Thomas John Morgan (22 April 1907 – 9 December 1986), better known as T. J. Morgan, was a Welsh academic.[1] He was Professor of Welsh at Swansea University from 1961 to 1975.
Life
editMorgan was born at "Ynys-y-mwn", in the village of Glais, near Swansea, and he studied Welsh at Swansea University. In 1926, he met his future wife, Huana Rees, at the National Eisteddfod of Wales.[2] The couple wed in 1935.[1] They had two sons: the politician Rhodri Morgan (1939–2017) and historian Prys Morgan (b. 1937).
Kate Roberts wrote Traed mewn cyffion (Feet in Chains) which was awarded a prize at the National Eisteddford in Neath in 1934. Roberts won the prize jointly with Grace Wynne Griffith and her novel Creigiau Milgwyn. However it was alleged that Creigiau Milgwyn was unworthy of the prize according to Morgan.[3]
A Welsh speaker, he was not a nationalist and opposed Saunders Lewis.[4] Y Treigladau a'u Cystrawen, published in 1952, is generally considered his most important academic work.[5]
Morgan was Professor of Welsh at Swansea University from 1961 to 1975. He died suddenly at home in Bishopston, Gower, and was buried at Coed Gwilym cemetery in Swansea.[1]
Works
edit- Dal Llygoden Ac Ysgrifau Eraill (1937)
- Y Treigladau a’u Cystrawen ("The Mutations and their Syntax") (1952)
- Peasant Culture (1962)
- Amryw Flawd (1966)
- Dydd y Farn Ac Ysgrifau Eraill (1969)
- W.J. Gruffydd (1970)
- Hirfelyn Tesog (1971)
References
edit- ^ a b c Brynley Francis Roberts. "MORGAN, THOMAS JOHN". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 20 May 2017.
- ^ "Obituary - Rhodri Morgan, Welsh politician". The Herald. 19 May 2017. Retrieved 20 May 2017.
- ^ "GRIFFITH, GRACE WYNNE (1888 - 1963), novelist | Dictionary of Welsh Biography". biography.wales. Retrieved 1 October 2022.
- ^ Martin Shipton (12 January 2010). "Rhodri Morgan's brother spills the beans". WalesOnline. Retrieved 20 May 2017.
- ^ "T. J. Morgan". BBC South East Wales (in Welsh). Retrieved 20 May 2021.
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