Robert Bryan (poet)

Robert Bryan (1858 Llanarmon-yn-Iâl, Wales - 5 May 1920, Cairo, Egypt), was a Welsh poet , composer and folklorist.

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Life

He was born at Llanarmon-yn-Iâl, Denbighshire, Wales, son of Edward and Elinor Bryan . He was a pupil and a pupil teacher at the Wrexham British School and then educated at the Normal College, Bangor, the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth, and at Oxford.[1][2] He was forced to discontinue his studies at Oxford in 1893 without attaining a degree because of ill health. He lived at Wrexham and Marchwiel until 1903 when he moved to Caernarvon , where his brothers, Edward and Joseph Davies Bryan had a house. His brothers ran a successful retail business in Egypt with large stores in Cairo and Alexandria , and branches in Port Said and Khartoum. Robert Bryan spent most of his winters there , returning to Caernarvon each summer.[2][3]

Between 1905-1909 he was a teacher at Rhostryfan.

He died in Cairo 5 May 1920 , and was buried there. He was unmarried.

Works

Poems by him were published in Oldlau Can (1901). Another volume Tua'r Wawr , was published posthumously in 1921.[2]

He wrote music arrangements at the request of David Thomas, of Bangor whilst he was teaching. They were written for Alun Mabon of Ceiriog.[4]

Bibliography

Poems

Music (As editor):

References

  1. ^ Oxford companion to the literature of Wales Meic Stephens, Oxford University Press, 1986. Page 59
  2. ^ a b c Humphreys, Edward Morgan; Robert Thomas Jenkins (2009). "BRYAN , ROBERT ( 1858 - 1920 )". Welsh biography On-Line. National Library of Wales. http://yba.llgc.org.uk/en/s-BRYA-ROB-1858.html. Retrieved 2011-07-18. 
  3. ^ "Papers of the Davies Bryan family (Caernarfon and Cairo)". Archives Wales. http://www.archiveswales.org.uk/anw/get_collection.php?inst_id=37&coll_id=1122&expand=. Retrieved 2011-07-18. 
  4. ^ Wyn Hughes, Elen (October 2002). "Robert Bryan's Melody Arrangements". Archives Wales. http://www.archiveswales.org.uk/anw/get_collection.php?inst_id=39&coll_id=11065&expand=. Retrieved 2011-07-18. "Musical arrangements of the Welsh melodies, Mi roes fy mryd mewn parch , Dowch i'r mynydd , Mentra Gwen and Mae Menna'n y fynwent"