Dictionary of Welsh Biography

AP GWYNN, ARTHUR (1902 - 1987), librarian and the third librarian of the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth Gwynn (Caerdydd: Gwasg Prifysgol Cymru). He contributed over 140 critical and literary references to Llyfryddiaeth Llenyddiaeth Gymraeg edited by Thomas Parry and Merfyn Morgan (Gwasg Prifysgol Cymru, 1976.) In 1976 he published his reprint of his father's Welsh Folklore and Folk-custom (Cambridge, D.S. Brewer), adding a preface and bibliographical notes containing details of the work done on Welsh
CYNAN DINDAETHWY (d. 816), prince Merfyn Frych (died 844) and thereby foundress of the royal houses of Gwynedd and Deheubarth in the Middle Ages.
LLYWARCH HEN (fl. 6th century), British prince and a hero of a cycle of Welsh tales dating from the mid-9th century , and other Welsh provinces, were descended from him through Merfyn Frych and Rhodri Mawr. Towards the middle of the 9th century, during a period of adversity for Powys, a story-teller of that province composed a cycle of tales about Llywarch and his sons. These contained englynion, which alone are extant as a result of having been copied into the Red Book of Hergest, col. 1026-49 (although a few also
MERFYN FRYCH (d. 844), king of Gwynedd
MORGAN, DYFNALLT (1917 - 1994), poet, literary critic and translator scholarship to the college by the sea and travelled there on his bike from Dowlais in September 1935. There were around 600 students at the college in this period, many of whom were from the valleys of South Wales. A lunch club was established by college staff to ensure the poorest students had at least one hot meal a day, and Morgan lived mainly on baked beans in the house he shared with Merfyn Turner
PARRY, Sir THOMAS (1904 - 1985), scholar, Librarian of the National Library of Wales, University Principal, poet and reviews, he continued to adjudicate at the National Eisteddfod (as he had done throughout his career), and he was called upon to act as a leading consultant to several significant projects. He co-edited Llyfryddiaeth Llenyddiaeth Gymraeg, 1976, with Merfyn Morgan. Until his death he was the Chairman of the Literature Committee of the New Welsh Bible that was published in 1988. And for many years
RHODRI MAWR (d. 877), king of Gwynedd, Powys, and Deheubarth Son of Merfyn Frych by Nest, daughter of Cadell ap Brochwel of Powys. He succeeded his father as king of Gwynedd in 844. In 855, on the death of his uncle, Cyngen, he became king of Powys, and in 872, when Gwgon, king Seisyllwg (Ceredigion and Ystrad Tywi) and brother to his wife, Angharad, died, the southern realm came under his rule. There was thus created for the first time a loose union of at
THOMAS, DEWI-PRYS (1916 - 1985), architect Headquarters at Caernarfon. Dewi-Prys Thomas was awarded a posthumous award with Merfyn Roberts, the T. Alwyn Lloyd Memorial Medal for Architecture at the National Eisteddfod held at Porthmadog in 1987 for designing the Gwynedd Council Offices. The papers and plans of Dewi-Prys Thomas are housed at The National Library of Wales, including plans for a memorial garden at Aberfan and meeting house for The
TURNER, MERFYN LLOYD (1915 - 1991), social reformer and author Merfyn Turner was born in Penygraig, Rhondda on 20 October 1915 to Edward Godfrey Turner and his wife Lizzie Violet Turner (née Lloyd). He had one brother, Rhiwallon, and two sisters, Beryl and Corriswen. The family moved around Wales during his childhood due to his father's vocation as a Wesleyan minister, and he attended a number of different schools. He studied for an arts degree at
WALTERS, IRWYN RANALD (1902 - 1992), musician and administrator Ammanford choral society, and later studied with David Vaughan Thomas. He was the first pupil at Amman Valley County School to study music for the Higher Certificate, but at Aberystwyth he first took a degree in French before graduating in music. While at school he had formed a trio with his brother Merfyn on the cello and Rae Jenkins (1903-1985), later a well-known conductor, as violinist. As a student

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