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HYWEL GETHIN
(fl. c. 1485), poet
a native, it is said, of Clynnog-fawr, Caernarfonshire. No details concerning his life remain, but the dates given him, by Owen Jones,
Gweirydd
ap Rhys, Myrddin Fardd, and Wiliam Owen (viz. 1570-1600) are obviously too late, because a cywydd written by him in praise of the four sons of Rhys ap Hywel ap Madog of Llanystumdwy remains in manuscript; these four persons lived at the end of the 15th
HUGHES, JOHN JAMES
(Alfardd; 1842 - 1875), journalist
Born at Garreg-lefn, Llanbadrig, Anglesey, 1842, he began life as a farm labourer. He went to Bangor, where he found work as a stone mason's labourer and came into contact with
Gweirydd
ap Rhys (R. J. Pryse), who took an interest in him and encouraged his efforts to educate himself. In 1866 he joined the Caernarvonshire police force, but resigned about 1869, on his appointment as sub-editor of Yr
PRYSE, ROBERT JOHN
(Gweirydd ap Rhys; 1807 - 1889), man of letters
independent - a state of affairs which he endeavoured to rectify. He was accused of adopting the code of the Plymouth Brethren, and Gwilym Hiraethog thundered against him and his opinions in sermons delivered at the Caernarvon and Llangefni Assemblies of July 1844. At the Aberffraw eisteddfod, 1849, he was made a bard and given the name
Gweirydd
ap Rhys. Quite certainly, there was no more industrious Welsh
STEPHENS, THOMAS
(1821 - 1875)
America by Madoc ap Owen Gwynedd in the Twelfth Century (he lost the prize for this essay at Llangollen in 1858 owing to a bit of knavery by the committee, but it was published under the editorship of Llywarch Reynolds in 1893); Orgraff yr Iaith Gymraeg, 1859, jointly with
Gweirydd
ap Rhys. He also contributed articles to the Beirniad, 1861-3, and Archæologia Cambrensis, 1851-3. He was a fine example of
JAMES, JAMES (SPINTHER)
(1837 - 1914), Baptist historian
, however, he displayed unbounded energy; he wrote poetry, and published collections of hymns, but his fame rests rather upon his historical work, more especially in the field of Baptist history. He contributed many articles or chapters to such works as Owen Jones's Cymru,
Gweirydd
ap Rhys's Hanes y Brytaniaid a'r Cymry, and Enwogion y Ffydd. With John Emlyn Jones he completed Y Parthsyllydd, 1870-5 (see
ELLIS, ROBERT
(Cynddelw; 1812 - 1875), Baptist minister, preacher, poet, antiquary, and commentator
, 1873, and contributed eighteen chapters to Hanes y Brytaniaid a'r Cymry (by
Gweirydd
ab Rhys). His wit, his natural gift for public speaking, and the wide range of his knowledge, made him one of the outstanding lecturers of his time - if, indeed, he was not the most outstanding; his subjects were extremely varied, but his chosen field was Wales in history and literature, and all his lectures were
THOMAS, DEWI-PRYS
(1916 - 1985), architect
Dewi-Prys Thomas was born on 5 August 1916 in the Toxteth Park district of Liverpool, the eldest child of Adolphus Dan Thomas (1889-1974), a banking union official, and his wife Elysabeth (Lys) Watkin Thomas (née Jones, 1888-1953). His sister Rhiannon ('Nannon') Prys Thomas was born in 1919. The historian Robert John Pryse ('
Gweirydd
ap Rhys', 1807-1889) was his great grandfather. Dewi-Prys
STEPHENS, THOMAS
(Casnodyn, Gwrnerth, Caradawg; 1821 - 1875), historian and social reformer
reform, a subject debated since the misguided efforts of William Owen Pughe. Following a meeting at the 1858 Llangollen Eisteddfod Stephens and Robert John Pryse (
Gweirydd
ap Rhys) circulated questionnaires that led to the publication of Orgraph yr Iaith Gymraeg in 1859, a valuable forerunner of articles on the same subject published by Sir John Morris-Jones in Y Geninen in the 1890s. These efforts
WYNN
family Bodewryd,
The Wynns of Bodewryd in Twrcelyn, Anglesey, were descended from
GWEIRYDD
AP RHYS who is reputed to have fl. in the commote of Talybolion about 1170 and is considered to have been the father of one of the Fifteen Tribes. His eldest son was TRAHAEARN, who was also called Cadhaearn, after whom an ancient mill in Caerdegog, ' Melin Cathayran,' is supposed to have been called. His son, MEYRICK, gave
GWEIRYDD ap RHYS (fl. c. 1170) - see
WYNN
GWEIRYDD ap RHYS - see
PRYSE, ROBERT JOHN