Dictionary of Welsh Biography

LEWIS, JOHN SAUNDERS (1893 - 1985), politician, critic and dramatist Methodist Revival in 1974 as 'the story of the rebirth of our nation', and the Revival and its aftermath are the background to the play Dwy Briodas Ann (composed in 1962 and published in 1973), his second novel, the 'historical romance' Merch Gwern Hywel (1964), and the lecture 'Ann Griffiths: Arolwg Llenyddol' (1965), in which he sought to explain the unsentimental sincerity of the hymn-writer's
LEWIS, TIMOTHY (1877 - 1958), Welsh and Celtic scholar died in 1914, he collaborated with T. Gwynn Jones and T.H. Parry-Williams. He had obtained an M.A. degree of Victoria University, Manchester, in 1909 for his work on the Welsh of the laws of Hywel Dda; and in September 1911 he married Nellie Myfanwy (1885 - 1968), youngest daughter of Beriah Gwynfe Evans and they had two children, a son and a daughter. At the end of 1915 he joined the army; he was
LEWYS ap HYWEL (fl. c. 1560-1600), poet
LINDEN, DIEDERICH WESSEL (d. 1769), medical doctor and mineralogist of its founders, Hywel Harris, Trevecka. In April 1759, four men, Thomas Price and George Adney of Brecon, Evan Phillip of Llangammarch Wells and one Thomas Protherto separately accused Linden of physical assault 'with an intent [of] that most horrid detestable and abominable Crime of amongst Christians not to be named, called Buggery'. All four accusations were dismissed by the Court of Great
LLOYD, JOHN MEIRION (1913 - 1998), missionary and author , Eirlys Ruth, Alun Meirion and Hywel John, and when they were old enough they were sent back to England for their education. He immediately saw the educational needs of the town of Aizawl and the leaders of the Mizo Church agreed with his vision. He established the first high school in Aizawl in 1946, which was taken over by the Government by 1951. He then became the first principal of a theological
(fl. 1268), eulogist Gwilym Ddu associates him with 'Twr Edeirnion,' i.e. Hendwr, Llandrillo, Meironnydd. His poems fall into two groups: (a) in praise of minor princes in northern Powys, viz. Gruffudd (died 1269) and Hywel (died c. 1268), sons of Madog ap Gruffudd Maelor; and Llywelyn, son of the above-mentioned Gruffudd ap Madog. These princes were usually loyal to Llywelyn ap Gruffydd, and they are praised for
LLYWELYN ap GUTUN (fl. c. 1480), poet Pennardd, Hywel ap Rheinallt, and Lewis Môn. Ymrysonau, or bardic controversies, occurred between him and the following poets : D. Llwyd of Mathafarn, Guto'r Glyn, Lewys Môn, and Gruffudd ab Ieuan ap Rhys Llwyd.
LLYWELYN ap HYWEL ap IEUAN ap GRONW (fl. c. 1480?), poet
LLYWELYN ap MOEL Y PANTRI (d. 1440) Llanwnnog, poet 16B, NLW MS 1553A, NLW MS 6681B, NLW MS 8330B. They include poems to Watcyn Fychan of Hergest, Dafydd Llwyd Fychan of Hafod Wen, Gruffudd ap Meredudd of Aberriw, Edward ap Hywel ab Ieuan Llwyd, etc.
LLYWELYN ap SEISYLL (d. 1023), king of Deheubarth and Gwynedd Nothing is known of his father, but his mother, Prawst, was, according to late pedigrees, the daughter of Elisedd, a younger son of Anarawd ap Rhodri Mawr. Since he himself married Angharad, daughter of Maredudd ab Owain ap Hywel Dda, he had distant claims to succession in both Deheubarth and Gwynedd, which in the circumstances of the time could be translated into reality by a leader of force and
LLYWELYN GOCH Y DANT (fl. 1470-1471), bard He took the part of the Tir Iarll bards in the controversy which followed Hywel ap Dafydd ap Ieuan ap Rhys's elegy upon the death of Hywel Swrdwal about 1470 and in his contribution to this contention he names eight contemporary Glamorgan bards, including himself. He eulogised Sir Roger Vaughan of Tretower at the height of his power, and wrote his elegy when he was beheaded by Jasper Tudor, earl
LLYWELYN, TOMAS (fl. c. 1580-1610), bard and gentleman

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