Peter Stead FLSW (born 1943) is a Welsh writer, broadcaster and historian. Stead was born in 1943 in Barry, Wales, and attended

grammar school A grammar school is one of several different types of school in the history of education in the United Kingdom and other English-speaking countries, originally a Latin school, school teaching Latin, but more recently an academically oriented Se ...

s at Barry and

Gowerton Gowerton ( ) is a large village and community, about northwest of Swansea city centre, Wales. Gowerton is often known as the gateway to the Gower Peninsula. Gowerton's original name was Ffosfelin. The village falls within the Gowerton electora ...

. A graduate of

Swansea University Swansea University () is a public university, public research university located in Swansea, Wales, United Kingdom. It was chartered as University College of Swansea in 1920, as the fourth college of the University of Wales. In 1996, it chang ...

, he was subsequently a visiting

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Wellesley College Wellesley College is a Private university, private Women's colleges in the United States, historically women's Liberal arts colleges in the United States, liberal arts college in Wellesley, Massachusetts, United States. Founded in 1870 by Henr ...

, and at the

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. He is Chairman of the Dylan Thomas Literary Prize, and along with the late Patrick Hannan, Stead has been a member of the Welsh team in the radio series '' Round Britain Quiz'' for several years. In 2013, Stead was elected a Fellow of the

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Works

*'' Coleg Harlech'' (1976) *''

Ivor Allchurch Ivor John Allchurch (16 October 1929 – 10 July 1997) was a Welsh professional association football, footballer who played as an inside forward. Known as the "Golden Boy of Welsh football", Allchurch began his career playing for his hometown ...

'' (Christopher Davies, 1998) *''Film and the Working Class'' (1989) *''

Richard Burton Richard Burton (; born Richard Walter Jenkins Jr.; 10 November 1925 – 5 August 1984) was a Welsh actor. Noted for his mellifluous baritone voice, Burton established himself as a formidable Shakespearean actor in the 1950s and gave a memor ...

: So Much, So Little'' (1991) *'' Dennis Potter'' (1995) *''Acting Wales: Stars of Stage and Screen'' (2002)University of Wales Press

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Stead, Peter 1943 births Welsh broadcasters Living people People educated at Gowerton Grammar School 20th-century Welsh historians Historians of Wales 21st-century Welsh historians Fellows of the Learned Society of Wales