Sir T. H. Parry-Williams | |
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| Born | 21 September 1887 Tŷ'r Ysgol,Rhyd Ddu,Caernarfonshire, Wales |
| Died | 3 March 1975(1975-03-03) (aged 87) Wern, North Road,Aberystwyth,Dyfed, Wales |
| Resting place | Beddgelert Cemetery,Beddgelert,Gwynedd, Wales |
| Education | Ysgol Eifionydd, Porthmadog |
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| Occupation(s) | Academic,author andpoet |
| Notable work | "Hon" |
| Title | Emeritus Professor of Welsh Language and Literature |
| Spouse | Emiah Jane Thomas (1910–1988) |
| Parent(s) | Henry Parry-Williams (1858–1925) and Ann Morris (b. 1859) |
| Relatives | Robert Williams Parry (1884–1956) andSir Thomas Parry (1904–1985) (1st cousins) |
| Awards | National Eisteddfod Chair (1912 and 1915);National Eisteddfod Crown (1912 and 1915);D.Litt.(Wales) (1934);D.Litt.(Oxon.) (1937);Kt (1958) |
Sir Thomas Herbert Parry-Williams (21 September 1887 – 3 March 1975) was a Welsh poet, author and academic. Parry-Williams was born at Tŷ'r Ysgol[2] ('the Schoolhouse') inRhyd Ddu,Caernarfonshire,Wales. He was educated at the University College of Wales,Aberystwyth,Jesus College, Oxford, theUniversity of Freiburg and theSorbonne in Paris.[3] He was aconscientious objector during theFirst World War.[4]
As a poet, he was the first to win the double ofChair (for anawdl, or long poem instrict metre) andCrown (for afree verse poem) at theNational Eisteddfod of Wales, a feat which he first achieved atWrexham in 1912 and repeated atBangor in 1915. He was Professor of Welsh at theUniversity of Wales, Aberystwyth, from 1920 until 1952.[3] He co-founded the university'sCentre for Advanced Welsh and Celtic Studies.
In 1931, while Parry-Williams was Professor of Welsh at theUniversity of Wales, Aberystwyth, he published his own scholarly edition of the complete extant poems ofElizabethan era Welsh poet and Catholic martyr St.Richard Gwyn, along with original source material about his life inMiddle Welsh,Elizabethan English, andRenaissance Latin.[5] He was awarded D.Litt. degrees by the Universities of Wales (1934) and Oxford (1937).[3] He was knighted in 1958.[3] He was also given an honorary doctorate by the University of Wales in 1960 and made an Honorary Fellow of Jesus College, Oxford, in 1968.[3][6]
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