William John Gruffydd
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Professor William John Gruffydd (February 14, 1881 – September 29, 1954) was a Welsh academic and politician. He was born in Caernarfonshire and went to Caernarfon School followed by Jesus College, Oxford. During the First World War he served in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve. Gruffydd specialised in Celtic culture and worked at University College, Cardiff from 1906; from 1918 until 1946 he was Professor of Celtic. He was President of Council of the National Eisteddfod of Wales and edited Y Llenor ('Literature', a Welsh language journal published by the university).
He was elected to Parliament as a Liberal for the University of Wales seat on January 29, 1943 after the sitting MP Ernest Evans became a County Court Judge. He won the seat ahead of four other candidates. He was comfortably re-elected in the 1945 general election and sat until the abolition of University seats in 1950. He did not stand again for Parliament.
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| Preceded by Ernest Evans |
Member of Parliament for University of Wales 1943–1950 |
Succeeded by (constituency abolished) |
Categories: 1881 births | 1954 deaths | Liberal MPs (UK) | Welsh people | Members of the United Kingdom Parliament from Welsh constituencies | Members of the United Kingdom Parliament for University constituencies | Alumni of Jesus College, Oxford | Academics of Cardiff University | UK MPs 1935-1945 | UK MPs 1945-1950
