Career
He was a noteworthy judge of the National Eisteddfod. He was part of the literary circle that included Jenkin Morgan Edwards and Edward Prosser Rhys. He is mostly known for his cywydd "Rhos Helyg" ("Moor Willows"), which extols the agrarian life and Welsh culture of his region.
There is a memorial to him and the other three poets of Mynydd Bach near Llyn Eiddwen.