Dictionary of Welsh Biography

FITZ WARIN family, lords Whittington, Alderbury, Alveston 73). It must however be added that these poets never refer to the content of the romance; ' Syr Ffwg ' is to them merely a type among others, of knightly prowess, and probably the exigencies of cynghanedd alone account for clichés like 'Ffwg a'i ffon' - 'Fulk and his staff,' i.e. probably his spear-shaft, or possibly his cudgel (referring in that case to the incident on p. 339 of the Rolls Series
GEORGE, THOMAS NEVILLE (1904 - 1980), Professor of Geology -74), where he determined the syllabus and content of lectures. He was an excellent lecturer. He participated as tutor at Coleg Harlech Summer School held at Swansea in 1926; he delivered a lecture to Bristol Association on 'University Training of Geologists' (1948); he was Woodward Lecturer, Yale University (1956). He spent a sabbatical year (1964-65) as Senior Foreign Fellow at Northwestern
GRESHAM, COLIN ALASTAIR (1913 - 1989), archaeologist, historian and author Cornwall: 'This was the land of my content'.
GRIFFITHS, JOHN POWELL (1875 - 1944), minister (Baptist) and schoolmaster insisted that students should concentrate on the content of their sermons. Few denominational honours came to him - indeed he did not seek honours nor offices. He was reluctant to accept the Presidency of the North Wales Baptist Union which came to him twice. He died after a short illness on Sunday, 5 March, 1944 at the age of 69. He was cremated the following Wednesday and according to his wishes, his
HALL, RICHARD (1817 - 1866), poet He lived most and perhaps all of his life at Brecon, where he kept a pharmacy. In 1850 he published A Tale of the Past and Other Poems, with a dedication to Eliza Cook. He was self-confessedly content with the lower slopes of that Parnassus whose peak he judged Eliza Cook to have scaled. He died 25 January 1866 and was buried in Llanspyddyd churchyard.
HININ FARDD (1360? - 1420), writer of prophecies As far as one can judge from the content of the four poems attributed to him, he flourished towards the end of the 14th cent. His work is often associated in the manuscripts with the work of Myrddin and Taliesin, and his poetry belongs to the same tradition as the prophecies they are said to have written. In Llanstephan MS 173 (130b) the form given to his name is ' hinyn fardd ' and in a poem
HUGHES, DAVID (EOS IAL; 1794? - 1862), poet and publisher the Corwen Society of Cymreigyddion, held on S. David's Day 1824, and from then until 1835 he was a frequent competitor. In 1839 there was published a volume of his poems, in strict and free metres. Much of its content is of a popular appeal and of ephemeral value. After a somewhat intemperate youth he came under the influence of the temperance revivalists and soon proved himself to be one of their
HUGHES, JOHN (CEIRIOG) (Ceiriog; 1832 - 1887), poet life, and love, in a simple, natural and popular way. R. J. Derfel was responsible for teaching him to set store by the language, traditions and history of Wales. It was he who objected to English surnames; he added 'Derfel' to his own baptismal name and so became Robert Jones Derfel; he besought John Hughes to follow his example, but the latter was content to insert the name 'Ceiriog' between the
HUGHES, ROBERT (1811 - 1892), Calvinistic Methodist minister not be left, especially after he married and had a growing family; he had to content himself with inquiring of students who called at his house what books were being used at Bala College, and acquiring the rudiments of Greek and Hebrew and Latin unaided. He had begun to preach in 1838 (the year of his marriage with Catherine Hughes of Gelli in Deneio near Pwllheli), and was a notable preacher; he
HUMPHREYS, EDWARD OWEN (1899 - 1959), educationalist to establish a system of secondary schools which would fulfil the needs of every child and reflect the life of the whole community, being content instead to imitate English grammar schools and to provide for the needs of the few. Humphreys was determined to make a fresh start in Anglesey on the basis of the 1889 Act. In 1936, he obtained from the county education committee a declaration in favour
JAMES, CARWYN REES (1929 - 1983), teacher, rugby player and coach content. He never married, and lived with his sister Gwen, a retired psychiatric nurse in a bungalow which they had built for their parents in Cefneithin. After his death, rumours about his sexuality continued to swirl and one or two tasteless television documentaries simply added to the speculation. On holiday in Amsterdam, at the Kras Nabolsky hotel on 10 January 1983, Carwyn James suffered a fatal
JAMES, DAVID (Defynnog; 1865 - 1928), schoolmaster, educationist, organiser of summer schools, and author looked into the place of Welsh in education and life (1925) in neglecting the mission and activities of the Welsh Language Society, saddened him, though consideration had been given to inviting Sir Isambard to serve on the committee. Defynnog was not content to be idle even after his retirement. He continued to write daily as editor of the Welsh column of the South Wales News until he was hindered by

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