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THOMAS, BENJAMIN BOWEN (1899 - 1977), adult educator and civil servant founder of Coleg Harlech. In a Memorial Address at Bethel, Aberystwyth, on 2 November 1977, Sir Goronwy Daniel recalled: 'He never forced his own appreciation of the truth on others but he listened to all and understood them, and then he used his great gifts to secure that agreement which permitted the greatest possible progress to be made … It is not surprising that after seeing his contribution as
THOMAS, PERCY GORONWY (1875 - 1954), professor of English
TRAHAEARN BRYDYDD MAWR (fl. first half of the 14th century), poet In a poem in which he is satirised his pedigree is given as Trahaearn ap Goronwy, ap Rotbert, ap Bledri (R.B.H. Poetry, 1343). Certain phrases in the same poem suggest that, like Cynddelw, he was called 'Prydydd Mawr' because of his physical size (e.g. ' A giant who is offended ' and ' The son of Goronwy is bigger than I am '). In the Cambrian Biography (Owen), it is supposed that he is the same
teulu TUDOR Penmynydd, For the early history to 1412, see the article on Ednyfed Fychan. The Penmynydd or senior branch of the family to which Owain Tudor and his royal descendants were related continued to be represented among the Anglesey squirearchy down to the beginning of the 18th century. From the time of Goronwy (died 1382) the family estate passed in direct male succession for a period of seven generations. It
WILLIAM(S), ROBERT (1744 - 1815), poet, and farmer Day of Judgement, which his master Rolant Huw thought not unworthy of comparison with the better-known cywyddau of Goronwy Owen and William Wynn (of Llangynhafal) on the same subject. He also wrote a to Dafydd Ionawr (David Richards), and exchanged englynion with Twm o'r Nant (Thomas Edwards). But the bulk of his work consists of elegies of purely local interest, carols, and 'club songs' - there is
WILLIAMS, GRIFFITH (Gutyn Peris; 1769 - 1838), poet ' Goronwy Owen ' and George III's Jubilee in 1803 and 1810. He died 18 September 1838, and was buried at Llandygài.
WILLIAMS, GRIFFITH JOHN (1892 - 1963), University professor and Welsh scholar Welsh literature of the modern period. He showed how they were following the critical principles of Goronwy Owen and the classical movement of the 18th century and how they founded the modern eisteddfod as a means of producing literature and promoting scholarship. He also maintained that Gorsedd Beirdd Ynys Prydain was Iolo's creation and that the antiquity that he claimed for it was fictional
WILLIAMS, HUGH (1722? - 1779), cleric and author , Bangor, and he adds that he was there at the same time as Goronwy Owen. He entered Jesus College, Oxford, in June 1740, 'aged 18,' and graduated in 1744. He became curate of Llanengan (1745-51), rector of Llanfrothen and perpetual curate of Beddgelert (1751-4), and rector of Aberffraw from 15 February 1754 (when the Morrises had hoped to get the living for Goronwy Owen) until his death. Hugh Williams
WILLIAMS, JOHN (1760 - 1826), cleric and schoolmaster preserving for posterity a substantial group of the Wynn of Gwydir Papers (see introduction to N.L.W. Calendar of the Wynn (of Gwydir) Papers, 1926), the letters of Goronwy Owen, which were published by J. H. Davies in 1924, and some letters of Edward Owen of Warrington, the friend of Goronwy Owen. NLW MS 30B, NLW MS 31B, NLW MS 32B, NLW MS 33B, NLW MS 34B, NLW MS 58B, NLW MS 107B, NLW MS 109B, NLW MS 276A
WILLIAMS, ROBERT (Robert ap Gwilym Ddu; 1766 - 1850), poet Aber-erch churchyard, near Pwllheli. As a craftsman in the classical forms of poetry, Robert ap Gwilym Ddu carried on the tradition of the finest poets of the old dispensation, and some of his englynion are pure gems. He learned much from Goronwy Owen, but he was also indebted to the traditions of his own neighbourhood. In his hymns he united the conciseness of the classical form with the lyrical
WILLIAMS, WALDO GORONWY (1904 - 1971), poet and pacifist
teulu WYNN Bodewryd, party, while Wynne was a firm supporter of the Bulkeley s. He is traditionally credited with having patronised Goronwy Owen in his youth, and it is certain that the youthful poet transcribed documents for him during the Christmas vacation of 1739. Edward Wynne died 30 June, and was buried 4 July 1755. His children by his wife Anne, daughter and heiress of John Lloyd of Plas Einion, in the Vale of

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