Dictionary of Welsh Biography

GRIFFITHS, JAMES (JEREMIAH) (1890 - 1975), Labour politician and cabinet minister . H. Williams as the Labour MP for Llanelli with a majority of 16,221 votes and he continued to represent the constituency in parliament until his retirement in June 1970. At Westminster Griffiths soon made his voice heard in denouncing the means test, attacking the coalowners, and advocating the extension of the social insurance scheme. He quickly became recognised as a fervent and forceful debater
GRIFFITHS, JOHN GWYNEDD (1911 - 2004), scholar, poet and Welsh nationalist . Gwyn Griffiths was appointed Latin master at his old school in Porth. In this period his and Käthe's home, in Pentre, became the focus for 'Cylch Cadwgan' ('The Cadwgan Circle'), a group of like-minded young writers, including Pennar Davies and Rhydwen Williams. They were radical in their Christian, pacifist and nationalist convictions; they also longed to see Welsh literature, freed from old
GRIFFITHS, JOHN POWELL (1875 - 1944), minister (Baptist) and schoolmaster colleges were full and competition for entry was fierce. He also taught History and Christian Doctrine when necessary. It is estimated that 140 ministers from different denominations went to him for teaching. Among them were Dr Emlyn Davies, Toronto, Principals Gwilym Bowyer and Tom Ellis Jones, Bangor, and the poet Rhydwen Williams. The name 'Rhos College', which is sometimes used to refer to his school
GRIFFITHS, VAVASOR (d. 1741), Independent minister and tutor paid him as tutor. In 1736 or 1737, Griffiths moved his home to Chancefield, on the outskirts of Talgarth, Brecknock, still retaining his pastorate, and teaching at Llwyn-llwyd as well as at Chancefield. His best-known pupils are Jenkin Jenkins and Richard Price, for it is very doubtful whether he ever taught Howel Harris and Williams of Pantycelyn, who were more probably pupils of David Price's
GRIFFITHS, WILLIAM (1898 - 1962), bookseller Born 6 June 1898 at Evanstown, Gilfach-goch, Glamorganshire, son of Joseph Griffiths and his wife Margaret Ann (née Williams). He received his early education at Abercerdin elementary school, Evanstown, 1903-11. He worked for some years as a collier and then went to live in London. He took an interest in music and became a student at the Guildhall School of Music, receiving tuition on the violin
GROSSMAN, YEHUDIT ANASTASIA (1919 - 2011), Jewish patriot and author generous loan from Sir Bertram Clough Williams-Ellis (1883-1978), who took repayments in the form of art works by Jones for the Italianate village of Portmeirion. During 1965-6, Jones and his workers built a home for the family on the site of the old cottage of Tyddyn Heulyn on the banks of the river Dwyryd at Minffordd. Yehudit was attracted by the correspondence between place names in Wales and names
GRUFFUDD, IFAN (c. 1655 - c. 1734), poet Born at Tŵr-gwyn, Tredraur ('Troed-yr-aur'), Cardiganshire, where he died, 'being nearly 80 years of age.' Between 1672 and 1722 he wrote a considerable number of carols of the type known as halsingod and in 1718 published, jointly with Samuel Williams of Llandyfrïog, a selection of them, bearing the title Pedwar o Ganuau. Only one of his cywyddau survives - the ' Cywydd i'r Iesu o gynnildeb
GRUFFYDD, ROBERT (1753 - 1820), musician Born at Pen-cefn, Llanbeblig, Caernarfonshire. He came to be known as 'Cantwr Salmau' because he visited churches to teach the congregations to sing. Owen Williams o Fôn in his Gamut, testifies to Robert Gruffydd's musical skill and believed that he had composed several hymntunes for Brenhinol Ganiadau Seion (Owen Williams). He wrote 'Difyrwch gwŷr Caernarfon' and 'Difyrwch gwŷr y Gogledd' - the
GRUFFYDD, ROBERT GERAINT (1928 - 2015), Welsh scholar class where he was inspired by his teachers, in particular Ifor Williams and Thomas Parry. He was proud to have been a member of Ifor Williams's last group of honours students and he used to enjoy recalling the occasion of the final lecture. A sign of his total commitment to master a subject is the anecdote that he spent the whole of the 1944 summer vacation in the National Library systematically
GWALCHMAI, HUMPHREY (1788 - 1847), Calvinistic Methodist minister not to be confused with the 19th cent, poet Gwalchmai (Richard Parry, 1803 - 1897) - born 14 January 1788, was a son of Edward Gwalchmai (1757 - 1799), of Dolgar, Llanwyddelan, Montgomeryshire, a substantial freehold which had been in the family for four generations. His religious activities began early, more especially in Sunday school work; he became an elder at seventeen and a preacher at
GWILYM TEW (fl. c. 1460-1480), one of the bards of Glamorgan , including the 'Donatus,' i.e. the grammar that was studied in the bardic schools. Gwilym Tew is, therefore, a fairly important figure in the history of Welsh literature in the 15th century. His cywyddau and awdlau have been collected by J. M. Williams, Swansea; this collection is now amongst the University of Wales theses in the National Library.
GWYN, JOHN (d. 1574), lawyer, placeman, and educational benefactor Born at Gwydir, Llanrwst, he was the fifth and youngest (or possibly fourth) son of John Wyn ap Meredydd, a direct descendant of Owain Gwynedd. His eldest brother Morys was the father of Sir John Wynn of Gwydir and another, Robert (third son), who built Plas Mawr, Conway, became second husband of Dorothy Williams, grandmother of archbishop John Williams. John Gwyn entered Queens' College

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