Early life and career
Pedr ap Llwyd was born on 20 February 1957 in Penrhyndeudraeth,Merionethshire. [1] His mother,Blodwen Couture,came from Penrhyndeudraeth while his father came from London and could not speak Welsh. [2] [3] He grew up in Ardudwy [4] and in an interview from 2019 said his upbringing was "difficult and poor",with his father mostly absent because of work while ap Llwyd and his mother faced mental illness. [2]
At the age of 15,ap Llwyd bought a copy of the Dictionary of Welsh Biography at a Christmas fair organised by Plaid Cymru,which led to an interest in Welsh history. [2] He attended Coleg Harlech before studying the Welsh language and archiving at the University of North Wales,now Bangor University. [1] [5] During his studies,he researched the Medieval court system and wrote poems for the local eisteddfod,for which he was chaired twice. [3] He received BA,DET and MA degrees from the University of North Wales before studying at the University of South Wales,where he qualified in human resources. [1] [6] [5]
In his early career,ap Llwyd worked at Ysgol Syr Thomas Jones in Amlwch,Anglesey as an education welfare officer. [7] [8] From 1980,he also served as the secretary of the evangelical church in Bangor after a religious conversion. [3] From 1990 to 2003,ap Llwyd was the deputy director of the Books Council of Wales. In 2003,he joined the National Library of Wales as the director of governance,a role he remained in until 2015,when he became the director of collections and public governance. [1] [6]
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