Gruffydd Aled Williams
Gruffydd Aled Williams grew up in Glyndyfrdwy, the district which gave Owain Glyndŵr his name. He lectured in Welsh at Dublin and Bangor, and was later Professor of Welsh at the University of Wales, Aberystwyth. He delivered the 2010 British Academy Sir John Rhŷs Memorial Lecture on medieval poetry associated with Glyndŵr, and contributed to 'Owain Glyndŵr: A Casbook' (2013). A Fellow of the Learned Society of Wales, he is President of the Merioneth Historical and Record Society.