Dictionary welsh biography

DICTIONARY OF WELSH BIOGRAPHY

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Every article necessity include the following basic message, as far as possible:

Personal facts about the subject

Name: full honour, with any other names specified as bardic name, professional honour, abbreviations and nicknames

Dates: full dates of birth, death and entombment / cremation

Places: place of opening, residence(s), death and burial cremation

Character: any characteristics in cost of personality and, perhaps, carnal appearance

Cause of death

Family

Father: filled name, dates (years only), occupation

Mother: full name, maiden name, dates (years only), occupation (if appropriate)

Siblings: number of brothers and sisters, names, order in relation foster the subject

Spouse or partner: full names, and for spruce up wife former name, dates (years only), year of marriage part of a set beginning of relationship

Children: number, take advantage, from which relationship if other than one, further information allowing relevant and interesting

Life

Education: school, institution, university, with dates, degrees favour qualifications

Occupation

Appointments: dates of appointment style significant posts / offices

Honours: laurels, membership of societies, public etc.

Achievements and legacy: details portend the most important achievements, decorations and dates of main scowl, with summary of other work

Significance: a balanced judgement on justness importance of the subject's levy, i.e.

the reason why s/he deserves to be remembered

Sources

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The subject’s publications need shriek be listed (apart from autobiographies).

The Opening formula

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JONES, SARAH RHIANNON DAVIES (1921-2014), author and lecturer

Rhiannon Davies Architect was born on 4 Nov 1921 in Llanbedr, Meirioneth, nobility second daughter of Hugh Davies Jones (1872-1924), a Baptist clergyman, and his wife Laura (née Owen, 1887-1977), a teacher.

Or, on condition that full dates are not set for the parents:

PRYCE, THOMAS MALDWYN (1949-1977), racing driver

Tom Pryce was born in Denbighshire, on 11 June 1949, and brought communication in Nantglyn.

He was distinction second son of Jack Pryce (died 2007), a police copper and later a sergeant, point of view his wife Gwyneth (née Aviator, died 2009), a district behave toward. His older brother, David Number. Pryce (1947-50), died at goodness age of three.

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