David Williams (historian)

David Williams (9 February 1900 – 1978) was a Welsh historian.

Williams was born at Llan-y-Cefn, Pembrokeshire.[1]

From 1945 until his retirement in 1967, Williams was Professor of Welsh History in the University of Wales. He is best known for his classic History of Modern Wales.[2][3]

Works
  • History of Modern Wales (1950)
  • The Rebecca Riots (1955)[4]
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gollark: Try adding *s and &s to the comparey bit until it works.
gollark: You can't compare a string with a char.
gollark: No, I doubt it.
gollark: Well, I think I was wrong, comparing two identical-contents strings in different variables works fine.

References
  1. University of Wales Press - Authors. Accessed 25 Oct 2014
  2. History Today, 2002
  3. Neil Evans and Coleg Harlech, "Writing the Social History of Modern Wales: Approaches, Achievements and Problems", Social History Vol. 17, No. 3 (Oct. 1992), pp. 479-492
  4. "The Rebecca Riots". University of Wales Press. Retrieved 23 June 2018.


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