Williams, Ifor (1881–1965)

Welsh scholar. An authority on early Welsh literature, he published editions of early and medieval poets, including Dafydd ap Gwilym 1914, Aneirin 1938, and Taliesin 1960, and of the Mabinogion 1930. He also published a volume of Lectures on Early Welsh Poetry 1944.

He was born in Tregarth, Caernarvonshire, and was professor of Welsh at the University College of North Wales, Bangor 1929–47.