THOMAS
,
FRANCIS
(
Crythwr Dall o Geredigion
;
1726
-
1796
)
;
b. at
Llanwenog, Cards.
When 5 years old he
lost his sight
, but despite this handicap he became a proficient
violinist
and used to earn his living by playing at parties and other functions. He was also a good
poet
and was taught the poetic art by
David
Lloyd
,
Brynllefrith
(
1724
-
1779
) (q.v.)
;
Siôn
Llwyd
, grandfather of
D. Lloyd
Isaac
(q.v.)
, acted as his scribe. He wrote in both
English
and
Welsh
, and two of his poems — ‘
Cynghor i Fab Ieuanc
’ and ‘
Hanes Cyflwr Dyn yn mhob rhan o'i oes
’ — appeared in
John
Howell
's (
Ioan Howell
)
Blodau Dyfed
,
1824
. He d. at
Llanwenog
,
4 March 1796
.
Bibliography:
-
Benjamin Williams (Gwynionydd)
,
Enwogion Ceredigion
, 1869
;
-
Griffith Jones (Glan Menai)
,
Enwogion Sir Aberteifi
, 1868
;
-
M. O. Jones
,
Bywgraffiaeth Cerddorion Cymreig
,
National Eisteddfod Association publication, 1890
.
Author:
Thomas Isfryn Jones, Aberystwyth
