Dr Thomas Ifor Rees CMG (16 February 1890 – 11 February 1977) was a British diplomat, author and translator. Born Thomas Ifor Rees at 'Bronceiro' near the hamlet of Rhydypennau in

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from 1947 until his retirement in 1949. He was the author of a number of travel books in Welsh and English, such as ''In and around the valley of Mexico'' (1953), ''Sajama'' (1960) and ''Illimani'' (1964). His translations include a Welsh translation of the ''

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'', published in

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in 1939.

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Welsh Biography Online
1890 births 1977 deaths People from Ceredigion People educated at Ardwyn School, Aberystwyth 20th-century Welsh writers Welsh-language writers Welsh diplomats Translators of Omar Khayyám Ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Bolivia 20th-century translators {{UK-translator-stub