Yr Athro R. Geraint Gruffydd ob. 24 March 2015
17 November, 2015
It could be said that Geraint Gruffydd had more than one career; university professor, head of a national institution, director of a research centre, each one of which he accomplished to a high standard, but there is no doubt that his main delight was his work as a scholar and researcher. Over the years he published ... Read More
Gwyn Thomas
Professor Gwyn Thomas, who died on 13 April 2016 aged 79, was the most prolific and versatile Welsh language author of his day. In addition to his work as a scholar and literary critic his creative output spanned a number of fields; though primarily a poet, he was also a dramatist and he wrote too for film, radio, and ... Read More
Gruffydd Aled Williams
Emeritus Professor of Welsh, Aberystwyth University Read More
Robert M. Jones
Formerly Professor and Head of the Department of Welsh Language and Literature, Aberystwyth University
By far the most prolific writer of the Welsh language in his lifetime, Robert Maynard Jones was born into a working-class, English-speaking home in Cardiff in 1929.
His grandfather, a Marxist, instilled in him a... Read More
Derec Llwyd Morgan
Formerly: Professor of Welsh and Vice-Chancellor, Aberystwyth University; Senior Vice-Chancellor, the University of Wales Read More