Background

Eben Fardd was born in Llanarmon, Caernarvonshire, the son of a weaver, and educated at local schools.

Career

In 1850, he was given a grant by the Calvinistic Methodist Church to run a school on its behalf. He had gained such respect as a poet and eisteddfod competitor that he also became an adjudicator. He also wrote numerous hymns.

His collected works were published in 1873 under the title Gweithiau Barddonol Eben Fardd.

Achievements

• He won a prize for his poetry at the 1824 eisteddfod in Welshpool. In 1840, he won another prize at the Liverpool eisteddfod, and in 1841, his first volume of poetry, Caniadau, was published.