Article: Who shaped Wales' past? From bishops to pirates, Welsh men and women who made their mark on history can now be found online, as Ian Parri discovers.(Features)

Byline: Ian Parri

IT is often said that you're never fully appreciated until you've popped your clogs and left this mortal coil. And it would seem to be perfectly true were you seeking your place in a remarkable series of books of biographies of notable Welshmen and women.

For more than 50 years we've been indebted to an ex-patriate group for committing to paper these biographies of our great and the good, not to mention the occasional miscreant.

The London-based Honorable Society of Cymmrodorion first published its Dictionary of Welsh Biography and its sister volume in Welsh, Y Bywgraffiadur Cymreig, back in 1953. Now tot alling five volumes, ...

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