A Monument in Language History
WILLIAM Morgan (1545-1604) was Bishop of Llandaf (Cardiff) and later St Asaph and the translator of the first version of the whole Bible into Welsh from Greek and Hebrew.
He was born at Ty Mawr Wybrnant near Betws-y-Coed. As his father was a tenant of the Gwydir estate, he was probably educated at Gwydir Castle, near Llanrwst. Morgan then attended St John''s College, Cambridge where he studied subjects including philosophy, mathematics and Greek.
In addition to his scholarly pursuits, Morgan was a clergyman of the Church of England, having been ordained in 1568 by the Bishop of Ely. His first clerical benefice was the parish of Llanbadarn Fawr in 1572. Three years …
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Article title: A Monument in Language History.
Contributors: Not available.
Newspaper title: Daily Post (Liverpool, England).
Publication date: March 30, 2013.
Page number: 19.
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