Anna Fison

Anna Fison known as Morfudd Eryri and Anna Walter Thomas (14 February 1839 – 12 February 1920) was a British translator, poet and educator. She had an interest in fairy tales and an enthusiasm for Welsh culture.

Life Fison was born in Suffolk in 1839, the last of twenty children born to Thomas Fison and his second wife, Charlotte. She and her siblings were keen on fairy tales, despite their parents’ disapproval, and would tell stories about fairies, including Tom Tit Tot and Cap o'Rushes. Her brother Lorimer Fison was an anthropologist.

In 1851, she married David Walter Thomas. While living in Bangor, they had four children, who they brought up with Welsh culture. Their children included Evan Lorimer Thomas. Fison was an enthusiast for education and she organised evening classes for the local quarrymen. In 1883, she attended the National Eisteddfod in Cardiff and won a prize for her poem about Llandaff, which was written in English. In 1884, she was considered as a candidate for the Modern Languages chair at the University College of North Wales in Bangor, but she was not chosen.

Fison died in Dyffryn Ardudwy in 1920.