Jane Williams (Ysgafell)
| Jane Williams | |
|---|---|
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| Ffugenw | Ysgafell  |
| Ganwyd | 1 Chwefror 1806 Chelsea |
| Bu farw | 15 Mawrth 1885 Chelsea |
| Man preswyl | Talgarth |
| Dinasyddiaeth |  Cymru |
| Galwedigaeth | bardd, hanesydd, cofiannydd, llenor |
Bardd, hanesydd ac awdures o Gymru oedd Jane Williams, neu Ysgafell (1 Chwefror 1806 – 15 Mawrth 1885). Fe'i ganed yn Llundain i rieni Cymreig ond ymsefydlodd ym mhentref Talgarth, Brycheiniog.
Ystyrir ei chyfrol arloesol A History of Wales derived from Authentic Sources (1869) y llyfr gorau ar y pwnc hyd gyhoeddi gwaith Syr John Edward Lloyd.
Llyfryddiaeth
[golygu | golygu cod]- Miscellaneous Poems (1824)
- Twenty Essays on the Practical Improvement of God's Providential Dispensations as Means to the Moral Discipline to the Christian (1838)
- Artegall; or Remarks on the Reports of the Commissioners of Inquiry into the State of Education in Wales (1848)
- The Literary Remains of the Rev. Thomas Price, Carnhuanawc … with a Memoir of his Life (1845-55)
- The Autobiography of Elizabeth Davis, a Balaclava Nurse, Daughter of Dafydd Cadwaladr (1857)
- The Literary Women of England (1861)
- Celtic Fables, Fairy Tales and Legends versified (1862)
- A History of Wales derived from Authentic Sources (1869)
