Dictionary of Welsh Biography

DAVIES, JOHN SALMON (1940 - 2016), scientist in 1964, and they made their home in Killay, Swansea. They had two daughters, Eleri and Meinir. Within the field of organic chemistry his research specialism was peptides, compounds based on amino acids which occur naturally in the human body, especially in skin cells. With the support of groups of researchers over several years, John worked on reforming the structure of peptides, thereby making
EVANS, ELMIRA (Myra) (1883 - 1972), teacher, author and folklorist tradition bearer of national importance, and was filmed by folk singer Meinir MacDonald who sang 'Suo Gân Gwraig Panteg', from Myra's story of Sigl-di-gwt and the Panteg farmhouse. Minwel Tibbot and Robin Gwyndaf visited from the Welsh Folk Museum to record her thoughts about folk cookery and narrative. Myra Evans died on 25 August 1972 in Bronglais Hospital, Aberystwyth, and is buried at Cross Inn with
GRUFFYDD, ROBERT GERAINT (1928 - 2015), Welsh scholar R. Geraint Gruffydd was born on 9 June 1928 in Egryn, an ancient house in Tal-y-bont, Dyffryn Ardudwy. He was the second of the two children of Moses Griffith (1893-1973), researcher in experimental agriculture and later an independent agricultural advisor, and his wife Ceridwen (née Ellis), a teacher of Welsh and Latin. He had an elder sister, Meinir (1926-1992). Egryn had been the home of the

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