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GRUFFYDD, SION (bu farw 1586?), poet and chaplain to William ap Sir Rhys Thomas, a commander who served under the earl of Leicester in the Low Countries and who was killed at Zutphen in 1586. It is surmised that the poet died at the same time. At least two of his poems have been preserved, one a religious carol and the other a better known carol of longing for Caernarvon, composed when the poet was in Flanders.
GRUFFYDD, ELIS (fl. c. 1490-1552), 'the soldier of Calais,' copyist, translator, and chronicler He was born some time between 1490 and 1500 in Gronnant Uchaf, Gwespyr, in the parish of Llanasa, Flintshire, where he inherited twenty-four acres of land from his uncle Siôn ap Dafydd. Nothing is known of his early life in Wales, but in his 'Chronicle' (v. infra) he has much to say about himself in the service of the Wingfield family, in London and France. He was with Sir Robert Wingfield on
GRUFFYDD, IEUAN - gweler GRUFFYDD, JEREMY
GRUFFYDD, IFAN (1896 - 1971), author Born 1 February 1896 at Rhos-y-ffordd, Llangristiolus, Anglesey, the son of Mary Gruffydd. From 1909 onwards he worked on various farms in the neighbourhood, including Fferam, Paradwys. He enlisted in 1914 and remained in the army until 1920, serving with the Royal Welch Fusiliers in France and Egypt. On his return he worked as a gardener on the Trescawen estate for 12 years, and then as a road
GRUFFYDD, JEREMY (fl. middle of the 17th century), poet
GRUFFYDD, OWEN (c. 1643 - 1730), poet and antiquary also more popular verse such as carols for Christmastide. Selections from his works were published in Carolau a Dyriau Duwiol, 1696, in Blodeu Gerdd Cymry, 1759 and in Gwaith Owen Gruffydd, ed. by O. M. Edwards, 1904. A considerable amount of his work is to be found in manuscript in the British Museum and the National Library of Wales. In his old age he was afflicted with blindness and his verse was
GRUFFYDD, R. GERAINT - gweler GRUFFYDD, ROBERT GERAINT
GRUFFYDD, ROBERT (Patrobas; 1832 - 1863), poet Born at Pen-y-maes, Nevin, Caernarfonshire, son of Robert and Catrin Gruffydd. He contributed poems to Y Dysgedydd and other journals and, in 1862, published a small volume entitled Byr Ganeuon gan Patrobas (Pwllheli). He died 20 or 21 April 1863 of tuberculosis, leaving a widow and two children, and was buried at Nevin.
GRUFFYDD, ROBERT (1753 - 1820), musician
GRUFFYDD, ROBERT GERAINT (1928 - 2015), Welsh scholar scholar Geraint Gruffydd was able to master new areas thoroughly and to undertake personal research, presenting detailed and secure textual analyses and innovative insights. In Bangor he turned to the work of Dafydd ap Gwilym and the poets of the gentry (y cywyddwyr), in Aberystwyth he was called upon to work on the earliest Welsh poetry (hengerdd) and the transition to the poems of the earliest
GRUFFYDD, THOMAS (1815 - 1887), one of the best known harpists of his period the Abergavenny eisteddfod of 1836. He became very popular as harpist and penillion singer in Monmouthshire and Glamorgan. In 1843 Gruffydd and his teacher played at Buckingham Palace, being accompanied on their visit by Thomas Price (Carnhuanawc); Gruffydd also gave a number of recitals at Marlborough House. In 1867 he was the guest of the Comte de la Villemarqué in Brittany, and was presented by
GRUFFYDD, WILLIAM JOHN (1881 - 1954), scholar, poet, critic and editor history of Welsh literature. His first book was Llenyddiaeth Cymru o 1450 hyd 1600 (1922), which, in spite of its title, dealt with the strict metre poetry only. Next came Llenyddiaeth Cymru, Rhyddiaith o 1540 hyd 1660 (1926). Though 'a series of volumes on Welsh Literature' was promised, only these two appeared. They were very useful in schools and colleges. In 1929 Gruffydd edited a reprint of Perl

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