Dictionary of Welsh Biography

WILLIAMS, HUW OWEN (Huw Menai; 1886 - 1961), poet the upcast shaft was published in 1920; it was followed by The Passing of Guto (1927), Back in return (1933) and The simple vision (1945). Though he made many friends (including John Cowper Powys) in London literary circles, he was often unemployed, and in 1949, when the Port Talbot Forum was active in helping him to obtain a civil list pension, he was living on £2.17s.0d. a week. In later years he
MORGAN, GRIFFITH (Guto Nyth-brân; 1700 - 1737), cross-country runner
DAVIES, JENNIE EIRIAN (1925 - 1982), journalist . She then went on to complete a teaching course with a distinction. She married the Reverend James Eirian Davies (1918-1998), a Methodist minister and poet, on 19 November 1949 and they had two sons, Siôn Eirian (born 1954) and Guto Davies (born 1958). The family lived in Hirwaun (1949-54), Ammanford (1954-62) and Mold (1962-82). Jennie Eirian was the first female candidate for Plaid Cymru in
DAVIES, JAMES EIRIAN (1918 - 1998), poet and minister writer, and Guto (1958). Eirian and his wife Jennie had a great deal of influence in every aspect of their ministry, but in particular in Mold. Bethesda chapel became a centre for Welsh speakers in the town and the congregation were enriched by his guidance in the worship and his heartfelt sermons. He was blessed with a melodious voice and conveyed his message with clarity. He communicated effectively
RHYDDERCH AB IEUAN LLWYD (c. 1325 - before 1399?), lawman and literary patron genealogical records, Rhydderch had seven sons and five daughters with his two wives, Margred, daughter of Gruffudd Gryg ab Ieuan Fychan, and Mawd, daughter of Sir William Clement, Lord of Tregaron, as well as an extra-marital son, Guto. According to Bartrum (Cydifor ap Gweithfoed 3) and Lewys Dwnn (p. 45), Ieuan ap Rhydderch, who became a well-known poet, was the son of Rhydderch and Mawd, but elsewhere (p
DAVIES, JOHN (1938 - 2015), historian became a successful historian and author. They had four children, Anna, Beca, Guto and Ianto. John Davies was appointed lecturer in the Welsh History Department at the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth in 1973, and was promoted to Senior Lecturer in 1981. He was the first warden of the new Welsh-language hall of residence, Neuadd Pantycelyn, from 1974 until 1992. He became a frequent media
GRESHAM, COLIN ALASTAIR (1913 - 1989), archaeologist, historian and author a century (1938-88) Colin Gresham published extensively on the archaeology and history of the counties of Caernarfon and Merioneth in various journals. He also contributed to Atlas Meirionydd (1974) and to Atlas Sir Gaernarfon (1977). He gave the Eifionydd Annual Lecture in 1981 on the subject 'Teulu'r Trefan'. (The lecture was translated into Welsh by Guto Roberts, Rhoslan, who also delivered it
GUTO NYTH BRÂN - see MORGAN, GRIFFITH

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