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LLOYD, DAVID MYRDDIN
(1909 - 1981), librarian and Welsh scholar
cherddi
Islwyn
Lloyd (Abertawe, 1977).
Islwyn
Lloyd (1916-1974) was a cultured school teacher and like his brother he was a staunch nationalist though his pacifism was severely shaken by the wars that followed World War II. See the honest and balanced introduction to the book and also the appreciation of
Islwyn
Lloyd by J. Gwyn Griffiths in Y Goleuad 4 September 1974. He was assistant secretary of the
LLOYD, DAVID TECWYN
(1914 - 1992), literary critic, author, educationalist
wandered into many directions and attention was regularly given to Current Affairs in this period leading up to and during the early years of World War Two. Tecwyn Lloyd encouraged his students to compose their own work and and during these years their work was published in a magazine entitled Llafar Gwlad. His co-tutor was
Islwyn
Pritchard and together they organised a number of walking tours in the
MORGAN, DYFNALLT
(1917 - 1994), poet, literary critic and translator
variety of programmes which he produced on science, literature, agriculture and nature. He had a particularly rich and melodious voice which suited the radio perfectly - in the opinion of his friend
Islwyn
Ffowc Elis 'the most melodious Welsh voice I ever heard' – and he made an important contribution to broadcasting through helping to develop the vocabulary used and the range of subjects covered on the
NICHOLAS, THOMAS EVAN
(Niclas y Glais; 1879 - 1971), poet, minister of religion and advocate for the Communist Party
the ministry in 1918 and established himself as a dentist in Pontardawe. His wife, and later he himself, had been trained as dentists by a good friend, David Ernest Evans (1870-1956) of Mountain Ash who also trained their son,
Islwyn
ap Nicholas. The family moved to Aberystwyth in 1921 and he, his wife and son set up a dental practice in the town. He joined the Communist Party when it was formed in
PASK, ALUN EDWARD ISLWYN
(1937 - 1995), rugby player and teacher
PRICE, THOMAS WALTER
(Cuhelyn; 1829 - 1869), journalist and poet
Gwron stated that Y Drych favoured the slave trade). On 10 January 1857 Cuhelyn started Y Bardd Newydd Wythnosol (New York) to which many Welsh writers were correspondents - Eben Fardd, Thomas Stephens (Merthyr Tydfil), Talhaiarn, Cynddelw, Llawdden, Dewi Wyn o Esyllt,
Islwyn
, Aneurin Fardd, Nathan Dyfed, Nefydd, Eiddil Ifor, Gwilym Teilo, etc. An account of the life of Dafydd ap Gwilym and some of
REES, EVAN
(Dyfed; 1850 - 1923), Calvinistic Methodist minister, poet, and archdruid of Wales
Barddoniaeth' ('Poets and Poetry'), '
Islwyn
', 'Ann Griffiths', 'Pantycelyn', 'Dros Gyfanfor a Chyfanfyd' ('Over the Ocean and the Whole World'), 'Gwlad y Pyramidiau' ('The Land of the Pyramids'), 'Gwlad Canaan' ('The Land of Canaan'), 'Gwlad y Dyn Du' ('The Black Man's Land'). He was editor of Y Drysorfa, 1918-23. He published Caniadau Dyfedfab, Gwaith Barddonol Dyfed, Gwlad yr Addewid a Iesu o Nazareth
REES, SARAH JANE
(Cranogwen; 1839 - 1916), schoolmistress, poet, editor, temperance advocate
of the winning poem being 'Y Fodrwy Briodasol'; at this contest she beat
Islwyn
and Ceiriog. She also became a public speaker, lecturer, and preacher; in 1878 she began to edit Y Frythones, a Welsh journal devoted to the interests of women which continued to appear until 1891. In 1901 she founded the Women's Temperance Movement which is still known as 'Undeb Dirwestol Merched y De.' She died 27
SAMUEL, WYNNE ISLWYN
(1912 - 1989), local government officer, Plaid Cymru activist and organiser
STEPHEN, DAVID RHYS
(Gwyddonwyson; 1807 - 1852), Baptist minister and author
Journal at Newport and edited the few numbers which appeared between 1 May and 31 July 1841. Elegies were composed on him by (1) W. Downing Evans (The Gwyddonwyson Wreath, 1853); (2) William Thomas (
Islwyn
), W. Ambrose (Emrys), and Edward Roberts (Iorwerth Glan Aled). His library was bequeathed to his executors James Rowe and David Lloyd Isaac. A number of letters by him to William Roberts (Nefydd) are
STEPHEN, ROBERT
(1878 - 1966), schoolmaster, historian and poet
captain from Borth-y-Gest. They had three children, (2) in Caxton Hall, London, on 8 January 1942, to Mary Elizabeth Owen, widow of Captain Ralph D. Owen, army officer, and daughter of Edmund and Elizabeth Thomas, Gelli Haf, Maesycwmmer. The Gelli Haf family was very famous in Monmouthshire, and connected in some way with the family of William Thomas ('
Islwyn
'). After his second marriage, he began to
STEPHENS, MICHAEL
(1938 - 2018), writer and literature administrator
learning Welsh, and was taught by
Islwyn
Ffowc Elis while undertaking teacher training at Bangor University. He taught at Ebbw Vale 1962-66. One night at the Old Arcade pub in Cardiff he met Harri Webb; Stephens's jacket caught fire from a cigarette lighter and Webb doused him with a pint of Guinness. The two had much in common - poetry, European literature, nationalism, a Valleys sensibility - and
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