Dictionary of Welsh Biography

BLACKWELL, JOHN (Alun; 1797 - 1840), cleric and poet memory was placed on the wall of Maenordeifi ('Manordivy') church. Alun is remembered for his poems in the free metres: 'Rhywun,' 'Cerdd Hela,' ' Cathl i'r Eos,' 'Cân Gwraig y Pysgotwr,' and 'Abaty Tintern' (a free translation of an English original with four additional lines at the end). These poems are the forerunners of the lyrical poetry produced by the romantic movement.
DAVIES, OWEN HUMPHREY (Eos Llechid; 1828 - 1898), quarryman, musician, and cleric
DAVIES, ROBERT (Asaph Llechid; 1834 - 1858), musician Born 29 June 1834 at Carneddi near Bethesda, Caernarfonshire, son of David Roberts. He delighted in music while still a child and made up his mind to master the art. Robert Moses, the instructor of the Carneddi Choral Society, gave him his first lessons, and Eos Llechid (O. H. Davies) taught him harmony and composition, in which he made such good progress that by the time he was 16 he had already
EDWARDS, JOHN (Eos Glan Twrch; 1806 - 1887), poet and prose-writer
EDWARDS, WILLIAM (Gwilym Padarn; 1786 - 1857), poet He was a native of Llanberis, Caernarfonshire, where he worked as a quarryman. Gaining considerable repute as a poet, he published a volume of verse, Eos Padarn, in 1829, including compositions submitted to the provincial eisteddfodau held at Wrexham, Caernarfon, and Brecon (1820-2). Since his reason for taking his work to the press was to ensure 'that some parts of my labour be remembered and
ELLIS, THOMAS (fl. 1824), poet
EOS BRADWEN - see JONES, JOHN
EOS CEIRIOG - see MORYS, HUW
EOS CYMRU - see WYNNE, SARAH EDITH
EOS DÂR - see EVANS, DANIEL
EOS EBRILL - see LEWIS, REES
EOS EWIAS - see PARRY, JAMES RHYS

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