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Ganed y bardd, llenor ac ysgolhaig Thomas Gwynn Jones (1871-1949) ym Metws yn Rhos, sir Ddinbych, yn fab i Isaac a Jane Jones. Bu'n gweithio fel newyddiadurwr yng Nghymru a Lloegr ar bapurau nodedig megis Y Faner, Y Cymro a'r Herald Cymraeg hyd nes, ym 1909, cafodd swydd fel catalogydd yn y Llyfrgell Genedlaethol yn Aberystwyth. Ym 1913, penodwyd ef yn ddarlithydd mewn Cymraeg yng Ngholeg y Brifysgol, Aberystwyth, ac ym 1919 i Gadair Gregynog mewn llenyddiaeth Gymraeg (yr unig un i'w llenwi), swydd a gadwodd hyd ei ymddeoliad ym 1937. Bu farw yn ei gartref yn Aberystwyth a'i gladdu ym mynwent Heol Llanbadarn. Priododd, 1899, â Margaret Jane Davies, Dinbych a chawsant dri o blant. = The poet, author and scholar Thomas Gwynn Jones (1871-1949) was born in Betws yn Rhos, Denbighshire, the son of Isaac and Jane Jones. He worked initially as a journalist on such notable publications as Y Faner, Y Cymro and Yr Herald Cymraeg until, in 1909, he took up a post as cataloguer at the National Library in Aberystwyth. In 1913 he was appointed lecturer in Welsh at the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth, and, in 1919, to the Gregynog Chair in Welsh literature (its only ever occupant), a position he retained until his retirement in 1937. He died at his home in Aberystwyth and was buried in Llanbadarn Road cemetery. He married, 1899, Margaret Jane Davies, Denbigh, with whom he had three children.

Derbyniodd Glynn Silyn Roberts gomisiwn parhaol yn yr awyrlu yn Ionawr 1930. Bu'n astudio peirianneg a thechnoleg, gan gyrraedd rheng Is-Farsial yr Awyrlu. Ymddeolodd o'r awyrlu ym 1961. = Glynn Silyn Roberts received a permanent commission within the air force in January 1930. He studied engineering and technology, eventually attaining the rank of Air Vice-Marshal. He retired from the air force in 1961.