Morgan Rhys
Morgan Rhys | |
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| Born | 1 April 1716 Cilycwm, Wales |
| Died | 9 August 1779 (aged 63) Llanfynydd, Wales |
| Nationality | Welsh |
| Occupation | Schoolmaster |
Morgan Rhys (1 April 1716 – 9 August 1779)[1] was a Welsh hymn-writer.
Rhys was born in Cilycwm as one of six or seven children of Rhys and Anne Lewis.[1][2]
At first one of
Calvinistic Methodists, and was a member and preacher of the Cilycwm Society
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He first appeared as a hymn-writer in 1760, when twenty-two hymns from his pen were published at
Merthyr), and 1841 (Aberystwyth). In 1767 another collection, entitled Golwg ar ddull y byd hwn yn myned heibio (A Prospect of how the fashion of this world passeth away), was printed at Carmarthen, while a third, issued in 1770 or 1771 from the same press, bore the title Golwg ar y ddinas noddfa (A Prospect of the city of refuge). In 1770 Rhys published an elegy
on several prominent Methodist divines (Carmarthen); Rowlands also mentions three collections of religious verse by him, which he assigns to 1774.
Rhys died in Llanfynydd, and was buried at Llan Fynydd.
References
- ^ a b "RHYS, MORGAN (1716 - 1779), circulating schoolmaster, and hymn-writer | Dictionary of Welsh Biography". Biography.wales. Retrieved 12 August 2020.
- ^ "Tales and Characters". Cilycwm.com. Retrieved 12 August 2020.
External links
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: "Rhys, Morgan". Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
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