History of WalesHanes Cymru / Tudors to IndustryY Tuduriaid a Diwydiant
1822–1898
A Bala minister who dreamed of a Welsh-speaking homeland overseas and led the plan to settle Patagonia.Gweinidog o’r Bala a freuddwydiodd am famwlad Gymraeg dros y môr ac a arweiniodd y cynllun i wladychu Patagonia.
He had seen Welsh emigrants in America lose their language within a generation. He put much of his own money into the voyage of the Mimosa in 1865. He is often called the first modern Welsh nationalist.
Roedd wedi gweld ymfudwyr o Gymru yn America’n colli’u hiaith o fewn cenhedlaeth. Rhoddodd lawer o’i arian ei hun tuag at fordaith y Mimosa yn 1865. Fe’i gelwir yn aml yn genedlaetholwr Cymreig modern cyntaf.
Born at Pembroke Castle, he landed in Wales in 1485, won at Bosworth and founded the Tudor dynasty.Fe’i ganed yng Nghastell Penfro. Glaniodd yng Nghymru yn 1485, enillodd ym Mosworth a sefydlu llinach y Tuduriaid.
Translated the full Bible into Welsh in 1588. His prose became the standard for written Welsh.Cyfieithodd y Beibl cyfan i’r Gymraeg yn 1588. Daeth ei ryddiaith yn safon i’r Gymraeg ysgrifenedig.
Keeper of the Ashmolean Museum, who travelled the Celtic lands and showed that their languages were related.Ceidwad Amgueddfa’r Ashmolean, a deithiodd y gwledydd Celtaidd a dangos bod eu hieithoedd yn perthyn.
His circulating schools taught a large share of the Welsh people to read, in Welsh.Dysgodd ei ysgolion cylchynol gyfran helaeth o bobl Cymru i ddarllen, a hynny yn Gymraeg.