ROWLANDS
,
EDWARD DAVID
(
1880
-
1969
),
schoolmaster and author
;
b.
25 Nov. 1880
at
Ty'n-y-fron
,
Llanuwchllyn, Mer.
s. of
Ellis
Rowlands
and his wife
Catrin
(née
Edwards
)
. He was educated at the board school,
Llanuwchllyn
, the grammar school,
Bala
, and the
Normal College
,
Bangor
(
1899-1901
). He began his
teaching
career at
Troed-yr-Allt school
,
Pwllheli
(
1901-08
) and afterwards became
headmaster
of the elementary schools in
Chwilog
(
1908-27
) and
Llandudno Junction
(
1927-45
). As well as being a dedicated
schoolmaster
, he was also active in Welsh literary circles. He published the following works:
Prif-feirdd Eifionydd
(
1914
);
Dial y Lladron
(
1934
; ‘a popular children's novel based on life in remote parts' — a prize-winner at the
national
eisteddfod
in Port Talbot
,
1932
);
Bro'r Eisteddfod
(
1947
; publ. by the
Committee of the National
Eisteddfod
, Colwyn Bay
);
Dyffryn Conwy a'r Creuddyn
(
1948
) and
Atgofion am Lanuwchllyn
(
1975
; some inhabitants of his home area were responsible for publishing this volume). He also took an active part in the public life of the districts where he had lived and was
Mayor
of
Conwy
1939-40
. Some of his MSS. are in the library of
Univ. of Wales
,
Bangor
(
20,663-8
).
He m. in
1906
Jennie Ellen
Jones
,
Caernarfon
(d.
1950
), and two children were born to them, a son and daughter. He d. in
Llandudno
26 April 1969
and was buried in
Conwy
churchyard.
Bibliography:
-
Information given by his nephew,
T. E. Rowlands, Dolgellau
;
-
Llên y Llannau cynhyrchion eisteddfodau
LLangwm, Llanfachreth, Llandderfel, Llanuwchllyn
, 1959
ff
(1978)
, 55-6.
Author:
Arwyn Lloyd Hughes, Llandaf
