Glanmor Williams

Background

Williams, Glanmor was born on May 5, 1920 in Merthyr Tydfil, United Kingdom. Son of Daniel and Ceinwen (Evans) Williams.

Education

Bachelor, Aberystwyth, United Kingdom, 1940. Master of Arts, Aberystwyth, United Kingdom, 1947. Doctor of Letters, Aberystwyth, United Kingdom, 1962.

Doctor of Laws (honoris causa), Aberystwyth, United Kingdom, 1998.

Career

His long academic career included 37 years at the University of Wales, Swansea, between 1945 and 1982, and ten as vice-president of the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth. His exceptional study of the Welsh Church after 1282,, was published in 1962. In subsequent works, such as Owen Glendower (1966), Recovery, Reorientation and Reformation (1987), and (1993), Williams documented how English subjugation of Wales was strengthened by the Tudor Acts of Union, and yet still offered scope for the growth and development of Welsh culture.

He wrote equally fluently in Welsh, with his best known works including: Dadeni, Diwygiad a Diwylliant Cymru (The Renaissance, the Reformation and the Culture of Wales, 1964), Tân (The Power of Fiery Tongues, 1984) and Cymru a"r Gorffennol: côr o leisiau (Wales and the Past: a choir of voices, 2000).

Williams was Vice-Principal of Swansea University from 1975 to 1978, and was also appointed to many committees in Wales and England. He served as President of the Baptist Union of Wales, National Governor of British Broadcasting Corporation Wales and Chairman of the Broadcasting Council for Wales (1965-1971), on the board of the British Library and its Advisory Council.

Furthermore, he was actively involved in the Board of Celtic Studies, the Pantyfedwen Trust and Cadw. He became a Fellow of the Society of Arts in 1979 and was awarded a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1981.

After his retirement from Swansea, he served as Chairman of the Ancient Monuments Board (Wales) from 1983 to 1995, Chairman of the Royal Commission on Ancient and Historical Monuments in Wales (1986 to 90), and Vice-President of the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth (1986 to 1996).

He became a Fellow of the British Academy in 1986 and was knighted in 1995. Speaking after Williams" death in Swansea in 2005, the vice-chancellor, Richard B Davies, said: "his influence on the study of Wales is incalculable. Just to meet him was a privilege.".

Achievements

• Glanmor Williams has been listed as a noteworthy history educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • The Welsh Church from Reformation to Disestablishment, 1603-1920 (University of Wales - Bangor History of Religion)

    ( A comprehensive study of the religious establishment in...)

  • Owain Glyndwr (University of Wales - Pocket Guide)

    ( Set against the background of populist rebellion, this ...)

  • Recovery, Reorientation, and Reformation: Wales c.1415-1642 (History of Wales) (Vol 3)

    (This book presents for the first time a rounded portrait ...)

  • Renewal and Reformation: Wales c.1415-1642 (History of Wales) (Vol 3)

    (This is the first comprehensive history of the two decisi...)

  • Wales and the Reformation

    ( Wales and the Reformation is the first full-length stud...)

  • Memory Stones: A History of Welsh-Americans in Central New York and Their Churches

    (Book by Williams III, Jay G.)

  • Recovery Reorientation and Reformation Wales
  • The Welsh Church From Conquest to Reformation
  • The Reformation in Wales (Headstart History Papers)
  • Glamorgan County History. Volume 5. Industrial Glamorgan from 1700 to 1970.
  • Welsh Church from Conquest to Reformation (Welsh Edition)
  • Religion, Language and Nationality in Wales
  • Renewal and Reformation: Wales c.1415-1642 (Oxford History of Wales) (Vol 3) by Williams, Glanmor (1993) Paperback

Politics

In Religion, Language and Nationality in Wales (1979), he described the origins of Welsh cultural and political nationalism.

Membership

Chairman Royal Commission on Ancient and History Monuments, 1986-1991. Chairman Ancient Monuments Board, Wales, 1954-1994. Chairman Welsh National Folk-Museum, 1984-1990.

Vice-chairman History buildings Commission, Wales, 1963-1990. Fellow British Academy, Society of Antiquaries, Royal History Society.

Interests

• Gramophone, cine-photography.

Connections

Married Margaret Fay Davies, April 6, 1946. Children: Margaret Nest, Jonathan Huw.

Father:

Daniel Williams

Mother:

Ceinwen (Evans) Williams

Spouse:

Margaret Fay Davies

child:

Jonathan Huw Williams

child:

Margaret Nest Williams