Dictionary of Welsh Biography

MORGAN, GRIFFITH (Guto Nyth-brân; 1700 - 1737), cross-country runner of Llanwynno, Glamorganshire. The few definite facts known of him, together with a mass of fable, will be found in the entertaining book Plwy Llanwynno, by William Glanffrwd Thomas. He is there said to have been born in 1700 at Llwyncelyn, on the southern edge of Llanwynno, above Hafod (near Pontypridd), but his family soon moved to the adjoining Nyth-brân. He died in 1737 - dropping dead after
EVANS, DAVID (Dewi Haran; 1812 - 1885), auctioneer, valuer, land agent, and poet and poetry. He contributed much to the periodical press and wrote several prize essays for the national and other eisteddfodau, receiving also numerous prizes for englynion, pryddestau, etc. He published some poems under the title of Telyn Haran in 1878 (Pontypridd, B. Davies); the volume, which was dedicated to lord Tredegar, was edited by William Thomas (Glanffrwd, 1843 - 1890), and contains some
LEWIS, TITUS (1822 - 1887), antiquary published works include a lengthy poem, The Soldier's Wife, a Tale of Inkerman, 1855; he was also responsible for the English words of Joseph Parry's composition, Mynyddog, 1877, and for English translations of several poems by David Evans (Dewi Haran), in a selection of his work, edited by Glanffrwd, under the title of Telyn Haran, 1878. He died at Llanstephan, 10 September 1887, only a few weeks after
THOMAS, WILLIAM (Glanffrwd; 1843 - 1890), cleric and author
COSLETT, COSLETT (Carnelian; 1834 - 1910), collier and poet 'Clic y Bont' - 'the Pont(ypridd) clique' - as were also such men as Brynfab, Dewi Wyn o Essyllt, and Glanffrwd, are interesting examples of the poets, of no great individual distinction, who formed bardic schools or circles in the industrial towns of South Wales during the 19th century.
WILLIAMS, THOMAS (Brynfab; 1848 - 1927), littérateur and farmer literature he was granted a Civil List pension. He was a prominent member of 'Clic y Bont,' an interesting literary coterie at Pontypridd that included Carnelian, Glanffrwd, and Dewi Alaw. In his lively and original personality, Brynfab was a noteworthy example of the popular culture of Wales.
WILLIAMS, DAVID (Alaw Goch; 1809 - 1863), coal-owner and eisteddfodwr Llanwynno (see Glanffrwd, Llanwynno, 1949), Trealaw (in the Rhondda Valley), which is named after him, and Miskin Manor. Although he became a man of wealth, he remained in close touch with the working classes, presiding and conducting and sometimes adjudicating at their eisteddfodau. Fond of composing Welsh poetry himself, he became a popular figure in the literary world of Wales, universally esteemed by
LEWIS, HENRY (1889 - 1968), Welsh and Celtic scholar, university professor translations. He also edited and commentated upon the works of medieval Welsh poets, most importantly on Iolo Goch in Cywyddau Iolo Goch ac Eraill (1925, 1937) and Hen gerddi crefyddol (1931), a pioneering study of an important aspect of the poetry of the Gogynfeirdd. He edited some renaissance prose, e.g. Hen gyflwyniadau (1948) as well as some later texts, e.g. Glanffrwd, Llanwynno (1949), Hugh Jones
GLANFFRWD - see THOMAS, WILLIAM

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