Hywel Teifi Edwards (15October 1934– 4January 2010) was a Welsh academic and historian,[1] a prominent Welsh nationalist, a broadcaster and an author in the Welsh language.[2] He was the father of former BBC journalist Huw Edwards.[3]
Edwards taught Welsh at Garw Grammar School, Pontycymer, where he met his wife Aerona Protheroe, before joining the Adult Education Department at University College of Swansea as a tutor in Welsh literature. He became a professor and head of the Welsh Language department before resigning. Their two children are Huw Edwards and Meinir Edwards (now Meinir Krishnasamy). He subsequently became an extramural lecturer in Welsh literature at University College of Swansea, and later Professor and Head of the Welsh Department.
He retired from full-time teaching in 1995 but continued to lecture and write books. He specialised in 19th century history, and was the leading authority on the history of the National Eisteddfod of Wales.[5]
Tudur Hallam won the chair at the 2010 National Eisteddfod in Blaenau Gwent for his awdl (poem) in memory of Hywel Teifi.
