Dictionary of Welsh Biography

BOWEN, EVAN RODERIC (1913 - 2001), Liberal politician and lawyer work often focussed on workmen's compensation and he had taken a particular interest in local government administration. His devotion to Welsh culture was reflected in his involvement in the activities of the Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion and Urdd Gobaith Cymru, while he had also served as legal advisor to the Teifi Net Fishermen's Association. Bowen served in the army from 1940 until 1946 and
CARPENTER, KATHLEEN EDITHE (1891 - 1970), ecologist the impact of the commencement of mining and the ecological recovery after closure. Her study area around Aberystwyth encompassed approximately 390km2, from sea level to headwater streams on the Cambrian Mountains. She compared the mine-polluted rivers around Aberystwyth with the relatively unpolluted waters of the Teifi to the south and the Dyfi to the north. Kathleen produced some of the first
DAFYDD GLAN TEIFI - see SAUNDERS, DAVID, II
DAVIES, JOHN PHILIP (1786 - 1832), Baptist minister, commentator, and divine Born 9 March 1786, son of David Davies, a clergyman at Bangor Teifi and Henllan, Cardiganshire. He joined the Baptists at Tre-fach and later became a member at Llandysul, where his father's brother, Daniel Davies, was minister. He began to preach in 1804 and was persuaded by Titus Lewis to go on a missionary tour to North Wales where, in 1810, he settled at Holywell as minister to the Flintshire
DAVIES, WILLIAM ANTHONY (1886 - 1962), journalist became one of Fleet Street's most brilliant executives but he retained his uncompromising radicalism and firm nonconformity throughout his life. His essays reveal his shrewd judgement of people and events. He had a sharp mind and was a staunch defender of the common man and of Welsh interests. One of his successes was to halt the spread of afforestation in the Teifi valley. He was a well-known
DEWI TEIFI - see MORGAN, DEWI
DOGMAEL (fl. 6th century), saint No details of the life of S. Dogmael are extant. The Welsh genealogies connect him with one of the three saintly tribes of Wales by making him the son of Ithel ap Ceredig ap Cunedda Wledig. To judge from the churches bearing his name, his activities in Wales were confined almost entirely to Pembrokeshire; for Llandudoch or S. Dogmaels (on the Teifi, opposite v) together with Capel Degwel in the
EVANS, HAROLD MEURIG (1911 - 2010), teacher, lexicographer two Emeritus Professors, namely Derec Llwyd Morgan and the late Hywel Teifi Edwards, Gareth Jones who was at that time Director of Education for Cardiganshire and Dr. Huw Walters, Head of the Bibliography of Wales Unit at the National Library of Wales. When Hywel Teifi Edwards was approached regarding the nomination his response was “My dear girl, where on earth have you been till now?”. However
GWRTHEYRN broken heart, like a wandering beggar. That is the story of the courts. According to the ecclesiastical version of the tale as found in the 'vita' of S. Germanus, Gwrtheyrn was guilty of incest and of marrying his own daughter. He was cursed by the saint and hounded from place to place. A fire from heaven came and burnt him and his wives in Caer Wrtheyrn, Dyfed, near the river Teifi. No light at all is
GWYNN, HARRI (1913 - 1985), writer and broadcaster Eisteddfod Gorsedd, as was routinely the case with former General Secretaries. (Hywel Teifi Edwards brought this story to light years later.) Harri had to wait for decades before Gorsedd membership was eventually agreed. Harri's career took another turn in 1961, when he was made producer and main presenter of the television programme Heddiw, launched by Nan Davies. The work involved travelling to the BBC
HUGHES, GARFIELD HOPKIN (1912 - 1969), university lecturer and Welsh scholar culture of Carmarthenshire and Cardiganshire, as shown by his earlier publications, viz. Iaco ap Dewi, 1648-1722 (1953); ' Ben Simon ', N.L.W. Jnl., 5; ' Halsingod Dyffryn Teifi ', Eurgrawn, 1941. His wide reading and culture enabled him to place emphasis on the contemporary history and literature of the books and periods which he studied. He had recourse to his extensive knowledge of English literature
JAMES, CARWYN REES (1929 - 1983), teacher, rugby player and coach to the Carmarthenshire coalfield at the beginning of the 1920s. The family continued to live in Rhydlewis until 1927 when Dewi was born and the family moved to live in Rose Villa, Cefneithin. Carwyn, therefore, was the only one born south of the river Teifi. He attended the village primary school fifty yards from his home, and went on to secondary school at Ysgol y Gwendraeth two miles away. Rugby

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