T. H. Parry-Williams

Sir Thomas Herbert Parry-Williams (21 September 1887 – 3 March 1975) was a Welsh poet, author and academic. Parry-Williams was born at Tŷ'r Ysgol ('the Schoolhouse') in Rhyd Ddu, Caernarfonshire, Wales. He was educated at the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth, Jesus College, Oxford, the University of Freiburg and the Sorbonne in Paris. He was a conscientious objector during the First World War.

As a poet, he was the first to win the double of Chair (for an , or long poem in strict metre) and Crown (for a free verse poem) at the National Eisteddfod of Wales, a feat which he first achieved at Wrexham in 1912 and repeated at Bangor in 1915. He was Professor of Welsh at the University of Wales, Aberystwyth, from 1920 until 1952. He was awarded D.Litt. degrees by the Universities of Wales (1934) and Oxford (1937).

Published works The English element in Welsh (1923) Ysgrifau (1928) Cerddi (1931) Carolau Richard White (1931) Canu Rhydd Cynnar (1932) Olion (1935) Synfyfyrion (1937) Hen benillion (1940) Lloffion (1942) O'r pedwar gwynt (1944) Ugain o gerddi (1949) Myfyrdodau (1957) Pensynnu (1966) Detholiad o gerddi (1972)