Dictionary of Welsh Biography

PRYS, EDMWND (1544 - 1623), archdeacon of Merioneth, and poet College, 7 April 1682, at the age of 20, that he graduated B.A. in 1685, and took his M.A. (from S. Alban Hall)'in 1688. It is possible that the Edw. Price, stated by Foster to have been his father, was Edward Prys, son of Morgan Prys of Gerddi Bluog, i.e., the Edward Prys who married Lowry Poole of Cae Nest, Llanbedr. There is no certainty about the FOULK (FOULCE?) PRICE, B.A., who obtained the living
WILLIAMS, WALDO GORONWY (1904 - 1971), poet and pacifist the poet's career. In many of the poems written in 1939 and the following years Pembrokeshire became a contested site between the opposing forces portrayed in 'Y Tŵr a'r Graig', and poems such as 'Daw'r Wennol yn ôl i'w nyth' (The swallow shall return to its nest) 'Ar Weun Cas' Mael' (On Puncheston Common) 'Gŵyl Ddewi' (Saint David's Day) and 'Preseli', written in a variety of forms, owe much of
OWEN, GERALLT LLOYD (1944 - 2014), teacher, publisher, poet , Bedwyr and Nest. Gwasg Gwynedd published his two other volumes of poetry, Cerddi'r Cywilydd (The poems of shame) in 1972 and Cilmeri a Cherddi Eraill (Cilmeri and other poems) in 1991, also his autobiography Fy Nghawl Fy Hun (My Own Soup/Mess) in 1999. Cerddi'r Cywilydd went to three editions and was republished in 1990, whilst Cilmeri a Cherddi Eraill won him the Welsh Book of the Year award in 1992
LOCKLEY, RONALD MATHIAS (1903 - 2000), farmer, naturalist, conservationist and author shearwaters' navigation by releasing one of Lockley's favourites, Caroline, from Devon, the bird returning to its nest in just under ten hours. The year 1934 was historic with well over a hundred members of the Eighth International Ornithological Congress - including future Nobel laureate Konrad Lorenz and abdicated Tsar Ferdinand of Bulgaria - visiting the islands, courtesy of two of His Majesty's

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