Mary Pendrill Llewelyn
Mary Catherine Pendrill Llewelyn, née Mary Catherine Rhys (12 March 1811 – 19 November 1874)[1] was a Welsh writer and translator.[2]
Mary Pendrill Llewelyn | |
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Born | Mary Catherine Rhys March 12, 1811 Cowbridge, Wales |
Died | November 19, 1874 63) Cowbridge, Wales | (aged
Occupation | writer, translator |
Language | English, Welsh |
Residence | Wales |
Spouse | Rev. R. Pendrill Llewelyn |
Life
Mary Catherine Rhys was born on 12 March 1811 in Cowbridge, Glamorgan, to proprietor of Eagle Academy at Cowbridge Thomas Rhys[3] and his wife Joanna. She was educated at home and later attended an academy for young ladies.[4] She married the Reverend Richard Pendrill Llewelyn,[2] who served as vicar of Llangynwyd from 1841 to 1891.[5]
Pendrill Llewelyn was interested in Welsh literature and published her poems in The Cambrian and Merthyr Guardian. She translated a collection of Welsh hymns mainly by William Williams (Pantycelyn) published in 1850. She is also said to have translated a number of Dafydd Nicolas’ ballads.[2]
Pendrill Llewelyn died on 19 November 1874 at the age of 63.[2]
Works
- Richard and Mary Pendrill Llewelyn: a Victorian vicar of Llangynwyd and his wife[6]
References
- "Llewelyn, Mary Pendrill, 1811-1874 - National Library of Wales Archives and Manuscripts". archives.library.wales. Retrieved 2020-03-28.
- "LLEWELYN, MARY PENDRILL (née Mary Catherine Rhys, 1811 - 1874), translator and writer | Dictionary of Welsh Biography". biography.wales. Retrieved 2020-03-28.
- "Mrs Pendrill Llewellyn of Llangynwyd". Peoples Collection Wales. Retrieved 2020-03-28.
- "Llewelyn, Mary Catherine Pendrill [née Mary Catherine Rhys] (1811–1874), writer and translator". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-62228. Retrieved 2020-03-28.
- James, Brian (1991), "Richard and Mary Pendrill Llewelyn. A Victorian Vicar of Llangynwyd and his Wife, by D. R. L. Jones", Morgannwg, 35: 106–107
- Jones, D. R. L; Church in Wales; Parish of Llangynwyd with Maesteg; Parochial Church Council (1991). Richard and Mary Pendrill Llewelyn: a Victorian vicar of Llangynwyd and his wife. Place of publication not identified: Parochial Church Council of the Parish of Llangynwyd with Maesteg. ISBN 978-0-9518108-0-4. OCLC 26304997.