William Thomas (Islwyn)

For other people with the same name, see William Thomas (disambiguation).

Portrait of William Thomas in the 1870s

William Thomas, bardic name Islwyn (3 April 1832 – 20 November 1878), was a Welsh language poet and Christian clergyman. His best known poems were both called Yr Ystorm ['The Storm'], and were written in response to the sudden death of his fiancée.[1]

  1. ^ David Gwenallt Jones (1959). "Thomas, William (Islwyn;1832-1878), Calvinistic Methodist minister and poet". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 10 March 2023.