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OWEN, DAVID (Dewi Wyn o Eifion; 1784 - 1841), farmer and poet medal for his awdl on the Isle of Britain, and in 1811 he won the prize at Tremadoc eisteddfod for his awdl on agriculture. His masterpiece, which caused a great deal of controversy, was his awdl ' Elusengarwch ' ('Charity'), which he entered for the Denbigh eisteddfod in 1819, when the award was made to Edward Hughes ('Y Dryw,' 1772 - 1850), vicar of Bodfari. Dewi and his friends regarded this as a
OWEN, GORONWY (1723 - 1769), cleric and poet into contact with the local poets. In January or February 1746 he was ordained deacon and appointed curate of Llanfair-mathafarn-eithaf, which gave him an opportunity of associating with the poets and antiquaries of Anglesey. When he was compelled to leave he became a curate and schoolmaster at Oswestry for three years; there, he married Elin, daughter of Owen and Margaret Hughes, who were
OWEN, HUGH (1575? - 1642) Gwenynog,, translator which was edited and published in 1684 by his son Hugh, the Jesuit priest, better known as Father John Hughes (1615 - 1686). In his introduction to Dilyniad Crist Hughes says that his father wrote ' a number of godly Dissertations, and when he was but 27 years of age translated into Welsh Llyfr y Resolution … and after that Vincentius Lirinensis, the which, perchance, may yet see the light of
OWEN, HUGH JOHN (1880 - 1961), solicitor, author and local historian Born 5 February 1880 in Pwllheli, Caernarfonshire, the son of John Owen, master mariner, and his wife Elizabeth (née Hughes). He was educated at Bala grammar school, Bala. After completing his articles with the firm of Robyns-Owen, Pwllheli, and on being admitted solicitor in 1903, he joined the legal department of London County Council. He served at home and in Greece with the R.A.O.C. during
OWEN, JAMES (1654 - 1706), Dissenting divine and tutor . The D.N.B. can hardly be right in saying that he was also under the tuition of the Quaker James Picton, for Picton left Tenby when James was only four, and spent the subsequent years mostly in prison. James Owen himself told Calamy that he was under the tuition of Samuel Jones (1628 - 1697) at Brynllywarch in 1672-3; he came afterwards under Stephen Hughes at Swansea. Henry Maurice (1634 - 1682
OWEN, JOHN DYFNALLT (Dyfnallt; 1873 - 1956), minister (Congl.), poet, writer, journalist and Archdruid of Wales researching the history of Independent causes. Stephen Hughes (1912), ' Tomos Glyn Cothi ' (Thomas Evans, 1764 - 1833) (Y Dysgedydd, 1933) and ' Y Tri Brawd o Lanbrynmair ' (Adroddiad Undeb yr Annibynwyr, 1928) were some of his heroes, and he wrote about them not so much to record events as to inspire a new generation. In 1927 he was appointed editor of Y Tyst, a position he enjoyed as a means of expressing
OWEN, MATTHEW (1631 - 1679) Llangar, Edeirnion, poet poem to Richard Hughes, vicar of Gwytherin (a living which he held from 1660-74). In a late manuscript of the latter (NLW MS 668C), the poet is called 'Mathew Goch, alias Owen.' Matthew Owen was a keen Anglican, and turned in the same circle as Huw Morys and Edward Morris. He was a competent composer of englynion, and one englyn of his, viz. 'Aneddfawr santaidd noddfa…' can be seen above the church
teulu PARRY Madryn, Llŷn family descent - a great Churchman and benefactor of the church of Llanbedrog. It was his grandson, the third LOVE PARRY (1720 - 1778), who brought Madryn to the family, and moved there to live, by his marriage with Sidney, great-granddaughter of Jane, sister of Owen Hughes, the rich Beaumaris attorney who had bought Madryn from William Madryn, the last of the old family (see article Madryn). Their son
PARRY, Sir DAVID HUGHES (1893 - 1973), lawyer, jurist, university administrator He was born on 3 January 1893, the second child and eldest son of John Hughes Parry, farmer, and his wife Anne (née Hughes), at Uwchlaw'r-ffynnon, Llanaelhaearn, Caernarfonshire. His mother was a granddaughter of Robert Hughes, Uwchlaw'r-ffynnon. He was educated at the elementary school in Llanaelhaearn and later at Pwllheli Grammar School. In 1910, he enrolled at the University College of Wales
PARRY, JOHN (1770 - 1820), poet Born 29 June 1770 in a farm called Y Wern, near Llanelian, Denbighshire. He may be the John Parry, son of Edward and Catherine Parry, whose christening is recorded on 31 August 1770 in the bishops' transcripts for the parish of Llanelian. He received a good education, as is evident from the character of his poetry. At the age of 28 Parry married Elsbeth Hughes, Ffermnant, Llanelian, and there
PARRY, ROBERT WILLIAMS (1884 - 1956), poet, university lecturer Eisteddfod. His adjudications were not a mere recital of errors and shortcomings, but a constructive attempt to improve the competitors' poetic sensibility and expression. He published articles in periodicals on various aspects of the poetic craft, commenting approvingly on all forms of lyrical poetry in particular, and the two masters of the formal lyric, Ceiriog (J. Ceiriog Hughes) and Eifion Wyn
PARRY, Sir THOMAS (1904 - 1985), scholar, Librarian of the National Library of Wales, University Principal, poet Grammar, editions of several medieval Welsh texts, Peniarth 49 in 1929, Theater du mond in 1930 and Sant Greal in 1933, a translation (with R. Hughes) of Hedda Gabler (1930), and the awdl “Mam” written for the Chair competition in the Aberafan National Eisteddfod, published as 'the best awdl according to Dr. T. H. Parry-Williams ' in Cerddi'r lleiafrif, 1932. It was during these years that he began to

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