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Biographical Note
Ronald Stuart Thomas, Welsh poet and Church in Wales clergyman, was born in Cardiff in 1913. He studied classics at the University College of North Wales, Bangor, and theology at St. Michael’s College, Llandaff. Ordained in 1937, he served at Chirk, Denbighshire from 1936 to 1940; at Tallarn Green, Flintshire until 1942; Manafon in Mongomeryshire from 1942 to 1954; at Eglwys-fach, near Aberystwyth from 1954 to 1967; and at Aberdaron, at the western end of the Llŷn peninsula, from 1967 until his retirement from the church in 1978, when he moved to Sarn Thiw, a cottage set above the bay of Port Neigwl. He was married to English painter Mildred (Elsi) Eldridge from 1940 until her death in 1991; they had one son, Gwydion. In 1996 he married Elisabeth Agnes (Betty) Vernon. Thomas died at Pentrefelin in 2000.
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Books by R.S. Thomas and Others
Sound Recordings
R.S. Thomas reading his own poems | Thomas, R. S. (Ronald Stuart), 1913-2000 | 1976 | PR6039 .H618 R77 1976 |
R.S. Thomas reading the poems | Thomas, R. S. (Ronald Stuart), 1913-2000 | 1999 | PR6039 .H618 R78 1999 |
Robert Frost in recital | Frost, Robert, 1874-1963 | 1976 | PS3511 .R94 R6 1976 |
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Newspaper clippings, reviews, interviews, correspondence, postcards, essays, and souvenir programs related to the life and work of Welsh poet R.S. Thomas | Thomas, R. S. (Ronald Stuart), 1913-2000 | 1952-2004 | PR6039 .H618 N57 1952 |
Correspondence between R.S. Thomas and John Galen McEllhenney. 62 letters in 10 folders, with a separate envelope with index to the folders. All but 3 letters are between Thomas and McEllhenney. Those 3 are from McEllhenney to Mike Felton, editor at Seren Books; McEllhenney to Ruth Hall about visiting a church in Wales; and McEllhenney to Robert Wilcox about expenses incurred during McEllhenney's visit to Wales. Index of correspondence and transcriptions -- Correspondence: 1988-1991 -- Correspondence: 1992 -- Correrspondence: 1993 -- Correspondence: 1994 -- Correspondence: 1995 -- Correspondence: 1996 -- Correspondence: 1997 -- Correspondence: 1998 -- Correspondence: 1999 -- Correspondence: 2000. | Thomas, R.S. (Ronald Stuart), 1913-2000 McEllhenney, John Galen | 1988-2000 | PR6039 .H618 A47 1988 |
Periodicals Containing Poems, Essays, and Reviews by R.S. Thomas and Others (sorted by date)
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