Dictionary of Welsh Biography

EDWARDS, ARTHUR TRYSTAN (1884 - 1973), architect and pioneer town planner minimum demolition, all of which could have brought great benefit to the nation. In 1925 the Chadwick Trustees awarded him £250 for research into the question of density of houses in large towns. His report, Modern Terrace Housing, was published in 1946 and was much criticised on the ground that his projected density was too high. In 1953 he published his A new map of the world: the Trystan Edwards
GRUFFYDD, WILLIAM JOHN (1881 - 1954), scholar, poet, critic and editor the principles of literary criticism adopted by the editor. Two lectures were published in pamphlet form - Ceiriog (1939) and Islwyn (1942). Gruffydd was better known to his fellow-countrymen as a poet than as a scholar. He competed unsuccessfully for the crown at the national eisteddfod at Bangor in 1902 with a poem on the subject ' Trystan ac Esyllt ', but was awarded the prize at the London
JONES, MORGAN GLYNDWR (1905 - 1995), poet, novelist and short story writer . His eventual appointment to a post in Bridgend caused controversy in the press and he was shunned by many of his colleagues. Glyn Jones's first novel, The Valley, the City, the Village (1956) is essentially a bildungsroman, following the growth and education of an artistic young valleys boy, Trystan. Experimental in its rhetorical techniques, especially in its third section, it is essentially a
JONES, RICHARD LEWIS (1934 - 2009), poet and farmer traditional bardic community that existed in South Cardiganshire at that time. The Urdd also had its social benefits. It was there that Dic met Sylvia Jean (Sian) Jones (1938-) from near-by Parc-llyn. Over time their friendship blossomed into a life-long marriage which was blessed with six children, Delyth Wyn (1960-), Rhian Medi (1961-), Dafydd Dyfed (1963-), Brychan Llyr (1970-) and the twins, Trystan
ROBERTS, ROBERT (SILYN) (Rhosyr; 1871 - 1930), Calvinistic Methodist minister, poet, social reformer, tutor Born at Bryn Llidiart, Llanllyfni, 28 March 1871. Starting as a slate quarryman, he was educated at Bangor University College (B.A. 1899, M.A. 1901) and at Bala Theological College. He became minister of Lewisham (Welsh) Calvinistic Methodist church, 1901-5, and Tanygrisiau, Blaenau Ffestiniog, 1905-12. He was crown bard at the national eisteddfod, 1902, for a poem on ' Trystan and Esyllt.' He

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