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THOMAS, DAVID (Dafydd Ddu Eryri; 1759 - 1822), man of letters and poet known as 'Belle Isle March') at the end of the winter of 1783-4, inviting the poets to meet at Betws Bach on Lady-day; Hywel Eryri, William Bifan, Siôn Caeronwy, Sian Parry, and others accepted the invitation, and that was the first of a series of meetings of bards in Caernarvonshire which gave Dafydd an opportunity of teaching the rules of Welsh poetry to his 'chicks,' as he called them. He gave up
THOMAS, MANSEL TREHARNE (1909 - 1986), composer, conductor, BBC Wales Head of Music which he is chiefly known to performers and audiences today. There are over 150 original songs and traditional-melody arrangements for solo voice; notable songs include “Y Bardd”, “Coeden afalau”, “A Hymn to God the Father”, “Eifionydd” and the 2 sets of 12 songs “Caneuon Grace a Siân” and “Caneuon y Misoedd”. The choral works involve various groups - male, mixed, female and youth/children. In
WARNER, MARY WYNNE (1932 - 1998), mathematician university as well as tutoring research students, including many from overseas, and was widely respected and admired. Mary Warner was also the mother of three children, all born abroad. Although each of the three had successful careers, two of them, Sian and Jonathan, suffered from mental problems and took their own life within a few years of each other. It appears that Mary turned increasingly to her
WILLIAMS, DAVID JOHN (1885 - 1970), writer English and physical education teacher at Fishguard Grammar School, 1919-36, and then Welsh master there from 1937 until his retirement in 1945. In 1925 he married Siân Evans, daughter of Dan Evans, minister of Hawen (Congl.) church, and Mary his wife, and sister of the poet William Evans, ' Wil Ifan '. They made their home in the Bristol Trader, Fishguard, which became a meeting place for hosts of
WILLIAMS, GWYN ALFRED (1925 - 1995), historian and television presenter they not fallen under his spell. His final programme, Gwyn Alf: The People's Remembrancer (S4C, 1995), though unbearably poignant, revealed that his intellectual powers and wit were as strong as ever. Decades of chain-smoking eventually took their toll on Gwyn's health and family life. Cared for by his partner Siân Lloyd, he died of cancer at the age of seventy at his home in Dre-fach Felindre
WILLIAMS, OWEN (Owain Gwyrfai; 1790 - 1874), antiquary Born in a cottage called Bryn-beddau on the Plas Glan'rafon estate, Waun-fawr, and christened at Betws Garmon, 10 January 1790. His parents were William Pritchard of Pant Ifan Mawr, Llan-rug, and Siân Marc of Plas Mawr, Llandwrog. When he was still very young, Owen Williams married Margaret Lloyd of Pen-y-bryn, Llanwnda, and they set up house together at Tu-ucha'r-ffordd, Waun-fawr. He was a
WILLIAMS, WILLIAM (Crwys; 1875 - 1968), poet, preacher, archdruid 1956). His recitation pieces for children and adults were very popular at eisteddfodau in the second quarter of the twentieth century, but he is chiefly remembered as the author of well-known lyric poems such as ' Dysgub y Dail ', ' Melin Trefin, ' Siôn a Siân ', ' Y Border Bach ', and ' Y Sipsi '. He is one of the poets who succeeded in freeing himself from the fetters of the 'New Bard'. He also

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