Gwasg Gee was a publishing firm founded by a printer, Thomas Gee, in 1808 and taken over by his son, a more famous
Thomas Gee
Thomas Gee (24 January 181528 September 1898), was a Welsh Nonconformist preacher, journalist and publisher.
Gee was born in Denbigh, Wales. At the age of fourteen he went into his father's printing office, Gwasg Gee, but continued to attend ...
, during the 1830s and based in
Denbigh
Denbigh (; cy, Dinbych; ) is a market town and a community in Denbighshire, Wales. Formerly, the county town, the Welsh name translates to "Little Fortress"; a reference to its historic castle. Denbigh lies near the Clwydian Hills.
History
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,
Wales
Wales ( cy, Cymru ) is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It is bordered by England to the Wales–England border, east, the Irish Sea to the north and west, the Celtic Sea to the south west and the ...
. The name means "Gee Press".
In 1914, the business passed out of the hands of the Gee family, and it was in difficulties when the author
Kate Roberts and her husband, Morris Williams took it on in the 1930s. In the 1950s
Emlyn Hooson
Hugh Emlyn Hooson, Baron Hooson, (26 March 1925 – 21 February 2012) was a Welsh Liberal and then Liberal Democrat politician. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Montgomeryshire from 1962 until 1979.
Early life
Hooson was born at Colom ...
was asked by Gwilym R. Jones, the editor of
Y Faner, to help save the press. Hooson then formed a group, including Talog Davies, William Jones, Sir George Hamer,
Huw T. Edwards
Huw Thomas Edwards (19 November 1892 – 8 November 1970) was a Welsh trade union leader and politician.
Early life
Edwards was born in Rowen near the top of Tal-y-fan Mountain, North Wales. He was the youngest of seven children, all of whom ...
and David Tudor (who later took over full control) who developed Gwasg Gee as a company.
[Derec Llwyd Morgan Ed (2014) Emlyn Hooson, Essays and Reminiscences, Gomer pp26-27]
Gwasg Gee was one of the principal publishers of
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 P ...
books for almost two centuries. It ceased publishing in 2001.
References
External links
Gathering the Jewels website
Welsh-language mass media
Publishing companies of Wales
British companies established in 1808
Publishing companies established in 1808
1808 establishments in Wales
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