History of WalesHanes Cymru / Tudors to IndustryY Tuduriaid a Diwydiant
1800–1893
A Chartist, druid and vegetarian doctor whose cremation of his baby son led to cremation becoming legal.Siartydd, derwydd a meddyg llysieuol yr arweiniodd ei amlosgiad o’i fab bach at gyfreithloni amlosgi.
He wore a fox-skin headdress and refused to treat patients who smoked. In 1884 he tried to cremate his son, named Iesu Grist, on a hill above Llantrisant. The court ruled cremation was not illegal, and his statue now stands in the town square.
Gwisgai benwisg croen llwynog a gwrthodai drin cleifion a oedd yn ysmygu. Yn 1884 ceisiodd amlosgi ei fab, a enwyd yn Iesu Grist, ar fryn uwchben Llantrisant. Dyfarnodd y llys nad oedd amlosgi’n anghyfreithlon, ac mae ei gerflun yn sefyll heddiw ar sgwâr y dref.
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.