David Jones : Anrhydeddus Gymdeithas y Cymmrydorion

Jones, David, 1895-1974

David Jones

<p style='text-align: justify;'><p>David Jones made this inscription at the invitation of Ben Jones for presentation to Sir Thomas Parry-Williams by the Anrhydeddus Gymdeithas y Cymmrydorion (Honourable Society of the Cymmrydorion) in the autumn of 1967. See Jones’s draft letter, dated December 1967, in reply to one from Parry-Williams at David Jones Papers CF 1-12, page 7 (recto and verso).</p><p>Sir Thomas Herbert Parry-Williams (1887-1975) was a Welsh author and scholar. See his entry in the <i>Dictionary of Welsh Biography</i>: <a target='_blank' class='externalLink' href='https://biography.wales/article/s10-PARR-HER-1887'>https://biography.wales/article/s10-PARR-HER-1887</a>.</p><p>Parry-Williams served as President of the Anrhydeddus Gymdeithas y Cymmrydorion (Honourable Society of the Cymmrydorion) from 1960 to 1969. See <a target='_blank' class='externalLink' href='https://www.cymmrodorion.org/the-society/our-history/'>https://www.cymmrodorion.org/the-society/our-history/</a></p><p>Not included in Nicolete Gray, <i>The Painted inscriptions of David Jones</i>, London: Gordon Fraser, 1981.</p></p>