Dafydd Glyn Jones (born 1941) is a Welsh scholar and lexicographer, born in the village of

Carmel, Gwynedd Carmel is a small village near Y Fron in Gwynedd, north-west Wales. The village is built up mainly of Victorian homes, with a more modern area. The village contains a number of chapels, which are gradually closing down and some being converted ...

. He is a specialist in

Middle Welsh Middle Welsh (, ) is the label attached to the Welsh language of the 12th to 15th centuries, of which much more remains than for any earlier period. This form of Welsh developed directly from Old Welsh (). Literature and history Middle Welsh is ...

prose, and his other interests include Welsh history, Robert Jones, Rhoslan, and the life and work of Emrys ap Iwan. He was educated at Carmel Primary School and at Ysgol Dyffryn Nantlle,

Penygroes, Gwynedd Penygroes () is a village in Gwynedd, Wales. The village is located to the south of Caernarfon, and north of Porthmadog, by the A487 road. Penygroes' population stands at 1,793 at the 2011 census, of which 88% are Welsh-speaking, making it one ...

. He graduated from the

University College of North Wales, Bangor Bangor University () is a public research university in Bangor, Gwynedd, Wales. It was established by Royal Charter in 1885 as the University College of North Wales (UCNW; ), and in 1893 became one of the founding institutions of the federal ...

and from

Linacre College, Oxford Linacre College is a Colleges of the University of Oxford, constituent college of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. The college was founded in 1962 and is named after Thomas Linacre (1460–1524), founder of the Royal College of Ph ...

. He spent many years as a lecturer and senior lecturer in Welsh Language and Literature at the

University of Wales, Bangor Bangor University () is a public research university in Bangor, Gwynedd, Wales. It was established by Royal Charter in 1885 as the University College of North Wales (UCNW; ), and in 1893 became one of the founding institutions of the federal ...

. With his co-editor Bruce Griffiths he edited the Welsh Academy English-Welsh Dictionary (''Geiriadur yr Academi''). He retired from the university in 2000.

Bibliography

Dafydd Glyn Jones has written a number of articles on subjects connected with Welsh literature and history, e.g. * Drych yr Amseroedd (''The Mirror of the Times'') (1987) * Gwlad y Brutiau (''The Land of the Chronicles)'') (1990) * Cyfrinach Ynys Brydain (''The Mystery of the Island of Britain'') (

BBC Wales BBC Cymru Wales is a division of the BBC and the main public broadcasting, public broadcaster in Wales. It is one of the four BBC national regions, alongside the BBC English Regions, BBC Northern Ireland and BBC Scotland. Established in 1964, ...

Annual Lecture, 1992) A collection of his writings on Welsh history is published in: * Agoriad yr Oes (''A Key to the Age'') (Y Lolfa, 2001).

References

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