Dictionary of Welsh Biography

DANIEL, GWYNFRYN MORGAN (1904 - 1960), educationalist and language campaigner , Port Talbot. He was of the opinion that his family had contributed to the Anglicisation of his local school and community, and it was his ambition to atone for that travesty. He graduated in Geography and Welsh at the University of Wales, Aberystwyth, and played centre for the University's first rugby team. A few years later he and his close friend, Eic Davies (1909-1993), compiled Welsh language
POWELL, WILLIAM EIFION (1934 - 2009), minister (Cong.) and college principal family moved a mile or so away to nearby village of Gwaencaegurwen and settled at 6 Colbren Square. His mother died in 1957 at the age of 48. Eifion was brought up and started preaching at the Tabernacl, Cwmgors, under the ministry of the Reverends T. M. Roderick, Emrys Jones and Irfon Samuel. He was educated at Pontardawe Grammar School, and was specially influenced by Eic Davies, one of the teachers
JAMES, CARWYN REES (1929 - 1983), teacher, rugby player and coach suffered from a painful skin condition, but thirty five years of chain smoking and a decade of excessive drinking had also taken their toll. He collapsed early in 1982 but the warning was ignored. The move in 1974 to full time writing and broadcasting had been challenging and exciting yet a cultural uprooting. He was BBC Wales's first rugby analyst - he also helped Eic Davies to create the standard

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