T. Gwynn Jones

Professor Thomas Gwynn Jones C.B.E. (10 October 1871 – 7 March 1949), more widely known as T. Gwynn Jones, was a leading Welsh poet, scholar, literary critic, novelist, translator, and journalist who did important work in Welsh literature, Welsh education, and the study of Welsh folk tales in the first half of the twentieth century. He was also an accomplished translator into Welsh of works from English, German, Greek, and Irish.


Professor T. Gwynn Jones
Anonymous portrait of T. Gwynn Jones in the National Library of Wales
Born
Thomas Jones

10 October 1871
Y Gwyndy Uchaf, Betws-yn-Rhos, Denbighshire, Wales
Died7 March 1949(1949-03-07) (aged 77)
Willow Lawn, Caradoc Road, Aberystwyth, Cardiganshire, Wales
Other namesGwynvre ap Iwan
Occupation(s)Journalist, librarian, academic and poet
Notable workYmadawiad Arthur
TitleEmeritus Professor of Celtic
SpouseMargaret Jane Davies
ChildrenEluned, Arthur ap Gwynn, Llywelyn
Parent(s)Isaac Jones and Jane Roberts
AwardsNational Eisteddfod Chair (1902 and 1905), D.Litt (Wales) (1937), D.Litt (Eire) (1937), C.B.E. (1937)
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