About Benjamin Thomas Hopkins
Lived 1897 – 1981 (aged 83). Benjamin Thomas Hopkins was a poet and farmer.
Benjamin Thomas Hopkins (3 December 1897 – 21 January 1981) was a Welsh poet from Ceredigion (Cardiganshire) who wrote under the pen name "B. T. Hopkins". He was a noteworthy judge of the National Eisteddfod.
He was born near Lledrod and raised by his aunt in Blaenafon, since his mother died shortly after his birth. He married in 1937 and farmed Brynwichell in Blaenpennal parish near Mynydd Bach until his retirement in 1964. He was part of the literary circle that included Jenkin Morgan Edwards and Edward Prosser Rhys.
Publications Rhos Helyg a cherddi eraill (1977)
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Who was Benjamin Thomas Hopkins?
Welsh poet (1897-1981)
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Benjamin Thomas Hopkins was born on 3 December 1897 in Lledrod.
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Benjamin Thomas Hopkins died on 21 January 1981 in Aberystwyth.
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Benjamin Thomas Hopkins was a poet and farmer.
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