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GRUFFYDD, WILLIAM JOHN (1881 - 1954), scholar, poet, critic and editor Mabinogion '. His major contribution, Math vab Mathonwy, a discussion of the fourth branch, appeared in 1928, to be followed after a long interval by Rhiannon in 1953, in which the first and the third branches were investigated. The aim was to unravel the various strands that had formed the tales and discover how they were linked together. Another aspect of Gruffydd's scholarship was his study of the
THOMAS, OLIVER (1598 - 1653?), Puritan cleric, and author (with Evan Roberts, 1640, and of Drych i dri math o bobl, c. 1647 (reprinted by Stephen Hughes, in the composite volume, Tryssor i'r Cymru, 1677). The anonymous Car–wr y Cymru, 1630 (several reprints down to 1766), a 12-page catechism for children, and the much larger Car–wr y Cymru of 1631 (reprinted by Stephen Hughes in his Cyfarwydd-deb i'r Anghyfarwydd, 1677), which the University of Wales

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