John Jenkins[John_Jenkins]

City of Residence: Hendy, Carmarthenshire
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Biography John Jenkins

Rev. John Jenkins (1872 - 1936), known by his bardic name of Gwili, was a Welsh poet and theologian, and served as Archdruid of the National Eisteddfod of Wales from 1932 to 1936.

Jenkins was born at Hendy in Carmarthenshire. He was educated at Bangor Baptist College, University of Wales, Cardiff, and Jesus College, Oxford. Like all Archdruids, he was a winner of one of the major poetry prizes at the National Eisteddfod, in his case the Crown, which he won in 1901.


Works

Poems (1920)
Hanfod Duw a Pherson Crist (1931)
Caniadau (1934)