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Richard Gwyn (other)
Richard Gwyn (c. 1537–1584) was a Welsh schoolteacher and Catholic martyr and saint. Richard Gwyn may also refer to: *Richard Gwyn (Canadian writer) (1934–2020), Canadian journalist, author and historian *Richard Gwyn (Welsh writer) (born 1956), Welsh novelist, essayist and poet See also *St Richard Gwyn Roman Catholic High School (other) St Richard Gwyn Roman Catholic High School may refer to: *St Richard Gwyn Catholic High School, Flint ("Learning together in Christ") , streetaddress = Albert Ave , city = Flint , state = Flintshire , province ... * Richard Gwynn, Welsh Anglican priest in the 17th century * Richard Wynn (other) {{Hndis, Gwyn, Richard ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Gwyn
Richard Gwyn (ca. 1537 – 15 October 1584), also known by his anglicised name, Richard White, was a Welsh teacher at illegal and underground schools and a Bard who wrote both Christian and satirical poetry in the Welsh language. A Roman Catholic during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I of England, Gwyn was martyred by being hanged, drawn and quartered for high treason at Wrexham in 1584. He was canonised by Pope Paul VI in 1970 as one of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales. Since its creation in 1987, St. Richard Gwyn has been the Patron Saint of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Wrexham. Along with fellow lay martyr St. Margaret Clitherow, Gwyn is the co-patron of the Latin Mass Society of England and Wales. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Gwyn (Canadian Writer)
Richard John Philip Jermy Gwyn (May 26, 1934 – August 15, 2020) was a Canadian journalist, author, historian, and civil servant. Early life Richard Gwyn was born on May 26, 1934, in Bury St. Edmunds, England. He was the second son to Brigadier Philip Eustace Congreve Jermy-Gwyn, an Indian Army officer, and Elizabeth Edith Jermy-Gwyn (née Tilley), eldest daughter of Sir John Anthony Cecil Tilley. His older brother died in infancy. At the age of 20, in 1954, he emigrated to Canada. Education Gwyn was educated at Stonyhurst College, a co-educational Jesuit-run Roman Catholic boarding school in Lancashire, England. He also attended the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst. Career Gwyn began his career as a radio reporter in Halifax, Nova Scotia. From 1957 to 1959, Gwyn was the parliamentary correspondent for United Press International, in Ottawa. Later in 1959 to 1960, he worked for Thomson Newspapers. From 1960 to 1962, he was the Ottawa editor for Maclean-Hunter Business Publ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Gwyn (Welsh Writer)
Richard Gwyn is a Welsh novelist, essayist and poet. Life and career Richard Gwyn was born in Pontypool, south Wales, and grew up in Crickhowell. After studying anthropology at the London School of Economics, but not completing his degree, Gwyn began to travel extensively across Europe, living for long spells in Greece and Spain, working on fishing boats and as an agricultural labourer. Following a period of vagrancy and serious illness, he returned to Wales, where his experiences of travel catalysed his interest in writing, and he published three collections of poetry and prose poems. His first work of fiction, The Colour of a Dog Running Away, set in Barcelona, received widespread critical acclaim and has been translated into many languages. His second novel, ''Deep Hanging Out,'' set in Crete during the closing stages of the Cold War, was published in 2007 and is loosely based on the myth of the Minotaur. Interviews with the author present a figure concerned with ideas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
St Richard Gwyn Roman Catholic High School (other)
St Richard Gwyn Roman Catholic High School may refer to: *St Richard Gwyn Catholic High School, Flint ("Learning together in Christ") , streetaddress = Albert Ave , city = Flint , state = Flintshire , province = , country = Wales , coordinates = , type = Mixed Comprehensi ... * St Richard Gwyn Catholic High School, Barry {{Disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Gwynn
Richard Gwynn was a Welsh Anglican priest in the 17th century. Gwynn was educated at University College, Oxford. He held livings at Trawsfynydd Trawsfynydd (; Welsh for "across hemountain") is a linear village in Gwynedd, Wales, near Llyn Trawsfynydd reservoir, and adjacent to the A470 north of Bronaber and Dolgellau and 10 km (6 miles) south of Blaenau Ffestiniog. The total com ..., Llanfwrog and Llantrissaint. Gwynn was Archdeacon of Bangor from 1613 until his death on 9 September 1617."Fasti Ecclesiæ Anglicanæ from the First Erection Thereof to this Present Year 1715" p. 29: London; J.Nutt; 1716 References Alumni of University College, Oxford Archdeacons of Bangor 17th-century Welsh Anglican priests {{Wales-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
