1931 in Wales

none 1931 250px|thumb|Brynmawr Experiment This article is about the particular significance of the year 1931 to Wales and its people. Incumbents United Kingdom incumbents 1931 in the United Kingdom#Incumbents Archbishop of Wales – Alfred George Edwards, Bishop of St Asaphhttps://biography.wales/article/s-EDWA-GEO-1848 Edwards, Alfred George (1848-1937), first archbishop of Wales Thomas Iorwerth Ellis Dictionary of Welsh Biography National Library of Wales 15 October 2021 Archdruid of the National Eisteddfod of Wales – Pedroghttps://biography.wales/article/s-WILL-OWE-1853 Williams, John Owen (Pedrog; 1853-1932), Congregational minister, and poet Idwal Lewis Dictionary of Welsh Biography National Library of Wales 15 October 2021 Events 3 March - Bertrand Russell succeeds to his brother's earldom.Ray Monk Bertrand Russell: The Ghost of Madness, 1921-1970 https://books.google.com/books?id=dvgPAQAAIAAJ 2001 Free Press 978-0-7432-1215-1 14 April - A meteorite falls to earth on farmland in Pontllynfi, near Caernarfon.British Astronomical Association Journal https://archive.org/details/journallancet5119nort 1931 June - Border Breweries (Wrexham) is formed by a merger.Lesley Richmond Alison Turton The Brewing Industry: A Guide to Historical Records https://books.google.com/books?id=_8xRAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA77 1990 Manchester University Press 978-0-7190-3032-1 77 date unknown The Welsh School of Medicine is founded at Cardiff, later becoming the University of Wales College of Medicine.Alun Roberts The Welsh National School of Medicine, 1893-1931: The Cardiff Years https://books.google.com/books?id=lmquNwAACAAJ 2008 University of Wales Press 978-0-7083-2174-4 Nancy Astor addresses a meeting in Cardiff on the subject of recruiting women into the police. Arts and literature Edward Tegla Davies becomes editor of Yr Efrydydd.Pennar Davies E. Tegla Davies https://books.google.com/books?id=oJUCAAAAMAAJ 1983 University of Wales Press 978-0-7083-0842-4 Awards National Eisteddfod of Wales (held in Bangor) National Eisteddfod of Wales: Chair - David James JonesJonathan Coe Like a Fiery Elephant: The Story of B. S. Johnson https://books.google.com/books?id=uUBNS-KL8u8C&pg=PA321 7 March 2013 Pan Macmillan 978-1-4472-4377-9 321– National Eisteddfod of Wales: Crown - Albert Evans Jones New books English language Eliot Crawshay-Williams - Night in the HotelCatalog of Copyright Entries. New Series: 1931 https://books.google.com/books?id=q6shAQAAIAAJ&pg=RA1-PA932 1932 Copyright Office, Library of Congress 932 John Morris-Jones - Welsh Syntax: An Unfinished DraftParry Sir Thomas Thomas Parry (author) MORRIS-JONES (formerly JONES), Sir JOHN (MORRIS) (1864-1929), scholar, poet, and critic https://biography.wales/article/s-MORR-JOH-1864 Dictionary of Welsh Biography 1959 Bertrand Russell - The Scientific OutlookKenneth Blackwell Harry Ruja Sheila Turcon A Bibliography of Bertrand Russell: I. Separate Publications II. Serial Publications III. Indexes https://books.google.com/books?id=dqggn0PslpAC&pg=PA141 2 September 2003 Routledge 978-1-134-81890-7 141 Lily Tobias – My Mother's HouseLily Tobias Eunice Fleet https://books.google.com/books?id=nhBmAAAAMAAJ 2004 Honno 978-1-870206-65-5 xxi Welsh language John Jenkins (Gwili) - Hanfod Duw a Pherson CristM Wynn Thomas In The Shadow of the Pulpit: Literature and Nonconformist Wales https://books.google.com/books?id=F3yvBwAAQBAJ&pg=PA352 1 November 2010 University of Wales Press 978-0-7083-2342-7 352 Moelona - BerylBibliotheca Celtica https://books.google.com/books?id=w_04AQAAIAAJ 1939 The Library 274 Jennie Thomas – Llyfr Mawr y Plant (first appearance of Wil Cwac Cwac)Meic Stephens Cydymaith i lenyddiaeth Cymru https://books.google.com/books?id=WoMYAAAAIAAJ 1998 University of Wales Press 978-0-7083-1383-1 717 Music Grace Williams – Sextet for oboe, trumpet, violin, viola, cello and piano Film Ray Milland appears in The Bachelor Father, Strangers May Kiss, Just a Gigolo, Son of India, Bought, Ambassador Bill, and Blonde Crazy. Mary Glynne appears in Inquesthttp://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6c226982 https://web.archive.org/web/20180627145818/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6c226982 dead June 27, 2018 Inquest (1931) British Film Institute 27 June 2018 Broadcasting The BBC's Daventry radio transmitter increases its Welsh language output from a monthly to a fortnightly "Welsh interest" programme and includes a regular religious service broadcast entirely in Welsh. Sport Rugby union Wales, under the captaincy of Jack Bassett, win the Five Nations Championship. 7 February Wales beat Scotland 13–8 at the Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff. Births 4 January - Harry Griffiths, footballer (died 1978) 10 January - Rosalind Howells, Baroness Howells of St Davids, politicianCharles Roger Dod Robert Phipps Dod Dod's Parliamentary Companion https://books.google.com/books?id=yaGIAAAAMAAJ 2002 Dod's Parliamentary Companion, Limited 584 9780905702360 2 February - Glynn Edwards, actor (died 2018)https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2018/06/05/glynn-edwards-played-dave-barman-minder-obituary/ Glynn Edwards, played Dave the barman in 'Minder' – obituary 5 June 2018 5 June 2018 Telegraph.co.uk registration 4 March - Gwilym Prichard, landscape painter (d. 2015)https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2015/jun/12/gwilym-prichard Gwilym Prichard obituary 12 June 2015 Harry Heuser The Guardian 20 August 2019 13 March - Ted Grace, Swansea-born politician in Australia (died 2020)to 1984.https://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/search/display/display.w3p;query=Id:%22handbook/allmps/ZG4%22 Biography for GRACE, Edward Laurence Parliament of Australia 1 September 2020 20 March - Orig Williams, wrestler and TV presenter (died 2009)http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article6927430.ece https://web.archive.org/web/20100524011921/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article6927430.ece dead May 24, 2010 Orig Williams: Welsh wrestler The Times 23 November 2009 18 April 2010 22 March - Leslie Thomas, novelist (died 2014)https://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/may/07/leslie-thomas Leslie Thomas obituary 7 May 2014 Dennis Barker The Guardian 20 August 2019 30 March - Emrys Jones, literary scholar (died 2012)John Carey, "Emrys Lloyd Jones, 1931–2012", Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the British Academy, vol. 13 (2014), pp. 273–291."Professor Emrys Jones", The Times (London), 24 July 2012, p. 48. IF0504333711. 7 April - Eifion Evans, church historian (died 2017)https://www.evangelical-times.org/41455/rev-dr-eifion-evans-1931-2017/ Rev. Dr Eifion Evans (1931-2017) Evangelical Times Philip Swann 26 January 2018 20 August 2019 11 April - Lewis Jones, rugby player 30 April - Merfyn Jones, footballer (died 2016) 11 May - Gerry Humphreys, sound engineer (died 2006) 29 May – Christopher Evans, computer scientist (died 1979)Parapsychology Review https://books.google.com/books?id=pI4eAQAAMAAJ 1980 Parapsychology Foundation 16 23 June - Brian Sparks, Wales international rugby union player (died 2013)http://www.bridgendmasonictrust.org.uk/obit-sparks.htm Obituary: W Bro Brian Anthonie Sparks MBE Bridgend Masonic Trust 30 June 2013 15 October 2021 29 June - Howard Morgan, cricketer 2 July - Frank Williams, actor 13 July - Philip Jones, businessman and civil servant (died 2000) 13 August Roy Evans, trade union leader (died 2015)Ian Evans, "Roy Evans obituary", The Guardian, 16 December 2015 Gareth Lewis, canon of Newport (died 1997)"The Very Rev. Gareth Lewis", The Times 19 June 1997. 15 August - Gwyn Evans, bowls player 1 September - Mair Wynn Hughes, children's author 18 September - Roger Howells, footballer (died 1975) Stephens Meic Necrologies : a book of Welsh obituaries Seren Bridgend, Wales 2008 9781854114761 143 5 November - John Morris, Baron Morris of Aberavon, politician (died 2023)Charles Roger Dod Robert Phipps Dod Dod's Parliamentary Companion https://books.google.com/books?id=0JaIAAAAMAAJ 2001 Dod's Parliamentary Companion, Limited 663 9780905702339 17 November - Dudley Price, footballer (died 2021) 27 November - Gareth Griffiths, Wales and British Lions rugby union player 29 November - Glyn Hughes, footballer (died 1995) 25 December - Dafydd Rowlands, Eisteddfod-winning author (died 2001)https://www.oxforddnb.com/view/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-75797 Rowlands, David Heslin [Dafydd] (1931–2001), Welsh-language poet and essayist 2004 en 10.1093/ref:odnb/75797 7 April 2020 27 December - John Charles, footballer (died 2004)https://www.theguardian.com/news/2004/feb/23/guardianobituaries.football John Charles 23 February 2004 Brian Glanville The Guardian 20 August 2019 30 December - John T. Houghton, climate scientist (died 2020) Houghton J. T. In the eye of the storm : the autobiography of Sir John Houghton Lion Oxford 2013 9780745955841 22 date unknown - Brynley F. Roberts, scholar, librarian, National Library of Wales Deaths 24 January - George Hay Morgan, politician, 64Gas Journal Obituary 28 January 1931 199 28 January - Robert Henderson, cricketer, 65 30 January - Sir Garrod Thomas, physician and politician, 77 4 February - David Thomas Jones, administrator, 64 22 February - Sir Hugh Vincent, solicitor and Wales international rugby player, 68Justice of the Peace and Local Government Review https://books.google.com/books?id=ybo5AQAAIAAJ 1931 Justice of the Peace, Ltd 141 3 March - Frank Russell, 2nd Earl Russell, 65Derham, Ruth https://mulpress.mcmaster.ca/russelljournal/article/view/3415 'A Very Improper Friend': the influence of Jowett and Oxford on Frank Russell Russell: The Journal of Bertrand Russell Studies 37 2017–18 267–362 13 March Vernon Hartshorn MP, miners' leader and politicianNational Library of Wales Annual Report - National Library of Wales https://books.google.com/books?id=oOwaAAAAMAAJ 1929 13 Edward Thomas John, politician, 73s-JOHN-THO-1857 John, Edward Thomas (1857-1931), industrialist and politician Robert Thomas Jenkins 1959 17 January 2022 14 April - John Bryn Roberts, lawyer and politician, 88s1-ROBE-JOH-1848 Roberts, John Bryn (1843-1931), lawyer and politician Robert Thomas Jenkins 1959 17 January 2022 19 April - Evan Richards, Wales international rugby player, 69 12 May - Beddoe Rees, industrialist and politicianWho was who https://books.google.com/books?id=CakLAQAAIAAJ 1920 A. & C. Black 1130 22 June - Sir Henry Reichel, academic, 74National Library of Wales Annual Report https://books.google.com/books?id=d-pFAQAAIAAJ 1929 13 28 July - John Neale Dalton, chaplain and tutor to the British royal family, settled in South Wales, 91The Antiquaries Journal https://books.google.com/books?id=bsgrAAAAYAAJ 1932 H. Milford, Oxford University Press 350 7 October - William John Griffith, author,s-GRIF-JOH-1875 Griffith, William John (1875-1931), lawyer and politician Edward Morgan Humphreys 1959 17 January 2022 26 October - Edward Perkins Alexander, Wales rugby international, 68 29 October - Edward Maes Llaned Owen, engineer, surveyor and merchant, a pioneer of Welsh colonisation in Patagonia, 85 2 November - Arthur Cook, miners' leader, 47 24 November - Jack Jones, footballer, 62Denis Clarebrough Andrew Kirkham Sheffield United Who's Who Hallamshire Press 2008 219 978-1-874718-69-7 27 December - Alfred Perceval Graves, Irish author settled in Wales, 85The New International Year Book https://books.google.com/books?id=eJsYAAAAIAAJ 1932 Dodd, Mead 366 See also 1931 in Northern Ireland References Wales Category:1931 in Europe Category:1930s in Wales