Alwyn D. Rees

Alwyn David Rees (27 March 1911 – 6 December 1974) was a Welsh geographer, social anthropologist and Welsh nationalist, who wrote as Alwyn D. Rees. After studying geography and anthropology at the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth, he was a tutor in the College's External Department from 1936 to 1946. He was a lecturer in the Department of Geography and Anthropology until 1949, when he was appointed Director of the External Studies Department.[1] Rees pioneered the rural sociology of Britain with Life in a Welsh countryside (1950), a community study of the Welsh village of Llanfihangel yng Ngwynfa.[2] From 1966 until his death he edited the Welsh magazine Barn.

  1. ^ Davies, Hywel Meilyr. "Rees, Alwyn David". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/75837. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  2. ^ Day, Graham (January 2010). "Rural Wales: The Sociological Account". Making Sense of Wales: A Sociological Perspective. pp. 141–. ISBN 9780708323106.