R. Williams Parry and others.

Robert Williams Parry, 1884-1956, poet, came to prominence in 1910 when he won the chair at the National Eisteddfod for his ode on the subject of summer.

Born in Dyffryn Nantlle, Caernarfonshire, he studied Welsh under John Morris Jones at the University College of North Wales in Bangor and after graduating in 1908 he went on to teach at several schools throughout Wales. During the First World War he was called up and spent a couple of years at camps in England.

He married in 1923 and settled at Bethesda, Caernarfonshire and became a lecturer at his own former college in Bangor, in the Welsh and Extra-Mural Departments.

Known as The poet of summer, he published two volumes of poetry, Yr Haf a Cherddi Eraill (1924) and Cerddi'r Gaeaf (1952).

Several publications have appeared on the subject of R. Williams Parry and his work. Amongst them are Bro a bywyd R. Williams Parry (1998) and Robert Williams Parry (1972).

From the guide to the Papers of R. Williams Parry, 1922 - 1984, (Bangor University)