Idwal Jones
Richard Idwal Mervyn Jones (8 June 1895 – 18 May 1937) was a Welsh schoolmaster, poet and dramatist. Jones was born in Rhoslwyn, Lampeter, the son of D. Teifi Jones, a well-known local politician and eisteddfodwr. Following army service during the First World War, Idwal Jones entered the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth, where he met D. Gwenallt Jones, who would later write his biography.
Also recorded as Richard Idwal Mervyn Jones
Idwal Jones
- Born
- 1895 · Lampeter.
- Died
- 1937
- Occupation
- poet
- Education
- Aberystwyth University
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Idwal Jones lived from 1895 to 1937 and was a writer, teacher and playwright.
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Idwal Jones was born in 1895 in Lampeter and died in 1937.
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After graduating, he became a schoolteacher at Devil's Bridge.
• Pobl yr Ymylon (1927) • P'un (1927) • Yr Anfarwol Ifan Harris (1928) • Sh —! Dim Swn (1936) • Yr Eosiaid (1936)
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• Cerddi Digri a Rhai Pethau Eraill (1934) • Cerddi Digri Newydd a Phethau o'r Fath (1937) • Ystorïau a Pharodïau (1944)
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1895
Idwal Jones born at Lampeter.
1937
Idwal Jones died.
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