Dictionary of Welsh Biography

THOMAS, DAVID (Dewi Hefin; 1828 - 1909), poet Born at Cnap-sych, Llanwenog, Cardiganshire, 4 June 1828. Educated at Cribyn school, he himself later kept schools at Cribyn, Bwlch-y-fadfa, Mydroilyn, Llanarth, Cwrtnewydd, and Llanwnnen in Cardiganshire. He retired in 1883. He contributed frequently to various magazines such as Seren Gomer and Yr Ymofynydd. Four volumes of his poems were published: Y Blodau, 1854; Blodau Hefin, 1859; Blodau'r
LLOYD, HENRY (Ap Hefin; 1870 - 1946), poet and printer
THOMAS, RACHEL (1905 - 1995), actress fruitful collaboration with John Hefin continued in the striking productions A Bus to Bosworth (prod./dir. John Hefin, BBC, 1976), Off to Philadelphia in the Morning (prod./dir. John Hefin, 1978), a screen adaptation by Elaine Morgan of Jack Jones's volume on Joseph Parry, the musician from Merthyr, and The Life and Times of David Lloyd George (dir. John Hefin, BBC, 1981). In this period she also
JONES, JOHN ISLAN (1874 - 1968), minister (U) and author Born 17 February 1874, son of Evan and Mary Jones, Tynewydd (later of Cornant and Melin Llys-faen), Cribyn, Cardiganshire. He went to schools in Cribyn and Llanwnnen (under David Thomas, ' Dewi Hefin') until he was about ten years old. After being a farm servant and a stonemason with his father he attended the school of David Evans, minister (U) at Cribyn, (1896-98). He won a scholarship to Jesus
BOWEN, DAVID (Myfyr Hefin; 1874 - 1955), minister (B) and editor school at Pontypridd and to the University College at Cardiff for the year 1908-09. He won the chair at the students' eisteddfod in January 1909. He was called to the pastorate of Bethel, Lower Chapel, near Brecon and laboured there to restore Welsh as he had seen William Morris do at Noddfa, Treorchy. For this period of his life see his booklets Oriau Hefin (1902), Emynau pen y mynydd (1905), and
BOWEN, BEN (1878 - 1903), student and poet showed the vigour of his prose style. His works were edited by his brother, Myfyr Hefin. They include Cofiant a Barddoniaeth Ben Bowen, 1904; Rhyddiaith Ben Bowen, 1909; Blagur Awen Ben Bowen, 1915; Ben Bowen yn Neheudir Affrica, 1928; Ben Bowen i'r Ifanc, 1928.
MORTON, RICHARD ALAN (1899 - 1977), biochemist in Liverpool, a post which he held for 22 years. During this time he built up a strong team of researchers, including Professor Huw Hefin Rees from Pembrokeshire, which was responsible for the discovery of ubiquinone and the polyprenols. In his pastoral care for students, in particular the many overseas research students who came to the department, he was ably assisted by his wife Heulwen. He did a
JONES, ELEN ROGER (1908 - 1999), actress and teacher 'Hannah Hallelujah'. But Elen could turn her hand to any genre, and in 1983 she played the part of Lady Grey in the film Owain Glyndwr on S4C. She also starred in English series, including District Nurse, with the actress Nerys Hughes. Nerys was very generous in her praise towards Elen, noting her professionalism instantly, and the fact that she never forgot her lines. She was described by John Hefin
WILLIAMS, Sir JOHN KYFFIN (1918 - 2006), painter and author , Machynlleth 1995, and a knighthood in 1999. In 2004, at the age of eighty-six, Kyffin Williams travelled to Venice for a television programme commissioned by BBC Cymru/Wales, directed by John Hefin and entitled 'Reflections in a Gondola'. In it Kyffin listed the four most significant and fateful events of his life: his birth in Anglesey, seeing the picture of the fresco by Piero della Francesca, painting on
DEWI HEFIN - see THOMAS, DAVID
AP HEFIN - see LLOYD, HENRY
MYFYR HEFIN - see BOWEN, DAVID

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