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'''Robert Elis''' (February 3, 1812 – August 19, 1875; sometimes spelt '''Ellis'''), professionally known by his [[bardic name]] '''Cynddelw''' (after a 12th-century [[Cynddelw Brydydd Mawr|poet of the same name]]), was a [[Welsh language]] [[poet]], [[editing|editor]], and [[lexicographer]], born at Tyn y Meini, Bryndreiniog, Pen-y-Bont-Fawr in the old county of [[Montgomeryshire]], Mid [[Wales]]. |
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'''Robert Ellis''' (also spelt '''Elis'''; 3 February 1812 – 19 August 1875), also known by the [[bardic name]] '''Cynddelw''', was a [[Welsh language]] poet, editor, biographer, lexicographer and [[eisteddfod]] adjudicator. He was born at Tyn y Meini, Bryndreiniog, [[Pen-y-Bont-Fawr]], in the historic county of [[Montgomeryshire]] in [[Mid Wales]], where he initially worked as a farm labourer.<ref name=bio>{{cite web|url=https://biography.wales/article/s-ELLI-ROB-1812|title=Ellis, Robert (Cynddelw; 1812 - 1875), Baptist minister, preacher, poet, antiquary, and commentator|work=[[Dictionary of Welsh Biography]]|access-date=4 September 2023}}</ref> |
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He was also a Baptist minister: from 1836 to 1840 at Llanelian-yn-Rhos and [[Llanddulas]], [[Denbighshire (historic)|Denbighshire]]; from 1838-1840 [[Glyn Ceiriog]] in the [[Ceiriog Valley]]; from 1847 to 1862 at [[Tredegar]], [[Monmouthshire (historic)|Monmouthshire]]; and from 1862 until his death in 1875, at [[Caernarfon]]. |
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His bardic name honoured the 12th-century poet [[Cynddelw Brydydd Mawr]]. |
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Ellis was a Baptist minister, and is not to be confused with a [[Calvinistic Methodist]] minister of the same name also during the 19th-century.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://biography.wales/article/s-ELLI-ROB-1808|title=Ellis, Robert (1808 - 1881), Calvinistic Methodist minister|work=[[Dictionary of Welsh Biography]]|access-date=4 September 2023}}</ref> |
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*[http://wbo.llgc.org.uk/en/s-ELLI-ROB-1812.html Welsh Biography Online] |
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Ellis served as a minister from 1836 to 1840 at Llanelian-yn-Rhos and [[Llanddulas]], [[Denbighshire (historic)|Denbighshire]]; from 1838 to 1840 [[Glyn Ceiriog]] in the [[Ceiriog Valley]]. From 1847 to 1862, he served at [https://tredegar.gwentheritage.org.uk/content/catalogue_item/carmel-chapel-tredegar Carmel Chapel], [[Tredegar]], [[South Wales]]. Jones (1969) documented that, while in Tredegar, Ellis supported two notable local historians. First, in his capacity as one of the adjudicators at the local 1862 eisteddfod, Ellis praised the entry of ''Hanes Tredegar'' ({{lit|History of Tredegar}}) by David Morris (Eiddil Gwent).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://biography.wales/article/s-MORR-DAV-1798|title=Morris, David (Eiddil Gwent; c. 1798 - 1878), author|work=[[Dictionary of Welsh Biography]]|access-date=4 September 2023}}</ref><ref name=Foot01/> Second, Ellis helped Evan Powell, who entered his ''History of Tredegar'' into the local 1884 eisteddfod, to blossom 'into a lover of books'.<ref name=Foot02/> |
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Ellis served from 1862 until his death in 1875 at [[Caernarfon]] in [[North Wales]]. |
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| DATE OF BIRTH = February 3, 1812 |
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| ⚫ | Ellis had his poem ''Yr Adgyfodiad'' published in 1849, in the Welsh-language newspaper ''[[Seren Gomer]]''. Many other poems, biographies, an autobiography, and a dictionary followed. His dictionary, ''{{ill|Geiriadur Cynddelw|cy}}'', which was published by H. Humphreys in [[Caernarfon]] in 1868, was one of the first dictionaries to be published only in Welsh (rather than English and Welsh). |
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| DATE OF DEATH = August 19, 1875 |
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<ref name=Foot01>{{cite book |last1=Jones |first1=Oliver |title=The early days of Sirhowy and Tredegar |date=1969 |publisher=Starling Press |location=Risca, Newport |page=115}}</ref> |
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<ref name=Foot02>{{cite book |last1=Jones |first1=Oliver |title=The early days of Sirhowy and Tredegar |date=1969 |publisher=Starling Press |location=Risca, Newport |page=113}}</ref> |
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*[https://archives.library.wales/index.php/ellis-robert-1812-1875 Robert Ellis] at the [[National Library of Wales]] |
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Robert Ellis (also spelt Elis; 3 February 1812 – 19 August 1875), also known by the bardic name Cynddelw, was a Welsh language poet, editor, biographer, lexicographer and eisteddfod adjudicator. He was born at Tyn y Meini, Bryndreiniog, Pen-y-Bont-Fawr, in the historic county of Montgomeryshire in Mid Wales, where he initially worked as a farm labourer.[1]
His bardic name honoured the 12th-century poet Cynddelw Brydydd Mawr.
Ministry
[edit]Ellis was a Baptist minister, and is not to be confused with a Calvinistic Methodist minister of the same name also during the 19th-century.[2]
Ellis served as a minister from 1836 to 1840 at Llanelian-yn-Rhos and Llanddulas, Denbighshire; from 1838 to 1840 Glyn Ceiriog in the Ceiriog Valley. From 1847 to 1862, he served at Carmel Chapel, Tredegar, South Wales. Jones (1969) documented that, while in Tredegar, Ellis supported two notable local historians. First, in his capacity as one of the adjudicators at the local 1862 eisteddfod, Ellis praised the entry of Hanes Tredegar (lit. 'History of Tredegar') by David Morris (Eiddil Gwent).[3][4] Second, Ellis helped Evan Powell, who entered his History of Tredegar into the local 1884 eisteddfod, to blossom 'into a lover of books'.[5]
Ellis served from 1862 until his death in 1875 at Caernarfon in North Wales.
Publications
[edit]Ellis had his poem Yr Adgyfodiad published in 1849, in the Welsh-language newspaper Seren Gomer. Many other poems, biographies, an autobiography, and a dictionary followed. His dictionary, Geiriadur Cynddelw, which was published by H. Humphreys in Caernarfon in 1868, was one of the first dictionaries to be published only in Welsh (rather than English and Welsh).
References
[edit]- ^ "Ellis, Robert (Cynddelw; 1812 - 1875), Baptist minister, preacher, poet, antiquary, and commentator". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. Retrieved 4 September 2023.
- ^ "Ellis, Robert (1808 - 1881), Calvinistic Methodist minister". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. Retrieved 4 September 2023.
- ^ "Morris, David (Eiddil Gwent; c. 1798 - 1878), author". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. Retrieved 4 September 2023.
- ^ Jones, Oliver (1969). The early days of Sirhowy and Tredegar. Risca, Newport: Starling Press. p. 115.
- ^ Jones, Oliver (1969). The early days of Sirhowy and Tredegar. Risca, Newport: Starling Press. p. 113.
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