Gruffydd Robert

Gruffydd Robert

Gruffydd Robert (before 1532 - after 1598) was a Welsh humanist scholar who wrote a pioneering Welsh grammar, in Welsh, while in enforced exile with his colleague and fellow-writer Morys Clynnog in Milan in 1567. He was an ardent Roman Catholic.

Bibliography

* T. Gwynfor Griffiths, 'Italian Humanism and Welsh Prose' in "Yorkshire Celtic Studies" (vol. vi, 1953-58). The background.
* D. Rhys Phillips, "Dr. Griffith Robert: Canon of Milan" (1922).
*G.J. Williams (ed.), "Gramadeg Gruffydd Robert" (University of Wales Press, Cardiff, 1939). The standard edition of Gruffydd Robert's grammar, with an extensive introduction.


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