Hywel Teifi Edwards

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Hywel Teifi Edwards
University College of Wales, Aberystwyth
Occupation(s)Academic, broadcaster, author
Political partyPlaid Cymru[1][2][3][4][5][6]
SpouseAerona
ChildrenHuw · Meinir

Hywel Teifi Edwards (15 October 1934 – 4 January 2010) was a Welsh academic and historian,

Welsh nationalist, a broadcaster and an author in the Welsh language.[8] The former BBC journalist Huw Edwards is his son.[9]

Early life

Born and raised in

University College of Wales, Aberystwyth.[11]

Career

Edwards taught Welsh at Garw Grammar School,

University of Wales, Swansea
, and later Professor and Head of the Welsh Department.

He retired from full-time teaching in 1995 but continued to lecture and write books. Edwards was the leading authority on the history of the National Eisteddfod of Wales.[12]

Politics

Edwards stood twice for

Carmarthen in 1987.[13] He represented Llangennech on Dyfed County Council for 12 years[14] from 1977, and served for over 30 years as a Plaid Cymru member of Llangennech Community Council.[15]

Works

  • Yr Eisteddfod 1176–1976, Gomer Press (1976)
  • Gŵyl Gwalia: Yr Eisteddfod yn Oes Aur Victoria 1858–1868, Gomer Press (1980)
  • Codi'r hen wlad yn ei hol, 1850–1914, Gomer Press (1989)
  • Eisteddfod Ffair y Byd, Chicago, 1893, Gomer Press (1990)
  • Arwr glew erwau'r glo, 1850–1950, Gomer Press (1994)
  • O'r pentre gwyn i Gwmderi, Gomer Press (2004)
  • Hanes Eglwys Bryn Seion, Llangennech (2007)
  • The National Pageant of Wales, Gomer Press (2009)

References

  1. Independent.co.uk
    . 7 January 2010.
  2. ^ "Professor Hywel Teifi Edwards - Swansea University".
  3. ^ "Hywel Teifi Edwards : Development & Alumni Relations , Aberystwyth University".
  4. ^ Rees, D. Ben (26 January 2010). "Hywel Teifi Edwards obituary". The Guardian.
  5. ^ "Hurricane from Llangennech". 4 January 2010.
  6. ^ "Huw Edwards' turbulent relationship with absent father". 8 January 2022.
  7. ^ "Hywel Teifi Edwards, Historian of Victorian Wales and the National Eisteddfod". London: Independent Print Limited. 7 January 2010. Retrieved 8 October 2010.
  8. ^ Gomer Press Archived 6 June 2009 at the Wayback Machine
  9. ^ "Hywel Teifi Edwards dies aged 75". BBC News. 5 January 2010.
  10. ^ Cynog Dafis. "Aberystwyth University: Alumni Obituaries". Aberystwyth University. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 13 July 2023.
  11. ^ Rees, D Ben (26 January 2010). "Hywel Teifi Edwards obituary". The Guardian. London.
  12. ^ Rees, D Ben (26 January 2010). "Hywel Teifi Edwards, an authority on Welsh history and literature". London: Guardian News and Media. Retrieved 8 October 2010.
  13. ^ "Welsh language campaigner Hywel Teifi Edwards dies". BBC Wales. 5 January 2010. Retrieved 5 January 2010.
  14. ^ "Hywel Teifi Edwards: Historian of Victorian Wales and the National Eistedfodd". The Independent. London. 7 January 2010.
  15. ^ Click on Wales: Dylan Iorwerth, "Hurricane from Llangennech", 4 January 2012. Retrieved 5 August 2012

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