Dictionary of Welsh Biography

CADWGAN DELYNOR (fl. at end of 14th century, and beginning of the 15th century), musician The following airs are attributed to him: ' Owiai Gywydd ' ('The Warbler's Ode'), ' Gas gan Grythor ' ('The Fiddler's Dislike'), ' Crechwen Feinir ' ('The Maiden's Laughter'), ' Llonen Hafar ' ('The Merry Slattern'), ' Awen Wrli ' ('The Reeling Muse'), ' Awen Oleuddydd ' ('The Daylight Muse'), ' Oerloes Goeden ' ('The Sapling'), ' Cog Wenllian ' ('Gwenllian's Cuckoo'). It should be explained that
HARRI, WILLIAM (Gwilym Garw-dyle; 1763 - 1844), poet sons, at Dowlais, in his eighty-second year. He wrote satirical and religious verse; he was a Unitarian. He published two volumes, Yr Awen Resymol, 1828, and Nodd Awen, 1835.
ELLIS, ROBERT (Llyfnwy; 1805 - 1872), parish clerk (1829-72) and poet Christened at Llanllyfni church, 20 October 1805 son of Ellis and Ann Dafydd, Penbryn Bach, Llanllyfni, Caernarfonshire. He married Catherine Williams of Llandwrog in 1830 and they had seven children. As a poet, he was known by the name Llyfnwy. In 1852 he published Lloffion Awen Llyfnwy, a collection of his verse, but disarmed criticism by admitting in his introduction that he did not aspire to
WILLIAMS, THOMAS (Gwilym Morgannwg; 1778 - 1835), poet that Gwilym Morgannwg went to Pontypridd to keep a public-house, but he was certainly there in 1813. In Awen y Maen Chwyf, 17, there is a copy of a letter written by him in December 1813 to the publishers of Seren Gomer wishing the periodical good luck and offering to send some poetry for publication in it. He died at Pontypridd 13 August 1835, and was buried at Llanfabon. Two books published at
THOMAS, DAVID (Dewi Hefin; 1828 - 1909), poet Awen, 1866; Blodau Hefin, 1883. He died 9 March 1909.
RHYS, IFAN THOMAS (fl. mid 18th century), poet published (in a 2nd ed.), in 1799, and a collection of his work was issued by W. H. Griffiths in 1842 in Diliau'r Awen.
JONES, RICHARD (Gwyndaf Eryri; 1785 - 1848), poet, farmer, and stone-mason at the Llanwrtyd eisteddfod, 1823, for an awdl on the advantages of education, and several other chief prizes. In 1818 he published a volume of his poetry under the title Peroriaeth Awen.
HUGHES, HUGH JOHN (1828? - 1872), author and musician ) Y Drysorfa Gerddol (Rome, N.Y., 1856-7), (3) Y Gronfa Gerddorol … (New York, 1868?), (4) Traethawd ar Gerddoriaeth Gyssegredig … (Rome, N.Y.), (5) Yr Awen Gymraeg: Pigion o Farddoniaeth Prif Feirdd Gwalia … (New York, 1871), (6) Llyfr Hymnau y Methodistiaid Calfinaidd … (New York, 1871). He died on. 1 January 1872 at Hyde Park, Pa.
EVANS, MORGAN (Cynllo Maesyfed, Cynllo Maelienydd; 1777? - 1843), cleric and poet June 1825 onwards he held the livings of Llanddewi'r Cwm and Builth besides. He died at Builth early in 1843. He was the author of An Elegy on the Death of the Rev. John Jenkins, M.A., late vicar of Kerry (Ludlow, 1830), and The Cambrian Muse habited in English Costume (Llandovery, 1840). Another work attributed to him is Awen-Gerdd Debygawl a Dynwaredawl, ar destun-ymadrodd Teetotalaidd
MORGAN, WILLIAM (Gwilym Gelli-deg; 1808 - 1878), poet ' Awdl Gweledigaeth Pedr ' (Merthyr, 1836) and ' Cywydd o glod i Wenynen Gwent ' (Merthyr, 1837). A selection from his works was published under the title of Cerbyd Awen (Merthyr Tydfil, 1846), whilst thousands of copies were sold, in fairs and taverns, of his ballad - ' Ple byddaf mhen can mlynedd? ' He died, in poverty, 29 May 1878, and was buried in Cefn cemetery, near Merthyr Tydfil.
WILLIAMS, WILLIAM WYN (1876 - 1936), minister and poet .), Llanystumdwy; in 1921 he moved to Salem, Dolgellau, and thence to Glan-rhyd, Llanwnda in 1925. He published two volumes of poems Wrth Borth yr Awen (1909) and Caniadau (1911). A shy and musical person, he suffered ill health, and spent a year travelling through U.S.A. and Patagonia and climbing the Andes to recover his health. He married Kate Pritchard of Betws Garmon in 1927 and they had a son. He died 12
ROBERTS, DAVID (Dewi Havhesp; 1831 - 1884), poet Pandy. Dewi was a tailor; his life was irregular and he was often destitute. He lived for a while at Cefnddwysarn, but afterwards mostly at Llandderfel; he died in the workhouse at Bala, 27 August 1884, and was buried at Llandderfel. He published, in 1876, a small volume, Oriau'r Awen, which has run into three editions - the last in 1927. Very competent judges have deemed him one of the best composers

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