1948 in Wales

This article is about the particular significance of the year 1948 to Wales and its people.

1948
in
Wales

Centuries:
  • 18th
  • 19th
  • 20th
  • 21st
Decades:
  • 1920s
  • 1930s
  • 1940s
  • 1950s
  • 1960s
See also:
1948 in
The United Kingdom
Ireland
Scotland

Incumbents

Events

Arts and literature

  • Kingsley Amis becomes a lecturer at the University of Wales, Swansea.

Awards

  • National Eisteddfod of Wales (held in Bridgend)
  • National Eisteddfod of Wales: Chair - D. Emrys James,[2]
  • National Eisteddfod of Wales: Crown - Euros Bowen, "O'r Dwyrain"[3]
  • National Eisteddfod of Wales: Prose Medal - Robert Ivor Parry

New books

English language

  • Sir Alfred Thomas Davies - The Lloyd George I Knew[4]
  • Jack Jones - Some Trust in Chariots

Welsh language

New drama

Music

Film

Broadcasting

Sport

Births

Deaths

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gollark: ?coliru```c#include <stdio.h>#define S2(x) #x#define A2(x, ...) x(x(__VA_ARGS__))#define A4(x, ...) A2(A2(x, __VA_ARGS__))#define R2(x) x x#define R4(x) A2(R2, x)#define R8(x) A2(R4, x)#define R16(x) A2(R8, x)#define S(x) A4(S2, A4(S2, x))#define QUITELONG R16(long)int main(){printf(S(QUITELONG));return 42;}```
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References

  1. Baines, Edward (1836). The History of the County Palatine and Duchy of Lancaster. Vol. I. London, Paris, and New York: Fisher, Son, & Co.
  2. "Winners of the Chair". National Eisteddfod of Wales. 17 November 2019.
  3. "Winners of the Crown". National Eisteddfod of Wales. 17 November 2019.
  4. Kenneth O. Morgan (1981). Rebirth of a Nation: Wales, 1880-1980. Oxford University Press. pp. 431. ISBN 978-0-19-821736-7.
  5. Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion (London, England) (1967). The Transactions of the Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion. The Society. p. 7.
  6. National Library of Wales (1944). Bibliotheca celtica. The Library. p. 211.
  7. Gomer Morgan Roberts. "GRIFFITH, GRIFFITH WYNNE (1883-1967), minister (Presb.) and author". Welsh Biography Online. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 4 September 2018.
  8. Jane Milling; Baz Kershaw; Peter Thomson (9 December 2004). The Cambridge History of British Theatre. Cambridge University Press. pp. 274–. ISBN 978-0-521-65132-5.
  9. Clifford McCarty (2000). Film Composers in America: A Filmography, 1911-1970. Oxford University Press. p. 524. ISBN 978-0-19-511473-7.
  10. Davies, John; Jenkins, Nigel (2008). The Welsh Academy Encyclopaedia of Wales. Cardiff: University of Wales Press. ISBN 978-0-7083-1953-6.
  11. Stan Eldon (17 June 2015). Life on the Run. Andrews UK Limited. p. 116. ISBN 978-0-7223-4553-5.
  12. Robin Oakley (9 May 2017). Sixty Years of Jump Racing: From Arkle to McCoy. Bloomsbury USA. p. 121. ISBN 978-1-4729-3509-0.
  13. Charles Roger Dod; Robert Phipps Dod (2009). Dod's Parliamentary Companion. Dod's Parliamentary Companion Limited. p. 355. ISBN 978-0-905702-79-7.
  14. Norm N. Nite (1 September 1985). Rock on: the illustrated encyclopedia of rock n' roll : the video revolution, 1978-present. Harper & Row. p. 338. ISBN 978-0-06-181644-4.
  15. Tony Heath (26 April 2006). "Peter Law". The Guardian. Retrieved 19 October 2019.
  16. Gordon Gillespie (24 September 2009). The A to Z of the Northern Ireland Conflict. Scarecrow Press. p. 171. ISBN 978-0-8108-7045-1.
  17. "Terence Keith MORGAN". Companies House. Retrieved 19 October 2019.
  18. Thomas Rain Crowe (1997). Writing the wind: a Celtic resurgence : the new Celtic poetry. New Native Press. p. 46.
  19. Watkin William Price. "Bailey family, of Glanusk Park". Welsh Biography Online. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 15 October 2019.
  20. "Mr Evan Alexander DAVIES (1889 - 1948)". Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 19 October 2019.
  21. John William Jones. "Davies, John Daniel (1874-1948), editor and author". Welsh Biography Online. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 19 October 2018.
  22. John William Jones. "Evans, David (1874-1948), musician". Welsh Biography Online. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 19 October 2018.
  23. Aubrey John Martin. "EVANS, DAVID DELTA ('Dewi Hiraddug'; 1866-1948 ), journalist, author and Unitarian minister". Welsh Biography Online. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 5 September 2018.
  24. David Jenkins. "JONES, JOHN TYWI (1870-1948 ), Baptist minister and journalist". Welsh Biography Online. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 5 September 2018.
  25. William Llewelyn Davies. "Vaughan, Herbert Millingchamp (1870-1948), historian and author". Welsh Biography Online. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 19 October 2018.
  26. Selwyn Jones. "De Lloyd, David John (1883-1948), musician". Welsh Biography Online. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 15 October 2019.
  27. Thomas Parry; Arwyn Lloyd Hughes. "Hooson, Isaac Daniel (1880-1948), solicitor and poet". Welsh Biography Online. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 15 October 2019.

See also

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