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List of events
This article is about the particular significance of the year 1938 to
Wales and
its people.
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Tudor Davies plays the lead in the first English-language production of Verdi's
Don Carlos, at Sadler's Wells.
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6 January –
William Edwards, politician (d.
2007)
[17]
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1 February –
Cynog Dafis, politician
[18]
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22 January –
Brook Williams, actor (d.
2005)
[19]
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2 March –
Deddie Davies, actress (d.
2016)
[20]
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20 April –
Andrew Vicari, portrait painter (d. 2016)
[21]
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25 April –
John Davies, historian (d.
2015)
[22]
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14 May –
Clive Rowlands, rugby player and coach (d.
2023)
[23]
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25 May –
Trevor Peck, footballer (d.
2014)
[24]
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31 May –
John Prescott, Deputy Prime Minister of the UK
[25]
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13 June –
Gwynne Howell, bass
[26]
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6 July –
Tony Lewis, cricketer and commentator
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23 July –
Meic Stephens, literary editor (d. 2018)
[27]
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6 August –
Rees Davies, historian (d.
2005)
[28]
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12 September
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9 October –
Denzil Davies, politician (d.
2018)
[30]
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22 October –
Dai Davies , English-born Welsh sports journalist (d.
2008)
[31]
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1 November –
Delwyn Williams, politician
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4 December –
Richard Meade, equestrian (d.
2015)
[32]
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15 December –
Michael Bogdanov, theatre director (d.
2017 in Greece)
[33]
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3 February –
James Bevan, First Wales rugby union captain, 81
[34]
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9 February –
Dick Hellings, Wales international rugby player, 63
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30 March –
Jack Elliott, Wales international rugby player, 66
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16 April – Sir
William Price, industrialist
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8 May –
George Ormsby-Gore, 3rd Baron Harlech, 83
[35]
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28 May –
Alfred Brice, Wales international rugby player, 66
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23 June –
Clement Edwards, politician, 69
[36]
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22 July –
Giotto Griffiths, Wales international rugby player, 73
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22 October (in
Dublin) – Sir
John Purser Griffith, civil engineer, 90
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4 November –
John Thomas Job, minister, hymn-writer and poet, 71
[37]
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28 November –
Reginald Arthur (Reggie) Gibbs, shipowner and rugby footballer, 56
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29 December (at sea) –
Eluned Morgan, writer, 68
[38]
- date unknown –
Gwynfil Evans (Barry Western), novelist
[39]
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^ C. J. Litzenberger; Eileen Groth Lyon (2006).
The Human Tradition in Modern Britain. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 92.
ISBN
978-0-7425-3735-4.
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^
Jones, Evan David.
"John James Williams".
Dictionary of Welsh Biography.
National Library of Wales. Retrieved 22 May 2015.
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^
"Aberystwyth's great storm of 1938". BBC. 20 October 2009. Retrieved 25 May 2019.
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^ Cardiff (Wales). City Council. Development Committee (1960).
The City and Port of Cardiff; the Official Handbook: "Cardiff Blue Book.". E.J. Burrow. p. 38.
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^ Council for British Archaeology; Cadw (Organization : Great Britain) (1992).
The Welsh industrial heritage: a review : based upon the proceedings of a joint Cadw/CBA conference held in Cardiff, 5 December 1986. Council for British Archaeology. p. 101.
ISBN
978-1-872414-13-3.
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^ Cardiff Naturalists' Society (1937).
Transactions of the Cardiff Naturalists' Society. p. 33.
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^ T. S. Eliot (15 January 2019).
Letters of T. S. Eliot Volume 8: 1936–1938. Faber & Faber. p. 918.
ISBN
978-0-571-31639-7.
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^ Helen Grime (6 October 2015).
Gwen Ffrangcon-Davies, Twentieth-Century Actress. Routledge. p. 212.
ISBN
978-1-317-32095-1.
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^ Elena Puw Morgan (1999).
Y graith. Gwasg Gomer.
ISBN
978-1-85902-745-5.
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^ Edward Larrissy (2016).
The Cambridge Companion to British Poetry, 1945-2010. Cambridge University Press. p. 167.
ISBN
978-1-107-09066-8.
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^ David Greer (1997).
A Numerous and Fashionable Audience: The Story of Elsie Swinton. Thames Publishing. p. 118.
ISBN
978-0-905210-93-3.
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^
Meic Stephens (April 1986).
The Oxford companion to the literature of Wales. Oxford University Press. p.
129.
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^ Meic Stephens (April 1986).
The Oxford companion to the literature of Wales. Oxford University Press. p.
272.
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^ Colin Chambers (14 May 2006).
The Continuum Companion to Twentieth Century Theatre. A&C Black. p. 513.
ISBN
978-1-84714-612-0.
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^ Roberta M. Milgram (1991).
Counseling Gifted and Talented Children: A Guide for Teachers, Counselors, and Parents. ABC-CLIO. p. 227.
ISBN
978-0-89391-773-9.
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^ Jeffrey Richards (1997). Films and British National Identity: From Dickens to Dad's Army. Manchester University Press. p. 86.
ISBN
9780719047435.
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^
Patrick Hannan (5 September 2007).
"Will Edwards". The Guardian. Retrieved 26 May 2024.
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"People in the Assembly: Cynog Dafis". BBC News. 2000 [Published 1 September 1998; updated in 2000 on unspecified date]. Retrieved 24 December 2023.
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^ Harris M. Lentz III (24 October 2008).
Obituaries in the Performing Arts, 2005: Film, Television, Radio, Theatre, Dance, Music, Cartoons and Pop Culture. McFarland. p. 394.
ISBN
978-0-7864-5210-1.
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^ Hayward, Anthony (2 January 2017).
"Deddie Davies obituary". Theguardian.com. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
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^
"Andrew Vicari". The Valleys Heroes. Retrieved 25 May 2019.[
permanent dead link]
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^ Russell Davies (25 February 2015).
"John Davies obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 31 July 2023.
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"How a village boy overcame childhood trauma to become Welsh rugby's indisputable leader". WalesOnline. 30 July 2023. Retrieved 31 July 2023.
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^ Silk, Huw (30 May 2014).
"Poppies star of the 1970s dies". Northamptonshire Telegraph. Retrieved 22 April 2018.
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^ A. T. Lane (1995).
Biographical Dictionary of European Labor Leaders. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 778.
ISBN
978-0-313-29900-1.
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^ Trevor Herbert; Peter Stead (2001).
Hymns and Arias: Great Welsh Voices. University of Wales Press. p. 97.
ISBN
978-0-7083-1699-3.
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^ Sam Adams (5 July 2018).
"Meic Stephens obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 25 May 2019.
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^ John Watts (26 May 2005).
"Sir Rees Davies". The Guardian. Retrieved 4 May 2022.
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^
"Obituary: Richard Booth died on August 20th". The Economist. 29 August 2019.
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^ Julia Langdon (15 October 2018).
"Denzil Davies obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 25 May 2019.
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^ Michael Blair (21 May 2008).
"Obituary: Dai Davies". The Guardian. Retrieved 21 January 2018.
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^ Victoria Spicer (12 January 2015).
"Richard Meade obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 25 May 2019.
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^ Michael Coveney (18 April 2017).
"Michael Bogdanov obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 25 May 2019.
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^
"Bevan, James Alfred (BVN877JA)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
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^
Kelly's Handbook of Distinguished People 1938. Kelly. 1923. p.
877.
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^
The Law Journal. Law journal. 1938. p. 17l.
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^ Enaf Morrice Job.
"Job, John Thomas (1867-1938), Calvinistic Methodist minister, hymn writer, and poet".
Dictionary of Welsh Biography.
National Library of Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2022.
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"MORGAN, ELUNED (1870–1938), writer".
Dictionary of Welsh Biography.
National Library of Wales. Retrieved 18 March 2021.
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^ Meic Stephens (April 1986).
The Oxford companion to the literature of Wales. Oxford University Press. p.
190.