Background
He was born William Owen at Llanfihangel-y-pennant, Merionethshire, but the family moved to Ardudwy when William was about seven.
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William Pughe
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He relocated to London in 1776. lieutenant was here that he got to know Owen Jones. Initially he worked as a clerk in a solicitor"s office, subsequently becoming a teacher both in a school and as a private tutor for the children of the wealthy.
In 1783 he joined the Society of Gwyneddigion, and soon began compiling his Welsh-English dictionary.
In 1806, he inherited the estates of the Review Rees Pughe, of Nantglyn, Denbighshire, a distant relative.
After this he enjoyed a private income which meant that he was able to devote his whole time to literary and scholarly pursuits. He died ten years later in a friend"s cottage beside Tal-y-llyn Lake.
In 1790 Pughe married Sarah Elizabeth Harper.
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June 4, 1835 (aged 75) -
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Welsh