biography
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| (1833–1907)
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| biography:
| Poet and barrister, born in Carmarthen, Carmarthenshire, SW Wales, UK. He studied at Oxford, and became a lawyer. His main literary works were Songs of Two Worlds (3 vols, 1871–5), followed in 1876 by The Epic of Hades. Much of his verse and drama draws on incidents in Welsh history and mythology. In the later stages of his career he campaigned for the fostering of higher education in Wales and the establishment of a national university. He was knighted in 1895. |
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