MORRIS, ROBERT PRYS (1831? - 1890), local historian and antiquary; a writer in Welsh and English journals

Name: Robert Prys Morris
Date of birth: 1831?
Date of death: 1890
Gender: Male
Occupation: local historian and antiquary; a writer in Welsh and English journals
Area of activity: History and Culture; Literature and Writing
Author: William Llewelyn Davies

(see, e.g. an article by him in Y Traethodydd, xliv) and a temperance advocate. He is remembered for his Cantref Meirionydd, published at Dolgelley in 1890 a few weeks after the death, on 1 March that year, of the author. In its time it was a most useful work, scholarly and painstaking according to the standard then prevailing; it continues to prove a work to which reference can be made.

Author

Sir William Llewelyn Davies, (1887 - 1952)

Sources

Bye-Gones, relating to Wales and the Border Counties, 19 March 1890
Y Goleuad, 6 and 13 March 1890

Additional Links

Wikidata: Q20734358

Published date: 1959

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