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Eirwyn Davies
Eirwyn is a masculine given name. Origin and meaning Eirwyn is a Welsh masculine given name meaning "white/blessed snow" and derives from the Welsh words " Eira" (snow) and " Gwyn" (white, fair or blessed). Notable People * Eirwyn George (born 1936), Welsh poet, writer and author * (1922–1994), Welsh carpenter, entertainer and nationalist (known as Eirwyn Pontshân or Pontsian) * David Eirwyn Morgan (1918–1982), Welsh minister, journalist and nationalist politician * John "Shôn" Eirwyn Ffowcs Williams (1935–2020), Welsh Professor of Engineering and Master of Emmanuel College, Cambridge Eurwyn A variant is Eurwyn (; ) meaning "white/blessed gold" deriving from the Welsh words "Aur" (gold) and " Gwyn" (white, fair, blessed). Notable people with this name include: * Eurwyn Wiliam, Welsh curator and author See also * Eirwen (feminine form) * Euryn * Euryn (given name) Euryn is a masculine given name and place name. Origin and meaning Euryn means "gold trinke ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Welsh Language
Welsh ( or ) is a Celtic language family, Celtic language of the Brittonic languages, Brittonic subgroup that is native to the Welsh people. Welsh is spoken natively in Wales, by some in England, and in Y Wladfa (the Welsh colony in Chubut Province, Argentina). Historically, it has also been known in English as "British", "Cambrian", "Cambric" and "Cymric". The Welsh Language (Wales) Measure 2011 gave the Welsh language official status in Wales. Both the Welsh and English languages are ''de jure'' official languages of the Welsh Parliament, the Senedd. According to the 2021 United Kingdom census, 2021 census, the Welsh-speaking population of Wales aged three or older was 17.8% (538,300 people) and nearly three quarters of the population in Wales said they had no Welsh language skills. Other estimates suggest that 29.7% (899,500) of people aged three or older in Wales could speak Welsh in June 2022. Almost half of all Welsh speakers consider themselves fluent Welsh speakers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eirwen
Eirwen is a feminine given name. Origin and meaning Eirwen is a Welsh feminine given name meaning "white/blessed snow" and derives from the Welsh words " Eira" (snow) and " Gwyn" (white, fair or blessed). Notable People * , (1926–2014), Welsh broadcaster and BBC news presenter * Eirwen Meiriona St John Williams Gwynn (1916–2007), Welsh nationalist, writer, teacher and physicist Eurwen A variant is Eurwen (; ) meaning "white/blessed gold" deriving from the Welsh words "Aur" (gold) and " Gwyn" (white, fair, blessed). Notable people with this name include: * Kate Eurwen O'Toole (b.1960), British actress (daughter of Peter O'Toole and Siân Phillips), See also * Eirwyn (masculine form) * Euryn * Euryn (given name) Euryn is a masculine given name and place name. Origin and meaning Euryn means "gold trinket or jewel" and derives from the Welsh word "Aur AUR, or aur, may refer to: * Acute urinary retention * African Union of Railways * Alliance for Roma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eirwyn George
Eirwyn George (born 1936 in Tufton, Pembrokeshire) is a Welsh poet. He won the crown of the National Eisteddfod of Wales The National Eisteddfod of Wales (Welsh language, Welsh: ') is the largest of several eisteddfodau that are held annually, mostly in Wales. Its eight days of competitions and performances are considered the largest music and poetry festival in Eur ... in 1982 and 1993, earning him the title of Prifardd. References 1936 births Living people Welsh poets Crowned bards {{Wales-poet-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Eirwyn Morgan
David Eirwyn Morgan ( ; 23 April 1918 – 30 August 1982) was a minister, journalist and Welsh nationalist politician. Born in Pen-y-groes in Carmarthenshire, Morgan began preaching at an early age in the Baptist church in nearby Llandybie. He studied at Ammanford Grammar School, where he befriended David Rees Griffiths, the school caretaker, who introduced him to Welsh literature. Morgan won a scholarship to the University College of Swansea and graduated with a degree in Welsh, then studied theology at the Presbyterian College, Carmarthen, and finally the Baptist College in London. He was subsequently ordained and attached to a parish in Pisgah. During this time, he became active in Plaid Cymru, and stood unsuccessfully for the party in Llanelli at the 1950, 1951, 1955 and 1959 general elections. He also edited the party newspaper, ''Y Ddraig Goch''. In 1956, he moved to minister in Llandudno, then in 1960 he won a Fulbright Scholarship to the New York Union Semina ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Ffowcs Williams
John "Shôn" Eirwyn Ffowcs Williams (1935–2020) was Emeritus Rank Professor of Engineering at the University of Cambridge and a former Master of Emmanuel College, Cambridge (1996–2002). He may be best known for his contributions to aeroacoustics, in particular for his work on Concorde. Together with one of his students, David Hawkings, he introduced the far-field integration method in computational aeroacoustics based on Lighthill's acoustic analogy, known as the Ffowcs Williams–Hawkings analogy. Ffowcs was elected as a member into the National Academy of Engineering in 1995 for contributions to the theory of jet noise, and other aspects of aeroacoustics and hydrodynamics. Education and early life Born in Wales on 25 May 1935, Ffowcs Williams was educated at the Great Ayton Friends' School and Derby Technical College (now part of the University of Derby).Anon (2017) He served an engineering apprenticeship with Rolls-Royce before going to the University of Southam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emmanuel College, Cambridge
Emmanuel College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. The college was founded in 1584 by Sir Walter Mildmay, Chancellor of the Exchequer to Elizabeth I. The site on which the college sits was once a priory for Dominican monks, and the College Hall is built on the foundations of the monastery's nave. Emmanuel is one of the 16 "old colleges", which were founded before the 17th century. Emmanuel today is one of the larger Cambridge colleges; it has around 500 undergraduates, reading almost every subject taught within the University, and over 150 postgraduates. Among Emmanuel's notable alumni are Thomas Young, John Harvard, Graham Chapman and Sebastian Faulks. Three members of Emmanuel College have received Nobel Prizes: Ronald Norrish, George Porter (both Chemistry, 1967) and Frederick Hopkins (Medicine, 1929). In every year from 1998 until 2016, Emmanuel was among the top five colleges in the Tompkins Table, which ranks colleges according to end-of-year ex ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eurwyn Wiliam
Eurwyn Wiliam (; ) is a Welsh curator and author who was Chairman of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales (2009–19) and Assistant Keeper of the National Museum Wales. Career A native of the Lleyn Peninsula, Wiliam studied for the postgraduate degrees of Master of Arts (MA) and Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) at the University of Wales. He was Assistant Keeper and later Director of Collections and Research and Deputy Director-General of the National Museum Wales. Wiliam was appointed as a commissioner of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales in 1992 and later succeeded Ralph A. Griffiths Ralph A. Griffiths is a historian and an emeritus professor at Swansea University. Life Griffiths was born and brought up in a mining valley between Glamorgan and Monmouthshire. He attended "one of Wales' good grammar schools and was well taught i ... as chair in 2009 retiring in 2019. He was involved in establishing the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Euryn (other)
Euryn may refer to: * Euryn (given name) Places * Bryn Euryn, a Site of Special Scientific Interest A Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) in Great Britain or an Area of Special Scientific Interest (ASSI) in the Isle of Man and Northern Ireland is a conservation designation denoting a protected area in the United Kingdom and Isle of ... in Conwy County Borough, Wales * Llys Euryn, an historic estate owned by Ednyfed Fychan ap Cynwrig (d. 1246), ancestor of Owen Tudor People * (1942–2021), Welsh broadcaster, presenter and writer {{disambiguation, geo, given name ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Euryn (given Name)
Euryn is a masculine given name and place name. Origin and meaning Euryn means "gold trinket or jewel" and derives from the Welsh word "Aur AUR, or aur, may refer to: * Acute urinary retention * African Union of Railways * Alliance for Romanian Unity * Alliance for the Union of Romanians * American University of Rome * Arch User Repository * Aur Atoll, Marshall Islands * Auriga const ..." (gold). Notable people * (1942–2021), Welsh broadcaster, presenter and writer See also * Euryn References {{DEFAULTSORT:Euryn Masculine given names Welsh masculine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
