This article is about the particular significance of the year 1934 to Wales and its people .
Incumbents Events Arts and literature Awards New books Music Film Broadcasting A new radio station is established at Bangor.[10] Sport Births 11 February – Mary Quant , fashion designer 25 February (in London ) – Nicholas Edwards, Baron Crickhowell , politician (died 2018)[11] 28 March – Graham Vearncombe , footballer (died 1993 ) 30 March – Dic Jones, bard and archdruid (died 2009)[12] 18 April – Brynmor John , politician (died 1988 )[13] 16 May – Kenneth O. Morgan, historian and academic[14] 10 May – Cliff Wilson , snooker player (died 1994 )[15] 13 June – Gren (Grenfell Jones), cartoonist (died 2007)[16] 5 July – Philip Madoc , actor (died 2012)[17] 13 July – Dai Ward, footballer (died 1996 ) 6 August – Billy Boston , rugby league footballer 16 August – Dave Thomas , golfer and architect (died 2013)[18] 4 September – Clive Granger , econometrician (died 2009)[19] 20 September – David Marquand , academic and MP[20] 1 November – William Mathias , composer (died 1992)[21] 6 November – Betty Campbell, née Johnson, Wales's first black head teacher (died 2017)[22] 24 November – Dewi Zephaniah Phillips , philosopher (died 2006 )[23] date unknown – Mary Lloyd Jones, painter and printmaker[24] Deaths 6 January – Dorothy Edwards , novelist, 30 (suicide)[25] 8 January – Ivor Bowen, judge, 71[26] 23 January – Charles McLaren, 1st Baron Aberconway , owner of Bodnant, 83[27] 2 February – Edward Bevan, Bishop of Swansea and Brecon, 72[28] 4 February – Harry Wetter, Welsh international rugby union player, 52 25 February – Daniel Protheroe, composer and conductor, 67[29] 28 February – David Davies, textile merchant, 81[30] 24 May – William Nathaniel Jones, politician, 76 14 June – George Thomas, Wales international rugby union player, 76/77 30 June – Hugh Evans, author and publisher, 79[31] 19 July – Christopher Williams , painter, 61 28 August – Edgeworth David , geologist and explorer, 76[32] 11 October – John Kelt Edwards, cartoonist, 59[33] 13 November – Sir Evan Vincent Evans, journalist, 81[34] 4 December – Henry Davies, cricketer, 69 References ^ Encyclopaedia Britannica, inc (2003). The New Encyclopaedia Britannica 978-0-85229-961-6 . ^ C. J. Litzenberger; Eileen Groth Lyon (2006). The Human Tradition in Modern Britain 978-0-7425-3735-4 . ^ The Colliery Guardian (16 November 1934), "Gresford Colliery Explosion" , The Colliery Guardian , p 915, col 1, retrieved 3 October 2018 – via Durham Mining Museum ^ "Swansea New Guildhall" . British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 29 August 2019 .^ Anne Commire; Deborah Klezmer (1999). Women in World History: A Biographical Encyclopedia 291 . ISBN 978-0-7876-4068-2 . ^ Thomas, Jo; Willis, Michael (2016). Wars and Welfare: Britain in Transition 1906-1957 . Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 121. ISBN 978-0-19-835459-8 . ^ C. H. Ward-Jackson (1941). A History of Courtaulds: An Account of the Origin and Rise of the Industrial Enterprise of Courtaulds Limited and of Its Associate The American Viscose Corporation ^ "Winners of the Chair" . National Eisteddfod of Wales . Retrieved 7 November 2019 .^ "Winners of the Crown" . National Eisteddfod of Wales . Retrieved 7 November 2019 .^ Kenneth O. Morgan (1981). Rebirth of a Nation: Wales, 1880-1980 978-0-19-821736-7 . ^ Stephen Bates (19 March 2018). "Lord Crickhowell obituary" . The Guardian . Retrieved 30 January 2019 . ^ "Dic Jones: Archdruid of Wales and master poet in the strict metres of" . The Independent . 2009-08-21. Retrieved 17 September 2019 .^ John Graham Jones. "John, Brynmor Thomas (1934-1988), Labour politician" . Dictionary of Welsh Biography . Retrieved 26 May 2019 . ^ Kenneth. O. Morgan (11 August 2015). Kenneth O. Morgan: My Histories 978-1-78316-324-3 . ^ Guy Hodgson (27 May 1994). "Cliff Wilson" . The Independent . Retrieved 31 January 2019 . ^ "Gren Jones" . British Cartoon Archive . University of Kent. Retrieved 31 January 2019 .^ Michael Coveney (5 March 2012). "Philip Madoc obituary" . The Guardian . Retrieved 31 January 2019 . ^ Oliver Brown (28 August 2013). "Ryder Cup hero and greens guru Dave Thomas dies at 79" . The Telegraph . Retrieved 22 September 2020 . ^ Alan Duncan and Robert Taylor (1 June 2009). "Sir Clive Granger" . The Guardian . Retrieved 15 August 2019 . ^ "Mr David Marquand" . Hansard . Retrieved 26 May 2019 .^ Geraint Lewis (31 July 1992). "Obituary: Professor William Mathias" . The Independent . Retrieved 30 January 2019 . ^ Harriet Marsden (25 October 2017). "Betty Campbell: Wales's first black headteacher took civil rights history into classrooms" . The Independent . Retrieved 30 January 2019 . ^ Raimond Gaita (21 August 2006). "Professor Dewi Phillips" . The Guardian . Retrieved 26 May 2019 . ^ Mary Lloyd Jones (2001). The Colour of Saying: The Work of Mary Lloyd Jones 978-1-85902-869-8 . ^ Harold Mostyn Watkins. "EDWARDS, DOROTHY (1903-1934), novelist" . Welsh Biography Online . National Library of Wales . Retrieved 18 October 2018 . ^ John Lias Cecil Cecil-Williams. "Bowen, Ivor (1862-1934), K.C., county court judge" . Welsh Biography Online . National Library of Wales . Retrieved 15 August 2019 . ^ University of Edinburgh Journal ^ The Times , Saturday, Feb 03, 1934; pg. 8; Issue 46669; col E Bishop Of Swansea And Brecon Chairman Of The C.E.M.S ^ Robert David Griffith. "PROTHEROE, DANIEL (1866-1934), musician" . Welsh Biography Online . National Library of Wales . Retrieved 18 October 2018 . ^ Who was who ^ William Williams. "Evans, Hugh (1854-1934), author and publisher" . Welsh Biography Online . National Library of Wales . Retrieved 15 August 2019 . ^ Geological Society of America (1943). Proceedings ^ John William Jones. "Edwards, John Kelt (1875-1934), artist" . Welsh Biography Online . National Library of Wales . Retrieved 15 February 2020 . ^ Thomas Jones. "Evans, Evan Vincent (1851-1934), eisteddfodwr, and secretary of the Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion" . Welsh Biography Online . National Library of Wales . Retrieved 15 August 2019 . See also This article is copied from an
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