RHYS, IFAN THOMAS (fl. mid-18th cent.), poet;
b. at Llwyndafydd, in the parish of Llandysilio, Cards., son of Thomas Rees James. Moving from Llwyndafydd he settled at Llanarth in the same county, and became a shoemaker. He composed an elegy on the death of Jenkin Jones (1700?-1742) (q.v.), of Llwyn-rhydowen. This was published in Hymnau … o waith y Diweddar Barchedig Mr. Jenkin Jones, 1768. His poem, called Y Maen Tramguydd, was published (in a 2nd ed.), in 1799, and a collection of his work was issued by W. H. Griffiths in 1842 in Diliau'r Awen.
Bibliography:
- Griffith Jones, Enw. Aberteifi;
- D. J. Davies, Hanes Llanarth;
- J.T.J., ii, 473-4;
- Not. W.;
- memoir in Diliau Awen;
- Em. W.;
- H. Llen. Gymr. (Ashton);
- Morris Letters, ii, 392.
Author:
Griffith Milwyn Griffiths, M.A., Aberystwyth
