Nationality Welsh Education Bangor University Role Writer | Name Silyn Roberts Period 20th century | |
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Born Robert Roberts
28 March 1871
Llanllyfni, Wales ( 1871-03-28 ) Died August 15, 1930, Bangor, United Kingdom | ||
Robert "Silyn" Roberts (28 March 1871 – 15 August 1930) was a Welsh clergyman, writer, teacher and pacifist.
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Roberts, a Calvinistic Methodist minister, was a noted Welsh-language poet, the winner of the Crown at the 1902 National Eisteddfod of Wales. Born in Bryn Llidiart, Llanllyfni, Caernarvonshire, he had worked as a slate quarryman before attending the University College of North Wales, Bangor, and Bala Theological College. From 1901 until 1912 he was a Calvinistic Methodist minister firstly in Lewisham, London and then in Tanygrisiau, Blaenau Ffestiniog, Merionethshire.
A Socialist and a close associate of the academic and politician William John Gruffydd, Roberts represented the Labour Party on Merioneth County Council. In collaboration with Thomas Jones, he campaigned for adult education opportunities, and founded a branch of the Workers Educational Association in North Wales. He also supported the campaign against tuberculosis in Wales.