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HUW LLŶN (fl. c. 1552-1594), poet A native of Llŷn, who graduated in the third bardic grade at the Caerwys eisteddfod of 1568 - Peniarth MS 132 (59). It appears that he may have been a brother of Wiliam Llŷn (NLW MS 1244D (28), NLW MS 1580B (308), Bulletin of the Board of Celtic Studies, ix, 112, etc.). According to Myrddin Fardd, J. E. Griffith, and J. C. Morrice, he was the squire Huw ap Rhisiart ap Dafydd of Cefn Llanfair, but
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
JARMAN, ALFRED OWEN HUGHES (1911 - 1998), Welsh scholar year. He had learned Welsh partly in the Sunday school and services at Twrgwyn chapel though the family (Thomas Jarman was not a Welsh-speaker) were members at Prince's Road English chapel. Fred Jarman completed a teacher training course in 1934 and then embarked on an ambitious research project, a study of the Welsh Myrddin poetry, mainly in the Black Book of Carmarthen, which gained him his M.A. in
JENKINS, DAVID ARWYN (1911 - 2012), barrister and historian of Welsh law orthodox, but his contribution to Welsh public and literary life over his long lifetime was prodigious and extended across a wide range of areas of interest. His literary career began in the mid-1930s, sometimes using the pseudonyms 'Myrddin Gardi' or 'D. Meurig Rhys', and he was one of the inaugural editors of the periodical Heddiw which was launched in 1936. His subjects were varied, but an important
JONES, JOHN (Myrddin Fardd; 1836 - 1921), writer, antiquary, and collector of old letters and manuscripts Born on a small homestead called Tan-y-ffordd, in the parish of Llangïan, Llŷn, Caernarfonshire, son of John and Ann Owen. They had five children, three daughters and two sons, namely Owen Jones (Manoethwy) and John Jones (Myrddin Fardd). He married Ann Jones of the Ynys neighbourhood, Eifionydd, and their son was the musician Owen Gough Jones, who was organist of one of the Birmingham churches
JONES, OWEN (Manoethwy; 1838 - 1866), school teacher and writer Born 4 June 1838, son of John Owen of Tan-y-ffordd, Llangian, Caernarfonshire. He was a brother of John Jones (Myrddin Fardd, 1836 - 1921). His early education was received at the Foel Gron national school. When he was about 15 years old he entered the North Wales training college where he spent three years. He was subsequently appointed master of the National school at Llanfair Caereinion
JONES, ROWLAND (1722 - 1774), philologist christened in September 1718, and the fourth brother, Owen, in June 1722. Mr. Lawson conjectures that Rowland Jones was born about December 1716. It may be added that Myrddin Fardd (Enwogion, p. 209) makes Jones 57 (not 52, as in D.N.B.) at the time of his death - the date is variously given as 'early' and 'late' in that year.]
JONES, WILLIAM (Gwilym Myrddin; 1863 - 1946), poet crown competition at the national eisteddfod, Cardiff, 1938. A number of his poems were collected and published under the title of Cerddi Gwilym Myrddin in 1948. He died at Betws, Ammanford, 10 January 1946.
LEWIS DARON (fl. c. 1520), a poet He hailed from Aberdaron. His patrons included the families of Bodeon, Bodfel, Cochwillan, Glynllifon, and Gwydir. He was also one of the poets who wrote an elegy on the death of Tudur Aled. According to Peniarth MS 122 (122) he was buried at Nevin, though other sources state that he was buried at Llanegwad, Carmarthenshire. A selection of his work was published by Myrddin Fardd in Cynfeirdd
LEWIS, DAVID JOHN (Lewis Tymbl; 1879 - 1947), Congl. minister, popular preacher and lecturer , especially Brynach Davies and important ministers like John Stephens (Llwyn-yr-hwrdd), father of Professor J. Oliver Stephens, O.R. Owen, Glandwr and Ben Davies, Tre-lech (1840 - 1930), he was fired with the desire to be a preacher. After a period at Myrddin School (the Old College School), he entered the Memorial College, Brecon in 1901. After some difficulty with mathematics he was able to complete the
LLOYD, DAVID MYRDDIN (1909 - 1981), librarian and Welsh scholar D. Myrddin Lloyd was born 15 April 1909 in 399 Heol Ganol, Fforest-fach (y Gendros), Swansea, the elder of the two sons of William Henry Lloyd, a carpenter from Carmarthen, and his wife, Eleanor, the daughter of Reverend David Davies, 'Dafi Dafis' of Rhydcymerau (1814-1891), a character well known for his humour and stories, many of whose personal characteristics were inherited by his grandson
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