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Welsh Biographies

Welsh biographies. Biographies about Welsh celebrities. English biographies about Welsh celebrities and sportspeople.

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    O.M. - Cofiant Syr Owen Morgan Edwards

    Description Owen Morgan Edwards, from Llanuwchllyn in Gwynedd, was a politician, scholar, writer and publisher of magazines. He is well-known for p...

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    Prifeirdd Cymru - Llŷn ac Eifionydd

    Description A foretaste of a larger publication which will feature 27 Welsh bards, this volume presents interview portraits of three bards who are ...

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    Pris Cydwybod - T H Parry-Williams a Chysgod y Rhyfel Mawr *

    Description A volume tracing the experiences of T. H. Parry-Williams as a conscientious objector during the Great War when he was persecuted for hi...

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    Procio'r Cof

    Description Biography of well-known character, Goronwy Evans, who has served as a minister for fifty years, and who is one of Lampeter's unique cha...

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    Rapa Iti

    Description When he was a child, Alwyn Harding Jones discovered a book in his grandfather's handwriting recording the diary of Captain John Hughes,...

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    Ro'n I'n Arfer Bod yn Rhywun

    Description The revealing autobiography of Anglesey actress and presenter, Marged Esli who has enjoyed a long and varied career. She has always bel...

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    Siôn Powel Wehydd *

    Description A biography and appraisal of the poems of Siôn Powel Wehydd - an eighteenth century weaver and poet from the Hiraethog area. Details IS...

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    Yn Blwmp ac yn Blaen

    Description The autobiography of Cefin Roberts is published by Gwasg y Bwthyn as he prepares to celebrate his 70th birthday in October 2023. A high...

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