Dictionary of Welsh Biography

RICHARDS, THOMAS (1878 - 1962), librarian and historian Born 15 March 1878 at Maes-glas, a smallholding near Tal-y-bont, Cardiganshire, son of Isaac Richards and Jane (née Mason). The family later moved to Ynystudur, near Tre'rddol. He received his early education at Tal-y-bont and Taliesin schools. He was a pupil-teacher for four years and, from 1897, was for two years a teacher at Alexandra School, Aberystwyth before entering the University College
RICHARDS, WILLIAM LESLIE (1916 - 1989), Scholar, teacher, poet and author H. Meurig Evans and W. J. Harries, of four volumes of Cymraeg Heddiw. The periodical Barn came into being in 1962, and he was the first editor of its education section. He was a regular contributor to national periodicals, such as Y Llenor, Llên Cymru, Taliesin, Y Traethodydd, Y Genhinen, Yr Efrydydd, Yr Einion and Blodau'r Ffair. He was a prominent adjudicator at eisteddfodau, including the
ROBERTS, EVELYN BEATRICE (Lynette) (1909 - 1995), poet and prose writer in the volume. Addressed to the soldier and poet Alun Lewis, the poem is an invitation to Llanybri, but beyond this invites the reader to share in and defend the cultural heritage of Wales. In this sense, Roberts can be seen as aligning herself with a poetic tradition that goes back to Taliesin in the sixth century, that of the poet as the preserver and defender of a besieged culture. In 1948
ROBERTS, WILLIAM JOHN (Gwilym Cowlyd; 1828 - 1904), poet, printer, bookseller, bibliophile, and eccentric Geirionydd, near the reputed birthplace of Taliesin. Among his productions are 'Mynyddoedd Eryri' and 'Murmuron.' He published the life and works of Ieuan Glan Geirionydd, the works of Owen Gethin Jones (Gweithiau Gethin), and Diliau'r Delyn (old penillion). He died early in December 1904 at Llanrwst, and was buried on 8 December in St. Mary's churchyard there.
SKENE, WILLIAM FORBES (1809 - 1892), Scottish historian and Celtic scholar Born 7 June 1809 at Irvine, Inverness-shire, and died 29 August 1892 in Edinburgh. In 1868 he published The Four Ancient Books of Wales, containing Welsh verse from ' The Book of Aneirin ', ' The Book of Taliesin ', ' The Black Book of Carmarthen ', and part of ' The Red Book of Hergest '; the verse was translated for him by D. Silvan Evans and Robert Williams. This work was an attempt at
TALIESIN (fl. second half of the 6th century), bard with him against Hussa, son of Ida; it is further said that Urien and his sons fought against Deodric, son of Ida. J. E. Lloyd (A History of Wales, 163) gives the period of this Theodoric's reign as 572-9, and that of Hussa as 585-92. In ' Llyfr Taliesin,' a Welsh manuscript of c. 1275, there is preserved ancient poetry which was thought to be the work of Taliesin. In this manuscript there is poetry
TALIESIN ab IOLO - see WILLIAMS, TALIESIN
TALIESIN CRAIG-Y-FELIN - see THOMAS, THOMAS EMLYN
TALIESIN HIRAETHOG - see DAVIES, JOHN
TALIESIN O EIFION - see JONES, THOMAS
THOMAS, THOMAS EMLYN (Taliesin Craig-y-felin; 1822 - 1846), Unitarian minister, poet, and schoolmaster
TURNER, SHARON (1768 - 1847), solicitor and historian , in 1803, by publishing A Vindication of the Genuineness of the Ancient British Poems of Aneurin, Taliesin, Llywarch Hen, and Merdhin, with Specimens of the Poems. He was the first to discuss their antiquity, demonstrating the ignorance of the sceptics; see John Morris-Jones, Taliesin (= Cymm., xxviii). His letters to William Owen Pughe are in the National Library of Wales (NLW MS 13222C, NLW MS

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