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William Thomas (1834 – December 11 1878), better known by his bardic name
Bardic name

A bardic name is a pseudonym, used in Wales, Cornwall and Brittany, by poets and other artists, especially those involved in the eisteddfod movement....
 of Gwilym Marles, was a Welsh
Wales

native_name = Cymru|conventional_long_name = Wales|common_name = Wales|image_flag = Flag of Wales 2.svg|national_motto = ...
 minister and poet, and the great-uncle of Dylan Thomas
Dylan Thomas

Dylan Marlais Thomas was a Welsh people poet who wrote exclusively in English. In addition to poetry, he wrote short stories and scripts for film and radio, which he often performed himself....
. Dylan was given his middle name, "Marlais", in honour of William Thomas, who is also believed to have inspired the character of Rev. Eli Jenkins in the play Under Milk Wood
Under Milk Wood

Under Milk Wood is a radio play by Dylan Thomas, later adapted for the stage play. A film version, Under Milk Wood directed by Andrew Sinclair, was released in 1972....
.

Thomas was born in Brechfa
Brechfa

Brechfa is a small village with a fascinating history that has existed since the 6th century ....
 near Llandysul
Llandysul

Llandysul is a market town in the Wales county of Ceredigion , West Wales with the twin community of Pont Tyweli, which lies directly across the Teifi River in Carmarthenshire....
, and studied at the Presbyterian College in Carmarthen
Carmarthen

Carmarthen is the county town of Carmarthenshire, Wales. It is sited on the River Towy and lays claim to being the oldest town in Wales. In 2001, the combined population of the town's three wards was 13,760....
, but won a scholarship which enabled him to go on to the University of Glasgow
University of Glasgow

The University of Glasgow was founded in 1451, in Glasgow, Scotland, and, along with its contemporary institution, the University of St Andrews, it formed the Kingdom of Scotland's equivalent to Oxbridge....
 in 1856.






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William Thomas (1834 – December 11 1878), better known by his bardic name
Bardic name

A bardic name is a pseudonym, used in Wales, Cornwall and Brittany, by poets and other artists, especially those involved in the eisteddfod movement....
 of Gwilym Marles, was a Welsh
Wales

native_name = Cymru|conventional_long_name = Wales|common_name = Wales|image_flag = Flag of Wales 2.svg|national_motto = ...
 minister and poet, and the great-uncle of Dylan Thomas
Dylan Thomas

Dylan Marlais Thomas was a Welsh people poet who wrote exclusively in English. In addition to poetry, he wrote short stories and scripts for film and radio, which he often performed himself....
. Dylan was given his middle name, "Marlais", in honour of William Thomas, who is also believed to have inspired the character of Rev. Eli Jenkins in the play Under Milk Wood
Under Milk Wood

Under Milk Wood is a radio play by Dylan Thomas, later adapted for the stage play. A film version, Under Milk Wood directed by Andrew Sinclair, was released in 1972....
.

Thomas was born in Brechfa
Brechfa

Brechfa is a small village with a fascinating history that has existed since the 6th century ....
 near Llandysul
Llandysul

Llandysul is a market town in the Wales county of Ceredigion , West Wales with the twin community of Pont Tyweli, which lies directly across the Teifi River in Carmarthenshire....
, and studied at the Presbyterian College in Carmarthen
Carmarthen

Carmarthen is the county town of Carmarthenshire, Wales. It is sited on the River Towy and lays claim to being the oldest town in Wales. In 2001, the combined population of the town's three wards was 13,760....
, but won a scholarship which enabled him to go on to the University of Glasgow
University of Glasgow

The University of Glasgow was founded in 1451, in Glasgow, Scotland, and, along with its contemporary institution, the University of St Andrews, it formed the Kingdom of Scotland's equivalent to Oxbridge....
 in 1856. After graduating, he became a minister at Llwynrhydown. As well as his poems, which were published in 1859, he wrote hymns and stories, and a novel which was published in 1855 in the periodical Seren Gomer
Seren Gomer

Seren Gomer was a Welsh language periodical founded in 1814 by the clergyman and writer Joseph Harris . The title means "star of Gomer "....
. An advocate of the views of Theodore Parker
Theodore Parker

Theodore Parker was an United States Transcendentalism and Reform movement Religious minister of the American Unitarian Association church. A reformer and abolitionism, his own words and quotes he popularized would later influence Abraham Lincoln and Martin Luther King, Jr....
, he became a champion of Unitarianism
Unitarianism

Unitarianism as a theology is the belief in the single personality of God, in contrast to the doctrine of the Trinity . It is the philosophy upon which the modern Unitarian movement was based, and, according to its proponents, is the Early Christianity of Christianity....
. He opened a grammar school
Grammar school

A grammar school is one of several different types of school in the history of education in the United Kingdom and other English-speaking countries....
, and was politically active, supporting local farmers in a tithe
Tithe

A tithe is a one-tenth part of something, paid as a voluntary contribution or as a tax or levy, usually to support a Christian religious organization....
 war and campaigning on behalf of the Liberal Party in Parliamentary elections. In 1876, local landlords evicted him from his chapel as a result of these activities.

Works

  • Prydyddiaeth (1859)


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