to explain them. Moreover, he is the first Glamorgan bard who can be proved to have been a copyist of manuscripts. Peniarth MS 51 is in his hand; in it is a collection of Welsh poems and tractates
HUGHES, ARWEL (1909 - 1988), musician popular orchestral piece. He composed two notable choral works to libretti by his BBC colleague Aneirin Talfan Davies (1909-1980), namely Dewi Sant for the Festival of Britain in 1951, and Pantycelyn, which was performed at the National Eisteddfod in Swansea in 1964. He also composed two operas which were performed by the Welsh National Opera: Menna (1954), to a libretto by Llewelyn Wyn Griffith, which
JONES, RHYS (1713 - 1801), antiquary and poet additions, by Cynddelw (Robert Ellis, 1812 - 1875). It should be observed that Rhys Jones was living at Tyddyn Mawr and not at Blaenau when he published his Gorchestion, which is a selection of the works of Aneirin, Taliesin, Llywarch Hen, and other poets; Rhys Jones wrote his awdl in praise of William Vaughan of Cors-y-gedol on the pattern of the awdlau by Gutun Owen and William Llŷn included in this
JONES, THEOPHILUS (1759 - 1812), historian of Brecknock January 1812, and was buried at Llangamarch. His widow died on 22 July 1828, and was buried in Myddfai churchyard. He was Welsh -speaking, author of an unpublished English version of Ellis Wynne's Bardd Cwsc, and at one time owner of the ' Book of Aneirin ' - this was given him by Anthony Bacon and passed after his death into Thomas Price's hands. He had intended writing a history of Radnorshire, and
LLYWELYN-WILLIAMS, ALUN (1913 - 1988), poet and literary critic Gruffydd in Gwyr Llên (1948) edited by Aneirin Talfan Davies. He began to make a name for himself as poet, critic and editor in the mid-1930s, and like his mentor he was not afraid to go his own way or express his opinions. He ventured to criticize what he regarded as the overemphasis on the rural and the medieval in Welsh literature at the time, and his bold articles such as 'Barddoniaeth mewn Oes

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