Dr Thomas Ifor Rees CMG (16 February 1890 – 11 February 1977) was a British diplomat, author and translator. Born Thomas Ifor Rees at 'Bronceiro' near the hamlet of Rhydypennau in

Cardiganshire Ceredigion (), historically Cardiganshire (, ), is a county in the west of Wales. It borders Gwynedd across the Dyfi estuary to the north, Powys to the east, Carmarthenshire and Pembrokeshire to the south, and the Irish Sea to the west. Ab ...

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,Anon, 'Arddangosfa o fywyd a gwaith y Dr T. Ifor Rees C.M.G. (1890–1977)', ''Y Tincer: Papur Bro Genau'r-glyn, Melindwr, Tirymynach, Trefeurig a'r Borth'', Rhif, Tachwedd 2004, p. 11. he served as Britain's first Ambassador to

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from 1947 until his retirement in 1949. He was the author of a number of travel books in Welsh and English, such as ''In and around the valley of Mexico'' (1953), ''Sajama'' (1960) and ''Illimani'' (1964). His translations include a Welsh translation of the ''

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'', published in

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in 1939.

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Welsh Biography Online
1890 births 1977 deaths People from Ceredigion People educated at Ardwyn School, Aberystwyth 20th-century Welsh writers Welsh-language writers Welsh diplomats Translators of Omar Khayyám Ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Bolivia 20th-century British translators Companions_of_the_Order_of_St_Michael_and_St_George {{UK-translator-stub