Dictionary of Welsh Biography

BELI ap RHUN ap MAELGWN GWYNEDD - see RHUN ap MAELGWN GWYNEDD
GRUFFYDD, ROBERT GERAINT (1928 - 2015), Welsh scholar with people or his research. He would have said that it enriched his life and work. He married Luned (Roberts) in 1953. They had been students together in Bangor and she shared in his religious experience. They had three children, Siân, Rhun and Pyrs. Geraint Gruffydd served on many academic and public bodies, including the Welsh Books Council, the University of Wales Board of Celtic Studies, the
JONES, JOHN WILLIAM (1883 - 1954), author, collector of letters and papers, publisher, antiquary and folk poet written it ('wedi i'r bardd ei hun ei hysgrifennu'). He lectured a great deal to literary societies on the poets of his locality and he collected many of the works of the poets and authors of Gwynedd, e.g. Alafon, Elfyn, Isallt, W. Pari Huws, Gwilym Prysor, Carneddog (Richard Griffith), Glaslyn (Richard Jones Owen), Barlwydon, Gwilym Morgan, Awena Rhun, Glyn Myfyr, Llifon (William Griffith Owen, and
LLYWELYN-WILLIAMS, ALUN (1913 - 1988), poet and literary critic
RHUN ap MAELGWN GWYNEDD (fl. 550), ruler of north-west Wales Rhun, the son of Maelgwn Gwynedd, succeeded his father as ruler of north-west Wales. If we can trust the story in the Venedotian version of the Welsh Laws, only one historical episode is connected with him. When Clydno Eiddin and Rhydderch Hael returned to the north after despoiling Arfon in revenge for the death of Elidyr, Rhun is said to have retaliated by leading an army as far as the river

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