I.D. Hooson

Isaac Daniel Hooson, 1880-1948, poet, was born at Rhosllannerchrugog, Denbighshire. He was a solicitor by profession at Wrexham, but also wrote poetry for the magazine Cymru. He published only one collection of his poetry during his lifetime, Cerddi a Balediin 1936. He also wrote a Welsh adaptation of The Pied Piper of Hamlinunder the title Y Fantell Fraith in 1934. Following his death a second collection of his work was published in 1948, Y Gwin a Cherddi Eraill. The poems written by I.D. Hooson for children are amongst his best-known.