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'''Robert Elis''' (surname sometimes spelled '''Ellis''') ([[February 3]] [[1812]] – [[August 19]] [[1875]]), better known by his [[bardic name]] '''Cynddelw''', 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]]. |
[[Image:Cynddelw.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Robert Elis (Cynddelw)]]'''Robert Elis''' (surname sometimes spelled '''Ellis''') ([[February 3]] [[1812]] – [[August 19]] [[1875]]), better known by his [[bardic name]] '''Cynddelw''', 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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He was also a Baptist minister: from 1836-1840 at [[Llanelian-yn-Rhos]] and [[Llanddulas]], [[Denbighshire]]; from 1838-1840 [[Glyn Ceiriog]] in the [[Ceiriog Valley]]; from 1847-1862 at [[Sirhowy]], [[Tredegar]], [[Monmouthshire]]; and from 1862 until his death in 1875, at [[Caernarfon]]. |
He was also a Baptist minister: from 1836-1840 at [[Llanelian-yn-Rhos]] and [[Llanddulas]], [[Denbighshire]]; from 1838-1840 [[Glyn Ceiriog]] in the [[Ceiriog Valley]]; from 1847-1862 at [[Sirhowy]], [[Tredegar]], [[Monmouthshire]]; and from 1862 until his death in 1875, at [[Caernarfon]]. |
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Revision as of 15:24, 14 August 2008
Robert Elis (surname sometimes spelled Ellis) (February 3 1812 – August 19 1875), better known by his bardic name Cynddelw, was a Welsh language poet, editor and lexicographer, born at Tyn y Meini, Bryndreiniog, Pen-y-bont-fawr in the old county of Montgomeryshire, Mid Wales.
He was also a Baptist minister: from 1836-1840 at Llanelian-yn-Rhos and Llanddulas, Denbighshire; from 1838-1840 Glyn Ceiriog in the Ceiriog Valley; from 1847-1862 at Sirhowy, Tredegar, Monmouthshire; and from 1862 until his death in 1875, at Caernarfon.
His poem Yr Adgyfodiad was published in 1849, whilst he was a minister in Sirhowy. Many other poems, biographies, an autobiography and a dictionary followed. His dictionary Geiriadur Cymreig Cymraeg, published in Caernarfon in 1868 was one of the first dictionaries to be published only in Welsh (rather than English and Welsh).