Hywel Teifi Edwards

Hywel Teifi Edwards
Born15 October 1934
Aberarth, Ceredigion, Wales
Died4 January 2010(2010-01-04) (aged 75)
EducationUniversity College of Wales, Aberystwyth
Occupations
  • Academic
  • broadcaster
  • author
Political partyPlaid Cymru[1]
SpouseAerona
Children2, including Huw

Hywel Teifi Edwards (15 October 1934 – 4 January 2010) was a Welsh academic and historian,[1] a prominent Welsh nationalist, a broadcaster and an author in the Welsh language.[2] He was the father of former BBC journalist Huw Edwards.[3]

Early life

Born and raised in Aberarth, Cardiganshire,[1] Edwards attended Aberaeron County School[4] and the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth.[5]

Career

Edwards taught Welsh at Garw Grammar School, Pontycymer, where he met his wife Aerona Protheroe, before joining the Adult Education Department at University College of Swansea as a tutor in Welsh literature. He became a professor and head of the Welsh Language department before resigning. Their two children are Huw Edwards and Meinir Edwards (now Meinir Krishnasamy). He subsequently became an extramural lecturer in at , and later Professor and Head of the Welsh Department.

He retired from full-time teaching in 1995 but continued to lecture and write books. He specialised in 19th century history, and was the leading authority on the history of the National Eisteddfod of Wales.[5]

He won the Tudur Hallam chair at the 2010 National Eisteddfod in Blaenau Gwent for his awdl (poem) in memory of Hywel Teifi.

Politics

He frequently appeared on Welsh language radio and TV. Edwards stood twice for Plaid Cymru as a prospective parliamentary candidate[clarification needed], in Llanelli in 1983 and Carmarthen in 1987.[3] He represented Llangennech on Dyfed County Council for 14 years.[1]

He died on 4 January 2010 in Tŷ Bryngwyn Hospice in Llanelli after a short illness.[6]

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. ^ a b c d "Hywel Teifi Edwards, Historian of Victorian Wales and the National Eisteddfod". London: Independent Print Limited. 7 January 2010. Retrieved 8 October 2010.
  2. ^ Gomer Press Archived 6 June 2009 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ a b "Welsh language campaigner Hywel Teifi Edwards dies". BBC Wales. 5 January 2010. Retrieved 5 January 2010.
  4. ^ Cynog Dafis. "Aberystwyth University: Alumni Obituaries". Aberystwyth University. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 13 July 2023.
  5. ^ a b Rees, D Ben (26 January 2010). "Hywel Teifi Edwards obituary". The Guardian. London.
  6. ^ Hywel Teifi Edwards wedi marw. BBC news website. 04-01-10. Retrieved 05-10-10

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