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Born at Llwynyberllan, Carmarthenshire, on September 12th, , the eldest son of William Thomas, of that town.

David St John Thomas (30 August – 19 August ) was an English publisher and writer who founded David & Charles.

Birth name, David John Thomas ; Place of birth, Swansea, Wales ; Occupation(s), Police officer ; Rugby union career.

On the 27th of October in Cwmdonkin, Swansea, teacher David John Thomas looked down at his newly born son and decided to name him 'Dylan'.

David St John Thomas (30 August – 19 August ) was an English publisher and writer who founded David & Charles.!

The Life of Dylan Thomas

Dylan Marlais Thomas was born in the Uplands suburb of Swansea, South Wales on 27 October 1914 to David John (‘DJ’) Thomas, Senior English master at Swansea Grammar School, and his wife Florence Hannah Thomas (née Williams) a seamstress, the second of two children and younger brother to Nancy Marles Thomas, nine years his senior.

Dylan’s middle name, Marlais ( pronounced ‘Mar-lice’) was chosen in honour of his great-uncle, the Unitarian Minister and poet William Thomas, better know by his pseudonym or ‘bardic name’ Gwilym Marles.

A combination of the words ‘mawr’ meaning big and either ‘clais’ or ‘glas’ meaning ditch, stream or blue, the name is distinctly Welsh in origin. While the name Dylan is also a strong Welsh name pronounced “Dullan”, interestingly, Dylan himself preferred to use the English pronunciation “Dillan” and during radio broadcasts was often known to correct announcers using the Welsh pronunciation.

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