Ieuan Gwyllt

Ieuan Gwyllt, about 1875, by Welsh photographer John Thomas
Front page of the earliest surviving copy of the Welsh newspaper Y Gwladgarwr: 4 September 1858

Ieuan Gwyllt was the bardic name of Welsh musician and minister John Roberts (22 December 1822 - 14 May 1877). His bardic name is derived from the pen name he used whilst writing poetry as a boy, Ieuan Gwyllt Gelltydd Melindwr (John of the Wild Woods near the Mill Tower).[1] He was born at Tanrhiwfelen, a house just outside Aberystwyth, and died in Caernarfon on 14 May 1877. He was buried at Caeathro cemetery near Caernarfon.

Memorial to Roberts, commemorating his ministry at Pant‑tywyll Calvinistic Methodist church, Merthyr Tydfil. Now in Canolfan Soar, Merthyr Tydfil.