Dictionary of Welsh Biography

LLYWELYN ap GWILYM ap RHYS (fl. 16th century), poet
MADOG BENFRAS (fl. c. 1320-1360), poet of Marchwiail, Denbighshire. His pedigree is given in Powys Fadog thus: ' Madog Benfras ap Gruffudd ap Iorwerth, arglwydd Sonlli, ab Einion Goch ab Ieuaf ap Llywarch ap Ieuaf ap Niniaw ap Cynfrig ap Rhiwallawn.' His two brothers, Llywelyn Llogell (parish priest of Marchwiail), and Ednyfed, were also poets; according to Iolo Morganwg their bardic teacher was Llywelyn ap Gwilym of Emlyn. Iolo also
MEREDITH, JOHN ELLIS (1904 - 1981), minister (Presbyterian Church of Wales) and author in philosophy in 1928 and then proceeded to study theology at Oxford University in 1928, where he was a member of Jesus College, sharing rooms with T. Rowland Hughes, who became a lifelong friend. J. E. Meredith served as Secretary of the Dafydd ap Gwilym Society and he made an important contribution to the Welsh life of the University and the city. He graduated in 1930 with Distinction and took
MEREDUDD ap RHYS (fl. 1450-1485), gentleman, cleric, and poet those of his distinguished pupil. He had made a careful study of the works of the earlier poets and had appreciated the greatness of Dafydd ap Gwilym. He had, like the master, written a cywydd to the wind, a cywydd which is an outstanding example of his craft at its best. He was moved by the death of two of his priestly friends to write lyrical cywyddau - one in disparagement of winter which had
MEURIG (fl. 1210), poet, and treasurer of Llandaff render the entry 'Morus Morgan' in Enw F. superfluous. In the Iolo MSS., pp. 622, 638, this Meurig is said to have been the author of ' Y Cwtta Cyfarwydd ' (probably the prototype of the work of this name written in 1445 by Gwilym Tew, and preserved in Hengwrt MS. 34), 'A History of the whole Isle of Britain,' 'Book of Proverbs,' 'Rules of Welsh Poetry,' 'Welsh Theology,' and a 'Welsh translation of
MORGAN family Tredegar Park, John is the subject of a cywydd moliant by the bard Gwilym Tew written c. 1460, in which mention is made of Sir John's journey to Jerusalem, where he was created a Knight of the Holy Sepulchre. Sir John, who was a strong supporter of the Lancastrian cause, brought military assistance to Henry VII soon after he landed at Milford. He was one of the receivers of petitions in the first Parliament of
MORGAN(N), MAURICE (c. 1725 - 1802), Shakespearian commentator and political writer was descended from the ancient family of Morgan of Blaenbylan in the parish of Clydey, Pembrokeshire, who traced his ancestry, according to a pedigree by William Lewes the antiquarian (Bronwydd MS. 7170), to Llewelyn ap Gwilym of Cryngae (who was an uncle to Dafydd ap Gwilym) and Ednyfed Fychan. Fenton, who knew him and his brother William, states that he was brought up at the family home which
MORGAN, THOMAS JOHN (1907 - 1986), Welsh scholar and writer his home in Bishopston, Gower, 9 December 1986. The funeral service was held at Bethel chapel, Sketty, Swansea 15 December, followed by interment in Coed Gwilym cemetery, Clydach.
MORGAN, WILLIAM (JOHN) (Penfro; 1846 - 1918), cleric, eisteddfodwr, and hymn-writer englynwr, Trebor Mai, but also with the eccentric Gwilym Cowlyd, whose 'opposition' eisteddfodau on the shores of lake Geirionydd he frequented - indeed, Penfro never became acclimatized in the 'orthodox' national eisteddfod, although in later years he was a prominent figure in the provincial Powys eisteddfod. From 1875 till 1878 he was curate at S. Asaph, where he acquired some repute as a preacher. In
MORGAN, WILLIAM (Gwilym Gelli-deg; 1808 - 1878), poet
MORRIS, WILLIAM (1705 - 1763), botanist, antiquary, letter-writer Born 6 May 1705 at Y Fferem, Llanfihangel Tre'r Beirdd, Anglesey, third son of Morris ap Rhisiart Morris and brother of Lewis, Richard, and John Morris. His own words suggest that he was tall and lanky; possibly he had a pronounced stoop, for his nephew John Owen (died 1759) nicknames him 'Gwilym Gam' (the crooked), but it may be that the nephew refers rather to his 'stinginess' - he had neither
MORRIS-JONES, Sir JOHN (MORRIS) (1864 - 1929), scholar, poet, and critic honours in mathematics in 1887. As a student he had read Welsh books and manuscripts in the Bodleian Library and had attended the lectures of John Rhys; he was also one of the original members of 'Cymdeithas Dafydd ab Gwilym,' which was established on 6 May 1886. Having held a scholarship to read Celtic, he was appointed, in January 1889, lecturer in Welsh at the University College of North Wales

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