Dictionary of Welsh Biography

WILLIAMS, MEIRION (1901 - 1976), musician , during the 1930s, and his lyrical settings of the poetry of Eifion Wyn ('Cwm Pennant', 'Mai'), Caradog Prichard ('Y Llyn'), Crwys ('Gwynfyd'), Elfed ('Pan ddaw'r nos') and George Rees ('O Fab y Dyn'), among others, are notable examples of the Welsh art song. He combined a sensitivity to words with a special gift for writing interesting accompaniments.
PHILLIPS, DANIEL MYDRIM (1863 - 1944), minister (CM), teacher and author D. M. Phillips was born in 1863 at Pant-y-gwin, Llan-y-crwys, between Mynydd Cellan and Afon Twrch, Carmarthenshire, the son of Rees and Elizabeth Phillips. The family moved to Ystradfellte where he worked as a smith in Pontsyll smithy, near Brecon. He began to preach and was educated in Trecynon, Aberdare, by the Unitarian Rhys Jenkin Jones and at the University College of South Wales and
NICHOLAS, WILLIAM RHYS (1914 - 1996), minister and hymnwriter for ten years editor of Cyfansoddiadau a Beirniadaethau, the volume of compositions and adjudications published annually by the National Eisteddfod. In 1990, at Cwm Rhymni, he delivered the Eisteddfod literature lecture on his fellow poet Crwys. He acted as overseer of Gwasg John Penry, the official press of the Independents, for a number of years, and was President of the Union of Welsh
JONES, JOHN EDWARD (1905 - 1970), secretary and organiser of Plaid Cymru on gardening, on which he was an expert. In addition to a valuable volume on the subject, he wrote a travel book about Switzerland. But his most valuable work is Tros Gymru, which is a mine of information on Plaid Cymru up to 1945. In addition to all this, he was the Sunday school teacher of a large class of young women in Heol y Crwys (Presb.) chapel, Cardiff. In 1962 ill health compelled him to
EVANS, DAVID (1879 - 1965), public servant and hymn-writer , particularly with the affairs of Crwys Road Presbyterian Chapel, serving for many years as one of the elders and in 1941 as the general secretary. He was also a member of the Cardiff Cymmrodorion Council. After his retirement he and his wife went to live first in Aberystwyth and from 1951 in Porthcawl, continuing to immerse themselves in chapel life. Throughout his life David Evans was a prolific writer of
STEPHENS, MICHAEL (1938 - 2018), writer and literature administrator serious student of Welsh literature and culture will find themselves consulting his works. His contribution to the nation's literature was immense. Meic Stephens died in Cardiff on 2 July 2018. His funeral service was held at Crwys Chapel and Thornhill Crematorium, Cardiff, on 20 July.
CRWYS - see WILLIAMS, WILLIAM CRWYS

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