1947 in Wales explained

This article is about the particular significance of the year 1947 to Wales and its people.

Incumbents

Events

Arts and literature

Awards

New books

English language

Welsh language

Music

Film

Broadcasting

Sport

Births

Deaths

See also

Notes and References

  1. s2-PROS-LEW-1868. Prosser, David Lewis (1868-1950), archbishop. Thomas Iorwerth Ellis. 2001. 4 June 2022.
  2. s2-WILL-WIL-1875. Williams, William ('Crwys'; 1875-1968), poet, preacher, archdruid. William Rhys Nicholas. 2001. 4 June 2022.
  3. s2-EVAN-WIL-1883. Evans, William ('Wil Ifan'; 1883-1968), minister (Congl.), poet and writer in Welsh and English. Gerallt Jones. 2001. 4 June 2022.
  4. Book: A.R. Griffin. Mining in the East Midlands 1550-1947. 8 August 2005. Routledge. 978-1-135-78178-1. 358.
  5. Book: Milner, John. Slates from Glyn Ceiriog. Ceiriog Press. 2008. 978-1-900622-11-0. 151.
  6. Book: Hugh Conway-Jones. The Gloucester and Sharpness Canal. 15 October 2009. Amberley Publishing Limited. 978-1-4456-2580-5. 206.
  7. Book: The London Gazette. 1947. H.M. Stationery Office. 3206.
  8. Web site: Ben Pimlott. Ben. Pimlott. Dalton, (Edward) Hugh Neale, Baron Dalton (1887–1962). Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. 2004. Online. 2015-01-28. 10.1093/ref:odnb/32697.
  9. Book: Paul Beaver. Encyclopaedia of the Fleet Air Arm Since 1945. 1987. Stephens. 978-0-85059-760-8. 51.
  10. Book: John Davies. Broadcasting and the BBC in Wales. 1994. University of Wales Press. 978-0-7083-1273-5. 153.
  11. Web site: Llangollen International Eisteddfod - How it Started. Llangollen International Musical Eisteddfod. 2012-05-08. https://web.archive.org/web/20170824054357/http://www.llangollen.com/eist3.html. 2017-08-24. dead.
  12. Web site: Winners of the Chair. National Eisteddfod of Wales. 17 November 2019.
  13. Web site: Winners of the Crown. National Eisteddfod of Wales. 17 November 2019.
  14. Web site: Winners of the Prose Medal. National Eisteddfod of Wales. 7 November 2019.
  15. Book: Keri Edwards. Welsh Arts Council. Jack Jones. 1974. University of Wales Press [for] the Welsh Arts Council. 25.
  16. Book: The Reader's Index and Guide. 1946.
  17. Book: H. P. R. Finberg. Joan Thirsk. The Agrarian History of England and Wales. 1967. Cambridge University Press. 978-0-521-06617-4. 141.
  18. Book: National Library of Wales. Bibliotheca celtica. 1944. The Library. 210.
  19. Book: Ceri Davies. Welsh Literature and the Classical Tradition. 1995. University of Wales Press. 978-0-7083-1321-3. 178.
  20. Web site: Cymru a Chynilo. BFI. 29 May 2024.
  21. Book: Asa Briggs. The History of Broadcasting in the United Kingdom: Volume IV: Sound and Vision. 1995. OUP Oxford. 978-0-19-212967-3. 106.
  22. Web site: Bleddyn Williams. The Telegraph. 8 July 2009. 7 January 2019.
  23. Book: Dan Matovina. Without You: The Tragic Story of Badfinger. 2000. Frances Glover Books. 978-0-9657122-2-4. 1.
  24. Book: Film Review. 2001. Orpheus Pub. 90.
  25. Book: Britannica Concise Encyclopedia. Encyclopaedia Britannica. 2006. 9781593394929. 599.
  26. Book: Barbara Cartland. Diana: A Commemorative Biography, 1961-1997. 1997. Commonwealth Publications, Incorporated. 978-1-55197-846-8. 255.
  27. Web site: Obituary - Clive Shell. Graeme Gillespie. 6 January 2012. Welsh Rugby Union. 7 January 2019.
  28. Book: Morrison, Ian . 1988 . Hamlyn Who's Who in Snooker . London . Hamlyn . 978-0-600-55713-5 . 37.
  29. News: Paul Williams. Val Feld . The Guardian . 2017-11-12 . 10 August 2001.
  30. Web site: Beverley Anne Humphreys. Companies House. 3 June 2022. 3 June 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220603215152/https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/officers/Rq06nvRbvykP2alfqMWV-PPYVUw/appointments. live.
  31. Book: Cummings, Paul. International Who's Who in Classical Music. Europa Publications. 2003. 299.
  32. Web site: Sheila Morrow . Welsh Sports Hall Of Fame . 27 May 2020.
  33. Meredith Foley, Goodisson, Lillie Elizabeth (1860?-1947), Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 9, Melbourne University Press, 1983, pp 47-48.
  34. Web site: State of Utah Certificate of Death . March 27, 1947 . United States Public Health Service . 2009-09-10.
  35. Book: Sir William Young Darling. A Book of Days: A Dictionary of Dates, a Chronology of Circumstance, the Face of Time. 1951. Richards Press. 89.
  36. PHILLIPS, Very Rev. John Leoline', Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2015; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014 ; online edn, April 2014 accessed 23 March 2015
  37. "Crockford's Clerical Directory, 1929 p1017 London, OUP, 1929
  38. s2-GRIF-RIC-1861. Griffith, Richard ('Carneddog'; 1861-1947), poet, writer, and journalist. Robert (Bob) Owen. National Library of Wales. 3 April 2021.
  39. Web site: Lloyd, Sir John Edward (1861-1947), historian, and first editor of Y Bywgraffiadur Cymreig. Robert Thomas Jenkins. Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. 29 December 2019.
  40. Web site: Jones, David James (1886-1947), Professor of Philosophy. Richard Ithamar Aaron. Richard Ithamar Aaron. Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. 2 April 2020.
  41. Web site: Brace, William (1865-1947), miners' leader and M.P.. Griffith Milwyn Griffiths. Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. 29 December 2019.
  42. Book: Elliott Robert Barkan. Making it in America: A Sourcebook on Eminent Ethnic Americans. 2001. ABC-CLIO. 978-1-57607-098-7. 87.
  43. Web site: Matthew William Davies. Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Williams. Griffith John. 25 July 2017.
  44. Web site: EVANS, WILLIAM JOHN. Robert David Griffith. Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. 3 May 2017.
  45. Web site: Machen, Arthur (1863-1947), formerly JONES, ARTHUR LLEWELLIN, writer. Cecil John Layton Price. Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. 29 December 2019.