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Iorwerth Peate
Welsh writer; founder of the St Fagans National Museum of History
Iorwerth Cyfeiliog Peate (27 February – 19 October ) was a Welsh poet and scholar, best known as the founder, along with Cyril Fox, of St Fagans National Museum of History.[1]
Iorwerth Cyfeiliog Peate was born on 27 February in Llanbrynmair, Montgomeryshire, the son of George Howard and Elizabeth Peate (née Thomas).
His father and grandfather were carpenters. He attended Llanbryn-Mair Elementary School and Machynlleth Grammar School, and in entered the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth (now Aberystwyth University).[2]
Peate's interest in folk studies and anthropology was kindled when studying Colonial History and Geography at Aberystwyth under professor Herbert John Fleure and writer T.
Gwynn Jones.[3][4] Peate received an M.A. in for a dissertation on the anthropology, dialect and folklore of the people living in the Dyfi valley.[2] While