Dictionary of Welsh Biography

DAVIES, CASSIE JANE (1898 - 1988), educator and Welsh nationalist . She continued to attend services at Blaencaron chapel regularly and to play an active role in the area's cultural activities during her old age. She was delighted by Gwynfor Evans's electoral success in 1966, having been one of his great supporters since formally introducing him to Plaid Cymru in Barry in 1934. She offered her strong backing to the Welsh Language Society (Cymdeithas yr Iaith) and
DAVIES, GWILYM PRYS (1923 - 2017), lawyer, politician and language campaigner his aunt and uncle's farm. After two years, he took the decision to give this up, and enlisted with the Navy in 1942. On 4 August, he was posted to HMS Collingwood in Portsmouth. He was trained in radar and served on the submarine Excalibur. He never spoke about the war years but we know that his sense of Welsh identity was greatly strengthened and that he, like his parents, wanted Gwynfor Evans to
DAVIES, JENNIE EIRIAN (1925 - 1982), journalist Carmarthenshire and she made quite an impression in the General Election of 1955 when she gained 7.8% of the vote, and in the by-election of 1957 when she increased her share of the vote to 11.5%. This was a significant step for the party since Carmarthenshire was regarded as a Liberal stronghold, and it can be seen to have prepared the way for Gwynfor Evans's win in 1966. Jennie published three books for
DAVIES, NOËLLE (1899 - 1983), littérateur, educationist, and political activist Republican Movement, Noëlle remained true to the leadership of Gwynfor Evans and became a more active branch speaker and election campaigner. Chastened by the horrors of World War Two and the advent of atomic weapons, she developed a comprehensive international policy for a Free Wales. Building on Plaid Cymru principles, she published and spoke on the value of small nations to the United Nations, and
EDWARDS, HUW THOMAS (1892 - 1970), trade unionist and politician (Beti) and Gwynfor, who died in 1926 at the age of two. His son's death, which Huw T believed was caused by dampness in the young family's dank cottage in Capelulo, had a profound effect on him and was one of the drivers which led him to become involved in public affairs. By this time he had already become an activist in trade unionism and lost his job at Penmaen-mawr quarries following a dispute over
EVANS, GWYNFOR RICHARD (1912 - 2005), Welsh nationalist and politician Gwynfor Evans was born on 1 September 1912 at Y Goedwig, 24 Somerset Road, Barry, the eldest of the three children of Daniel James ('Dan') Evans (1883-1972), an industrious and highly successful shopkeeper, and Catherine Mary (née Richard) (1879-1969), herself a shopkeeper from a chapel-going London Welsh background, originally from Cydweli. Gwynfor Evans was above all the product of Welsh
EVANS, TREBOR LLOYD (1909 - 1979), minister (Indepedent) and author the Christian faith and its Nonconformist expression. He persuaded authors like Tecwyn Lloyd, R. E. Jones, R. Tudur Jones, Pennar Davies, Gwynfor Evans, Cassie Davies and others, to publish through Ty John Penri books which were greatly appreciated by Welsh readers. He died July 13 1979, in Swansea, and was cremated in Morriston Crematorium. His ashes were interred in the cemetery nearby. On his
EVANS, WILLIAM GARETH (1941 - 2000), historian and university lecturer in education sons. Their Aberystwyth home was at 'Berwyn', 37 Cefn Esgair, Llanbadarn Fawr. The younger son Rhys Evans is the author of the highly acclaimed biography Gwynfor: Rhag Pob Brad published by Gwasg y Lolfa in 2005. Gareth Evans died at his home on 28 March 2000, after a long and brave battle against cancer.
FOOT, MICHAEL MACKINTOSH (1913 - 2010), politician, journalist, author his first statement Foot said there would be no compromise or missed opportunity. He and Gwynfor Evans soon began to work together, and over the period of the Callaghan government they became close friends. But they were both disappointed when there was strong opposition to the plans before the bill on devolution for Wales and Scotland reached the House of Commons, and it became clear that
GROSSMAN, YEHUDIT ANASTASIA (1919 - 2011), Jewish patriot and author journals (including Llais Llyfrau, Planet, Tafod y Ddraig, Taliesin, and Barn), and as a broadcaster (for example to the BBC Home Service). She used the experience of being raised in Palestine and of her youth there to stimulate change in Wales. At times, the nationalist establishment, led by Plaid Cymru and its president, Gwynfor Evans, was uncomfortable with this association, especially in the wake of
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JONES, ELIZABETH MAY WATKIN (1907 - 1965), teacher and campaigner ' in no uncertain terms. By insisting that this would be a 'purely personal' protest - that was why children had been asked to accompany their parents - she displayed her political savvy, distancing the campaign from the increasingly visible connection with the nationalist movement represented by Plaid Cymru. Nonetheless, it was Gwynfor Evans, President of Plaid Cymru and a faithful friend of the

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