Edward Williams, better known by his bardic name Iolo Morganwg, was an influential Welsh antiquarian, poet, collector, and literary forger. He had been widely considered a leading collector of Medieval Welsh literature and expert on it, but after his death it emerged that he had forged a number of manuscripts, notably parts of the Third Series of Welsh Triads. Nonetheless, he had a lasting impact on Welsh culture, notably in founding the Gorsedd. The philosophy he developed in his forgeries had a huge impact on the early neo-druid movement. His bardic name is Welsh for "Iolo of Glamorgan".
Robert Tudur Jones, better known as R. Tudur Jones, was a Welsh nationalist and one of the country's leading theologians. His nationalistic stance, combined with Calvinist doctrine, created an integrated vision that was significant to the religious life of Christian Wales in the later half of the 20th century.
Sir John Rhys, was a Welsh scholar, fellow of the British Academy, Celticist and the first Professor of Celtic at Oxford University.
Thomas Jones, CH was a British civil servant and educationalist, once described as "one of the six most important men in Europe", and also as "the King of Wales" and "keeper of a thousand secrets".
Eirene Lloyd White, Baroness White was a British Labour politician and journalist.
Thomas Rowland Hughes, was a Welsh novelist, dramatist and poet He was the son of a quarryman from Llanberis, Caernarvonshire, in northern Wales. He is primarily renowned in the present day for his novels about characters living and working in the slate quarries of northern Wales, but in his day he was just as well known as a poet. William Jones is his most famous novel.
David Lewis Prosser was a Welsh Anglican bishop and Archbishop of Wales from 1944 to 1949.
This article is about the particular significance of the year 1809 to Wales and its people.
John Edward Daniel was a Welsh theologian and college lecturer who became chairman of the Welsh political party Plaid Cymru.
John Lloyd-Jones was the first Professor of Welsh at the National University of Ireland, Dublin, working in Dublin for over 40 years. In addition to his scholarly publications, Lloyd-Jones was also a prize-winning poet.
Gwyn Owain Jones was a Welsh physicist and academic, who moved from being a professor at the University of London to become director of the National Museum of Wales.
David Jones (1765–1816) was a Welsh barrister.
Josiah Rees was a Welsh Presbyterian minister.
Hen-Dy-Cwrdd is a disused Unitarian chapel in Trecynon, Aberdare, Wales. Services at the chapel were conducted in the Welsh language.
D. Jacob Davies was a Welsh Unitarian minister who became a prominent figure within Welsh public life and within his denomination in Wales and beyond.
William Henry Harris was a British Welsh-speaking priest, academic and translator. Ordained in 1914, he served for most of his life (1919-1941) as a teacher of theology at St David's College, Lampeter, becoming a professor of theology at the college in 1940 and Professor of Welsh in 1941. At the same time he served at St David's Cathedral as precentor (1933), canon (1937) and treasurer (1948). He translated several hymns and liturgical texts into Welsh. As a theologian he valued the Catholic inheritance in the reformed churches and fostered this inheritance within the Church in Wales. He also served as professor of Welsh at St David's College, Lampeter.
Reuben Davies (1808-1833) was a Welsh poet. His family were from the Cribyn area of Ceredigion, where his father worked as a weaver. After completing his education in local schools, he planned to enter the Unitarian ministry. Shortly after entering Carmarthen College in 1825, he was taken ill and was unable to continue his studies. He became the schoolmaster at Cribyn.
