Dictionary of Welsh Biography

DAVIES, HUGH EMYR (1878 - 1950), minister (Presb.) and poet he gained prominence. He won a chair at Pwllheli when he was 16 years old, and subsequently won 22 bardic chairs. He mastered the cynganeddion, but it was in the free metres that he excelled. His collected works were published in 1907 under the title Llwyn Hudol. His pryddest to ' Branwen ferch Llŷr ' won the crown at the Caernarfon national eisteddfod (1906); and his poem, ' Owain Glyndŵr ' won
DAVIES, JOHN (1860 - 1939), Welsh bibliographer and genealogist Mrs. Lucy E. Lloyd Theakston he compiled and edited Some Pedigrees of the Lloyds of Allt yr Odyn, Castell Hywel, Ffos y Bleiddiaid, Gilfach Wen, Llan Llyr, and Waun Ifor (Oxford, 1912). He also arranged for publication the contents of Rhestr Eisteddfodau hyd y Flwyddyn 1901 gyda nodiadau ar amryw ohonynt (Llandyssul, 1914), material which D. M. Richards of Aberdare had accumulated over many years
JONES, RICHARD LEWIS (1934 - 2009), poet and farmer traditional bardic community that existed in South Cardiganshire at that time. The Urdd also had its social benefits. It was there that Dic met Sylvia Jean (Sian) Jones (1938-) from near-by Parc-llyn. Over time their friendship blossomed into a life-long marriage which was blessed with six children, Delyth Wyn (1960-), Rhian Medi (1961-), Dafydd Dyfed (1963-), Brychan Llyr (1970-) and the twins, Trystan
JONES, SARAH RHIANNON DAVIES (1921 - 2014), author and lecturer Medal at the Cardiff National Eisteddfod with Fy Hen Lyfr Cownt ('My old account book'), an imaginary diary of the hymn-writer Ann Griffiths. She went on to win the Prose Medal again at the Swansea National Eisteddfod in 1964 with Lleian Llan Llŷr ('The nun of Llan Llŷr'), a novel coloured by her grief at the loss of her partner Clwyd Parry. This novel proved very popular and was reprinted in 1967 and
LAKE, MORGAN ISLWYN (1925 - 2018), minister and pacifist , Llinos, Heledd, Dewi and Llyr, and many grand- and great-grandchildren. He was ordained in 1953 and began his ministry at Treorchy 1953-63, then at Tanygrisiau, Blaenau Ffestiniog (and Manod) 1963-70; Fforest Fach, Swansea, 1970-82; and Graig, Machynlleth (with Penegoes, Aberhosan and Llanwrin) 1982-90 when he retired to Porthmadog. He was an enlightened and prophetic preacher, and always had deep
LLWYD, RICHARD (Bard of Snowdon; 1752 - 1835), poet and authority on Welsh heraldry and genealogy been living in Chester since 1807. He was elected an honorary member of the Cymmrodorion Society in 1824. One of his last acts was to place in the B.M. the 'Branwen ferch Llŷr' sepulchral urn discovered in 1813 on the banks of the river Alaw, Anglesey. He died 29 December 1835, and was buried in S. John's churchyard, Chester. Beaumaris Bay, Llwyd's best known work, was published in 1800. He also
PRICE, THOMAS (Carnhuanawc; 1787 - 1848), historian and antiquary visitor at the home of Theophilus Jones, then engaged on the second volume of his History of Brecknockshire. The drawings for the illustrations in this volume were largely his work while a letter of 1811 from him to Jones concerning Roman remains near Llandrindod was published in Archaeologia, xvii. He was ordained deacon on 10 March 1811 and licensed to the curacies of Llan-llyr and Llanfihangel
RHYDDERCH AB IEUAN LLWYD (c. 1325 - before 1399?), lawman and literary patron him to Solomon, but also to numerous characters from traditional tales and triads: Arthur, Cai, Caw, Garwy Hir, Meirion, Bedwyr, Llŷr, Geraint, and Rholant (the French hero Roland). Such a list surely reflects Rhydderch's interest in and familiarity with the Welsh narrative tradition, especially as preserved in the famous manuscript that bears his name. Around the middle of the fourteenth century

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