Dictionary of Welsh Biography

DAVIES, HENRY (1696? - 1766), Independent minister minister at Ystradyfodwg. She had a sister, Ann, who became the mother of D. W. Davies, a medical man at Llantrisant, and thus the grandmother of NAUNTON WINGFIELD DAVIES (1852 - 1925 - see Who's Who in Wales, 1921, and Western Mail, 14 February 1925), also a medical man (F.R.C.S.), but better known as a playwright and a promoter of the drama in South Wales - consult index to O. Llew Owain, Hanes y
DAVIES, JOHN (Taliesin Hiraethog; 1841 - 1894), farmer and poet down utterly. He died 20 March 1894 and was buried at Whitchurch, Denbigh, near Twm o'r Nant. He was an eisteddfod poet. His neighbour at Hafod Elwy, Elias Jones (Llew Hiraethog), Hafod-y-llan, a grandson of Robert Davies of Nantglyn (1769 - 1835), taught him the art of poetry and aroused his interest in the eisteddfodau. He won a number of prizes for poems in the classical metres and for modern
EVANS, DANIEL (Eos Dâr; 1846 - 1915), musician Born in a thatched cottage called Tŷ Coch, near Carmarthen, son of Dafydd and Esther Evans. The family moved to Aberdare, where the boy began to work in a coalmine at the early age of 8. As the father was a printer in the office of Y Gwron and Seren Gomer, the son came to know such persons as Llew Llwyfo (Lewis W. Lewis) and others who worked in that printing office. When he was 11 years old he
GRIFFITH, JOHN OWEN (Ioan Arfon; 1828 - 1881), poet and critic , Caernarvon, opposite the then office of the Herald Cymraeg and this shop soon became the centre of the Caernarvon literary coterie, - Llew Llwyfo and Alfardd, editors of the Herald, were regular visitors; Gwilym Alltwen, Cynddelw, John Morgan (Cadnant), and Y Thesbiad were frequently there; Hwfa Mon, Mynyddog, and Ceiriog would call when they happened to be in the town; while 'Bro Gwalia,' the doggerel
HOPKINS, BENJAMIN THOMAS (1897 - 1981), farmer and poet Alun Jones y Cilie, Evan Jenkins and Dafydd Jones from Ffair Rhos, T. Llew Jones, John Roderick Rees, Gwynfil Rees, Pennant, and Professor Gwyn Williams, Bethel, Mynydd Bach. B. T. Hopkins was reluctant to publish a volume of his poetry, but eventually gave in to persuasion from friends. Since he had not kept copies of his poems, Dyfnallt Morgan, T. Llew Jones and D. Ben Rees had to search for them
JAMES, EVAN (Ieuan ap Iago, Iago ap Ieuan; 1809 - 1878), author of the words of 'Hen Wlad fy Nhadau' volume of his Gems of Welsh Melody, 1860. The tune became popular immediately; it was sung at the Aberystwyth national eisteddfod, 1865, by Kate Wynne, and at the Chester national eisteddfod, 1866, by Lewis W. Lewis (Llew Llwyfo). Evan James died 30 September 1878 and was buried in the graveyard attached to Carmel Baptist chapel, Pontypridd. James James kept public houses at Walnut Tree Bridge (below
JENKINS, EVAN (1895 - 1959), poet in Strata Florida. His prize-winning collection of lyrics was included in the Cardiff national eisteddfod volume of adjudications and winning poetry, 1938, 108-18. A selection of his poems was selected and edited by T. Llew Jones under the title Cerddi Ffair Rhos (1959).
JONES, EDWARD (Iorwerth Goes Hir; 1824 - 1880), poet, musician, and politician , which included Dewi Havhesp (tailor), Rhuddfryn (stonemason), Llew Hiraethog (farmer), Elis Wyn o Wyrfai (rector of Llangwm) and others. His poems were edited by Rhuddfryn, and published, with a preface by H. Cernyw Williams, at Corwen, 1881. He died 14 April 1880.
JONES, LEWIS DAVIES (Llew Tegid; 1851 - 1928), eisteddfodwr cemetery. Llew Tegid produced a considerable amount of literary work, and co-operated with John Lloyd Williams (died 1943) in the work of the Welsh Folk-Song Society. He wrote Welsh words for many of the folk-songs which came to light. But he is best remembered as an eisteddfod conductor. He first appeared in this capacity at a national eisteddfod at Bangor in 1902, and with one exception (1905
JONES, T. LLEW - see JONES, THOMAS LLEWELYN
JONES, THOMAS LLEWELYN (1915 - 2009), poet and prolific writer T. Llew Jones, who published about 100 books for children and adults, was born at 1 Bwlch Melyn, Pentre-Cwrt, Carmarthenshire, 11 October 1915, the eldest son of James and Hannah Mary Jones and brother to Edwin Sieffre and Megan Eluned. His father was a weaver at the Derw Mill in Pentre-cwrt. T. Llew married Margaret Enidwen Jones, descended from the Cilie family and they had two children, Emyr
LEWIS, LEWIS WILLIAM (Llew Llwyfo; 1831 - 1901), poet, novelist, and journalist and in the U.S.A. - as a singer, Llew Llwyfo swept everything before him; he was also an eisteddfod conductor. In one way or another, he was one of the most gifted Welshmen of the 19th century. He died 23 March 1901 at Rhyl, and was buried in Llanbeblig cemetery, Caernarvon. Llew Llwyfo was a writer of 'heroic' verse. He won the chair with his 'Gwenhwyfar' in the Merthyr Tydfil eisteddfod, 1859

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