T. Gwynn (Thomas Gwynn) Jones

Born in 1871 and known as T. Gwynn Jones, Thomas Gwynn Jones became one of the most important literary figures writing in Welsh. His work ranged widely: he wrote poetry and fiction, worked as a journalist, and earned a reputation as a critic, translator, and scholar.

After his early years in journalism, he joined the National Library of Wales in Aberystwyth in 1909. A few years later he moved into university teaching, becoming a lecturer and later a professor of Welsh literature at the University of Wales.

He is especially remembered for the poem Ymadawiad Arthur, along with his broader contribution to Welsh literary culture in the first half of the twentieth century. He died in 1949, leaving behind a body of work that helped connect creative writing, scholarship, and the continuing life of the Welsh language.