R. Geraint Gruffydd
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Professor Emeritus R. Geraint Gruffydd (b. June 9, 1928), MA DPhil FBA is a scholar of Welsh language and literature and a theologian. He is a graduate of Jesus College, Oxford (having commenced his studies there in 1948).[1] During his academic career he held three notable offices:
- Chair of Welsh language and literature at the University of Wales, Aberystwyth (1970-1979)
- Librarian of the National Library of Wales (1980-1985)
- Director of the Centre for Advanced Welsh and Celtic Studies (1985-1993)
Since his academic retirement in 1993 he became President of the International Congress of Celtic Studies until 2003 and was also Vice-President of University of Wales, Aberystwyth until recently. He has written books and chapters on a wide range on subjects from his treatment of Dafydd ap Gwilym, through to William Williams Pantycelyn’s work and forward in to 20th century writers such as Saunders Lewis.
He is a Calvinist Christian[citation needed]. He is a Welsh Nationalist[citation needed] and is a supporter of Plaid Cymru.
Gruffydd was a friend of Sheldon Vanauken at Oxford, and was mentioned in Vanauken's memoir A Severe Mercy.
[edit] Works
- 'In that gentle country - ': The beginnings of Puritan nonconformity in Wales (1976)
- (editor), Bardos (1982)
- Llenyddiaeth y Cymru: Cyflwyniad Darluniadol 2 (1989)
- William Morgan (H.Lewis Memorial Lecture) (1989)
As an editor of medieval Welsh poetry texts, he has contributed to various volumes in the series Gwaith Beirdd y Tywysogion:
- Gwaith Meilyr Brydydd a'i ddisgynyddion (1994)
- Gwaith Llywelyn Fardd I ac eraill o feirdd y Ddeuddegfed Ganrif (1995)
- Gwaith Dafydd Benfras ac eraill o feirdd hanner cyntaf y Drydedd Ganrif ar Ddeg (1995)
- Gwaith Bleddyn Fardd ac Eraill (1996)
[edit] References
- ^ "Honours and Awards" (1992). The Jesus College Record: 58.
