Robert Williams (25 May 1830 - 5 August 1877), usually referred to by his

bardic name A bardic name (, ) is a pseudonym used in Wales, Cornwall, or Brittany by poets and other artists, especially those involved in the eisteddfod movement. The Welsh term bardd ("poet") originally referred to the Welsh poets of the Middle Ages, who m ...

Trebor Mai, was a

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poet, born at Ty'n-yr-ardd near

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, near Llanrwst, in the old county of Caernarfonshire, the son of a tailor. He was educated at a local Llanrhychwyn school and for a period attended the free school at Llanrwst. Around 1843, he moved with his family to Llanrwst and he applied himself to his father's craft. After he married on 13 October 1854 he commenced business as a tailor himself in Llanrwst, and remained there for the rest of his life. He died in 1877, aged 47. Trebor Mai is chiefly remembered today for his

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ion. He published two small volumes in his lifetime, ''Fy Noswyl'' (1861) and ''Y Geninen'' (1869). The contents of these with large additions were published posthumously as ''Gwaith Barddonol Trebor Mai'' (Isaac Ffoulkes, Liverpool, 1883).Welsh Lyrics of the Nineteenth Century ebook
bookrags.com; accessed 6 October 2015.

Works

* Williams, Robert, called Trebor Mai, 1830-1877: ''Fy nosuryl, sef Caneuon.'' (Llanrwst, argraffwyd gan J. Jones, 1861) (page images at HathiTrust) * Williams, Robert, called Trebor Mai, 1830-1877: ''Y Geninen: gan Trebor Mai.'' (Llanrwst, Argraphwyd gan W.J. Roberts, 1869) (page images at HathiTrust)

References

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