Reuben Davies (Reuben Brydydd y Coed) (1808-1833) was a Welsh poet. His family were from the Cribyn area of Ceredigion, where his father worked as a weaver. After completing his education in local schools, he planned to enter the Unitarian ministry. Shortly after entering Carmarthen College in 1825, he was taken ill and was unable to continue his studies. He became the schoolmaster at Cribyn (and later at Cilmaenllwyd, Carmarthenshire). He was also a prolific poet and writer. His works include over fifty hymns, several

englynion (; plural ) is a traditional Welsh and Cornish short poem form. It uses quantitative metres, involving the counting of syllables, and rigid patterns of rhyme and half rhyme. Each line contains a repeating pattern of consonants and accent know ...

-style poems, and a memorial awdl to D. L. Jones, a Carmarthenshire tutor. He translated the works of many Greek and Latin authors (e.g. those of Ovid) into Welsh. He died, aged 25, in January 1833, and is buried in

Dihewyd Dihewyd Primary School, on the B4342 in Dihewyd., alt=An image of Dihewyd School, showing a small building with some painted flowers on the walls and garden furniture outside Dihewyd is a parish in the county of Ceredigion, West Wales with a popul ...

churchyard.

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