William Owen Pughe

William Owen Pughe (7 August 1759 – 4 June 1835) was a Welsh antiquarian and grammarian best known for his Welsh and English Dictionary, published in 1803, but also known for his grammar books and "Pughisms" (neologisms).^[1]^[2]

Biography

He was born William Owen at Llanfihangel-y-pennant, Merionethshire, but the family moved to Ardudwy when William was about seven. He relocated to London in 1776. It was here that he got to know Owen Jones. Initially he worked as a clerk in a solicitor's office, subsequently becoming a teacher of Algebra in a girls' boarding school and also as a private tutor for the children of the wealthy.

In 1783 he joined the Society of Gwyneddigion, and soon began compiling his Welsh-English dictionary. Pughe's influence on Welsh orthography is now generally considered as negative.^{[citation needed]}

In 1806, he inherited the estates of Rice Pughe, of Nantglyn, Denbighshire, a distant relative. It was in gratitude to his cousin and benefactor that he added the name "Pughe" to his birth-name. After this he enjoyed a private income which meant that he was able to devote his whole time to literary and scholarly pursuits. He remained in London after 1815, when his wife died, but with his health declining he returned to live in Wales in 1825. He died ten years later in a friend's cottage beside Tal-y-llyn Lake.

Personal

In 1790 Pughe married Sarah Elizabeth Harper. The marriage produced two recorded daughters and one son, the noted scholar Aneurin Owen.

Works

A Dictionary of the Welsh Language, Explained in English (1803)^[3]
The Cambrian Biography: Or, Historical Notices of Celebrated Men Among the Ancient Britons (1803)^[4]
Coll Gwynfa (translation of Paradise Lost) (1819)
Hu Gadarn (1822)
A Dictionary of the Welsh Language explained in English (1832)^[5]

For Rees's Cyclopædia he wrote about history, but the topics are not known.

References

^ Griffith John Williams (1959). "Pughe, William Owen (1759–1835), lexicographer, grammarian, editor, antiquary, and poet". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 2 December 2021.
^ "The Invention of Tradition", Prys Morgan
^ A Dictionary of the Welsh Language, Explained in English: With Numerous Illustrations, from the Literary Remains and from the Living Speech of the Cymry. Williams. 10 May 2024.
^ Pughe, William Owen (1803). "The Cambrian Biography: Or, Historical Notices of Celebrated Men Among the Ancient Britons". E. Williams. Retrieved 10 May 2024.
^ Pughe, William Owen (1832). A Dictionary of the Welsh Language explained in English: With numerous illustrations from the literary remains and from the living speech of the Cymmry : To which is prefixed a Welsh grammar.

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