Dictionary of Welsh Biography

WILLIAMS, GRIFFITH JOHN (1892 - 1963), University professor and Welsh scholar . degree for a dissertation on ' The verbal forms in the Mabinogion and Bruts '. In the meantime, with the encouragement of J.H. Davies and with the assistance of an additional scholarship he set about studying the Llanover manuscripts, which were donated to the National Library in 1917. That is how he began to take an interest in the life and work of Iolo Morganwg (Edward Williams), which became the
WILLIAMS, Sir IFOR (1881 - 1965), Welsh scholar Welsh language (Cymmrodor, xxvi). Sir Ifor's studies in this field were new and original and made a valuable contribution to our knowledge of the background of Dafydd ap Gwilym's life and work. It was the same desire to produce texts for the use of students that prompted the publication of Cywyddau Iolo Goch ac Eraill in 1925, jointly with Thomas Roberts and Henry Lewis. Sir Ifor also edited the works
WILLIAMS, IOLO ANEURIN (1890 - 1962), journalist, author and art historian vice-president of the Zoological Society of London. He wrote Flowers of marsh and stream (1946) and was an experienced field naturalist. He honoured the memory of his ancestor Iolo Morganwg (Edward WILLIAMS), a collection of whose papers he presented to the National Library of Wales, by taking a keen interest in Welsh matters, including the language, and he served on the Council of the National
WILLIAMS, JOHN (Ab Ithel; 1811 - 1862), cleric and antiquary Ab Ithel published an edition of the Gododdin, together with a translation of that work. The two friends quarrelled in 1853 - a clash of temperaments between a 'dry,' methodical antiquary and a fiery nationalist whose zeal outran his knowledge. Ab Ithel had but little scholarship; moreover, such critical faculties as he had were wrecked when he became involved in the romantic inventions of Iolo
WILLIAMS, MARIA JANE (Llinos; 1795 - 1873), folklore collector and musician published as Ancient National Airs of Gwent and Morgannwg in 1844, Lady Llanover having secured a dedication of the volume to the young Queen Victoria. Lady Llanover also encouraged her to publish the tunes accompanied by Welsh lyrics, with some assistance from Taliesin Williams ('Taliesin ab Iolo') (a friend of Maria Jane's brother William) and John Jones ('Tegid'). The English translations (some by
WILLIAMS, MORGAN (1808 - 1883), chartist the time of his death, 17 October 1883, at Merthyr, he had been registrar of marriages, etc., there for thirty years. An article by him on Edward Williams (Iolo Morganwg) appeared in Red Dragon, ii.
WILLIAMS, PETER BAILEY (1763 - 1836), cleric and writer translated two of Richard Baxter's books into Welsh under the titles: Tragwyddol Orphwysfa'r Saint, 1825, and Galwad i'r Annychweledig, 1825. Although there is little originality in his work, he deserves praise for refusing to be led astray by William Owen Pughe's system of orthography and for his discernment in seeing that Iolo Morganwg's claims about the ' Gorsedd of the Bards ' were false. In 1798 he
WILLIAMS, TALIESIN (1787 - 1847), poet and author Son of Edward Williams (Iolo Morganwg). He was born, according to tradition in the Vale of Glamorgan, in Cardiff prison on 9 July 1787, and was christened at Flimston on 16 September He was educated at a school at Cowbridge and then worked with his father as stonemason and carver on gravestones. He kept a school at Gileston and, c. 1813, was appointed assistant in a school kept by the Rev. David
WILLIAMS, THOMAS (Gwilym Morgannwg; 1778 - 1835), poet Born at Melin Gallau in the parish of Llanddety, Brecknock, 20 November 1778, son of William Thomas. The family went to live at Melin Pontycapel, Cefncoedycymer, c. 1781. Taliesin ab Iolo says, in a letter, that when he was 7 years of age he began to work on a coal level owned by his father. Nothing much is said about his early education, but it is stated that he began to write when he was still
WILLIAMS, THOMAS OSWALD (ap Gwarnant; 1888 - 1965), Unitarian minister, author, poet and public figure as a hymn writer was not dissimilar to that of Iolo Morganwg (Edward Williams), especially when his composition related to the world of nature or was for children, such as the hymns, ' Melys rhodio 'nglas y coedydd ' and ' Anian wena 'nglas y dolydd '. He was the foremost historian of the Unitarians in Wales and no one succeeded in recording as much as he about the movement in order that ' the
WILLIAMS, WILLIAM (1738 - 1817) Llandygái, antiquary, author, prominent official at Cae-braich-y-cafn quarry published Prydnawngwaith y Cymry, which was meant to be complementary to Drych y Prif Oesoedd. Besides these printed works, he left behind him, in manuscript, a considerable amount of literary work, such as ' Iolo o'r Cyffredin Glas,' in which William Williams takes opportunity, by means of story and song, of showing his contempt for the theology of Calvin, the extravagance of sectaries, and the Methodist
WILLIAMS, WILLIAM LLEWELYN (1867 - 1922), Member of Parliament, lawyer, and author ' edition of J. A. Froude's History. When it came to other periods he was inclined to be opinionated, as is illustrated by his refusal to face the facts in the cases of Owain Lawgoch and Iolo Morganwg. He was one of the most loyal adherents of the eisteddfod, and had been president of the National Eisteddfod Society. From journalism he turned to the law and politics. He was called to the Bar from

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