Sir Thomas Parry FBA (4 August 1904

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– 22 April 1985) was a Welsh writer and academic. He was Professor of Welsh at the

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from 1947 to 1953, Librarian of the

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from 1953 to 1958, Principal of the University College of Wales Aberystwyth from 1958 to 1969 and Vice-Chancellor of the

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from 1961 to 1963 and 1967 to 1969. He was knighted in the

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. The Thomas Parry Library located on Aberystwyth University's Llanbadarn Campus was named in his honour in 1995.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Parry, Thomas 1904 births 1985 deaths Academics of Aberystwyth University Fellows of the British Academy Knights Bachelor Welsh librarians 20th-century Welsh writers Vice-chancellors of Aberystwyth University Vice-chancellors of the University of Wales