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Trefor Richard Morgan (28 January 1914 – 3 January 1970) was a Welsh nationalist activist. Born in Tonyrefail in Glamorgan, Morgan's father died in the Spanish Influenza epidemic of 1918. Although he won a place at grammar school, he left at fourteen to work as a coal miner due to his family's financial difficulties.〔"(Morgan, Trefor Richard )", National Library of Wales〕 Morgan was a conscientious objector during World War II, on the ground of his Welsh nationalist beliefs. He married in 1943, and became active in Plaid Cymru. He stood for the party in Ogmore at the 1945 UK general election and in a 1946 by-election, then in 1950 stood as an independent nationalist candidate in Merthyr Tydfil. In 1955, he again stood for Plaid, this time in Abertillery, and at the 1964 and 1966 UK general elections, he stood in Brecon and Radnorshire.〔 Morgan's election campaigns were unsuccessful, and he decided to focus on promoting independent Welsh businesses. To this end, he set up an insurance company, Cwmni Undeb, based in Aberdare. He pledged that any profits would be invested in Welsh industry or establishing Welsh-language schools. Following on from this, he created a trading estate for like-minded businesses in Hirwaun, and in 1963 founded Cronfa Glyndwr yr Ysgolion Cymreig, which distributed funds to parents wishing to send their children to Welsh-language schools. In 1968, he founded Ysgol Glyndwr near Bridgend as a residential Welsh-language secondary school, but this closed soon after his death, in 1970.〔 ==References== 〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Trefor Richard Morgan」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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