Hywel Teifi Edwards
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- Academic
- broadcaster
- author
Hywel Teifi Edwards | |
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| Born | 15 October 1934 Aberarth, Ceredigion, Wales |
| Died | 4 January 2010 (aged 75) Llanelli, Carmarthenshire, Wales |
| Education | University College of Wales, Aberystwyth |
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| Political party | Plaid Cymru[1] |
| Spouse | Aerona |
| Children | 2, including Huw |
Hywel Teifi Edwards (15 October 1934 – 4 January 2010) was a Welsh academic and historian,[1] a prominent Welsh nationalist, a broadcaster and an author in the Welsh language.[2] He was the father of former BBC journalist Huw Edwards.[3]
Born and raised in Aberarth, Cardiganshire,[1] Edwards attended Aberaeron County School[4] and the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth.[5]
Career
Edwards taught Welsh at Garw Grammar School, Pontycymer, where he met his wife Aerona Protheroe, before joining the Adult Education Department at University College of Swansea as a tutor in Welsh literature. He became a professor and head of the Welsh Language department before resigning. Their two children are Huw Edwards and Meinir Edwards (now Meinir Krishnasamy). He subsequently became an extramural lecturer in Welsh literature at University College of Swansea, and later Professor and Head of the Welsh Department.
He retired from full-time teaching in 1995 but continued to lecture and write books. He specialised in 19th century history, and was the leading authority on the history of the National Eisteddfod of Wales.[5]
Tudur Hallam won the chair at the 2010 National Eisteddfod in Blaenau Gwent for his awdl (poem) in memory of Hywel Teifi.
Politics
He frequently appeared on Welsh language radio and TV. Edwards stood twice for Plaid Cymru as a parliamentary candidate, in Llanelli in 1983 and Carmarthen in 1987.[3][1] He represented Llangennech on Dyfed County Council for 14 years.[1]
He died on 4 January 2010 in Tŷ Bryngwyn Hospice in Llanelli after a short illness.[6]
