HUGHES
,
HUGH (BRYTHON)
(
1848
-
1913
),
school-teacher and author
;
b.
8 April 1848
at
Tre-garth
, near
Bangor
, only son of
Hugh Derfel
Hughes
(q.v.)
. After completing his training at the
Bangor Normal College
he held scholastic appointments at
Walsall
,
Aber-carn
,
Gwalchmai
,
Parc
(
Bala
),
Leicester
and
Llanelian
. He was a
frequent contributor to Welsh literary periodicals and newspapers
, and the
author of several Welsh school books and readers
.
Tlysau Ynys Prydain
,
1902
,
Ystorïwr y Plant
,
1908
,
Tair cwpan aur
,
1909
,
Melin law y tylwyth teg
,
Rhamant plât y pren helyg
,
1916
. Around
1909
, the
E.P.C.
,
Cardiff
, published
Cyfres Brython
, a collection of popular histories and interesting tales. He
translated a number of
the folk tales of Europe
but these were never published; his translations of
Aesop's Fables
and
The King of the Golden River
(
Ruskin
),
1908
, were published. He was a competent
musician
, the
composer of several musical pieces
, and frequently in demand as
lecturer, adjudicator and teacher of music
. In
1910
he was appointed
secretary of the national eisteddfod
to be held at
Colwyn Bay
, but after a few months he resigned. He moved to
Aberystwyth
in
1911
; there he was employed at the
National Library of Wales
as
copyist for various authors
. In
1912
he was appointed to the staff of
Cwmpadarn council school
but failing health forced him to relinquish the post after a year's service. He d.
24 July 1913
, and was buried in
Aberystwyth
cemetery.
Bibliography:
-
The Welsh Gazette
,
31 July 1913
.
Author:
Idwal Lewis, Aberystwyth
