We were a people taut for war; the hills Were no harder, the thin grass Clothed them more warmly than the coarse Shirts our small bones.
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Birth: | 29th March, 1913 |
Death: | 25th September, 2000 |
Nationality: | Welsh |
Profession: | Anglican, Poet |
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R. S. Thomas was born in Cardiff, the only child of Thomas Hubert and Margaret. The family moved to Holyhead in 1918 because of his father's work in the merchant navy. He was awarded a bursary in 1932 to study at Bangor University, where he read Classics. In 1936, having completed his theological training at St. Michael's College, Llandaff, he was ordained as a priest in the Church in Wales.
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