Dick King-Smith

Nofelydd plant o Loegr oedd **Ronald Gordon King-Smith, OBE** (27 Mawrth 1922 – 4 Ionawr 2011).

## Cefndir
Magwyd Dick King-Smith yng Ngwlad yr Haf, ei dad oedd y Capten Ronald King-Smith D.S.O., M.C., a oedd yn berchennog nifer o felinau bapur. Roedd ei fam Grace (née Boucher) yn ferch i 'r chwaraewr rygbi tîm Cymru, Arthur Boucher. Addysgwyd King Smith yn Ysgol Parc Beaudesert a Choleg Marlborough. Roedd yn filwr yn yr Ail Ryfel Byd, yn gwasanaethu gyda'r Grenadier Guards yn yr Eidal. Ar ôl y rhyfel bu'n ffermwr am 20 mlynedd cyn iddo ddod yn athro yn Ysgol Gynradd Farmborough ac awdur. Llyfr cyntaf King-Smith oedd *The Fox Busters*, a gyhoeddwyd ym 1978 tra roedd yn byw ac yn dysgu yn Farmborough. Roedd yn awdur toreithiog; ysgrifennodd dros gant o lyfrau. Yn ddiweddarach yn ei fywyd bu’n byw yn Queen Charlton, pentref ffermio bach ger Bryste, gan gyfrannu at gynnal a chadw’r ardal leol fel is-lywydd Ymddiriedolaeth Bywyd Gwyllt Avon.

Cyflwynodd eitemau nodwedd ar anifeiliaid ar raglen blant TV-AM, Rub-a-Dub Tub (1983). 
## Teulu
Priododd ei wraig gyntaf, Myrle, ym 1943. Ganwyd iddynt dri o blant: Juliet, Giles a Liz. Bu farw Myrle yn 2000, ac wedi hynny priododd King-Smith â Zona Bedding, ffrind i'r teulu.

## Marwolaeth
Bu farw King-Smith yn ei gartref ger Caerfaddon, Gwlad yr Haf, ar 4 Ionawr 2011 yn 85 oed. Goroeswyd ef gan dri o blant, 14 o wyrion, pedwar o or-wyrion ac un gor-or-wyres.

## Llyfryddiaeth
* *The Fox Busters* (1978), cyfieithiad Cymraeg: *Wham-Bam-Bang!* (1996)
* *Daggie Dogfoot* (1980)
* *Magnus Powermouse* (1982)
* ''The Queen's Nose* (1983)
* *The Sheep-Pig*  (1983), cyfieithiad Cymraeg: *Y Mochyn Defaid* (1998)
* *Saddlebottom* (1985)
* *Noah's Brother* (1986)
* *The Hodgeheg* (1987), cyfieithiad Cymraeg: *Nogdrae* (1999)
* *Tumbleweed* (1987)
* *Farmer Bungle Forgets* (1987)
* *Friends and Brothers* (1987)
* *Cuckoobush Farm* (1987)
* *George Speaks* (1988)
* *The Mouse Butcher* (1988)
* *Emily's Legs* (1988)
* *Water Watch* (1988)
* *Dodo Comes to Tumbledown Farm* (1988)
* *Tumbledown Farm - The Greatest* (1988)
* *The Jenius* (1988)
* *Ace* (1990)
* *Sophie*
** *Sophie's Snail* (1988)
** *Sophie's Tom* (1991)
** *Sophie Hits Six* (1991)
** *Sophie in the Saddle* (1993)
** *Sophie Is Seven* (1994)
** *Sophie's Lucky* (1995)
* *Alice And Flower And Foxianna* (1989)
* *Beware of the Bull* (1989)
* *The Toby Man* (1989)
* *Dodos Are Forever* (1989)
* *The Trouble with Edward* (1989)
* *Jungle Jingles* (1990)
* *Blessu* (1990)
* *Hogsel and Gruntel* (1990)
* *Paddy's Pot of Gold* (1990)
* *Alphabeasts* (1990)
* *The Water Horse* (1990)
* *The Whistling Piglet* (1990)
** *The Jolly Witch* (1990)
** *Bernard The Magical Toilet Brush*(1993)
** *Mrs. Jollipop* (1996)
** *Mrs. Jolly's Brolly* (1998)
* *The Cuckoo Child* (1991)
* *The Guard Dog* (1991)
* *Martin's Mice* (1991)
* *Lightning Strikes Twice* (1991)
* *Caruso's Cool Cats* (1991)
* *Dick King-Smith's Triffic Pig Book* (1991)
* *Find the White Horse* (1991)
* *Horace and Maurice* (1991)
* *Lady Daisy* (1992)
* *Pretty Polly* (1992)
* *The Finger Eater* (1992)
* *The Ghost At Codlin Castle And Other Stories* (1992)
* *Super Terrific Pigs* (1992)
* *The Invisible Dog* (1993)
* *All Pigs Are Beautiful* (1993)
* *The Merrythought* (1993)
* *The Swoose* (1993)
* *Uncle Bumpo* (1993)
* *Dragon Boy* (1993)
* *Horse Pie* (1993)
* *Harry's Mad* (1993)
* *Connie and Rollo* (1994)
* *The School Mouse* (1994)
* *Triffic: A Rare Pig's Tale* (1994)
* *Mr. Potter's Pet* (1994)
* *Harriet's Hare* (1994)
* *The Excitement of Being Ernest* (1994)
* *I Love Guinea Pigs* (1994)
* *Three Terrible Trins* (1994)
* *Happy Mouseday* (1994)
* *Bobby the Bad* (1994)
* *The Clockwork Mouse* (1995)
* *King Max the Last* (1995)
* *Omnibombulator* (1995)
* *The Terrible Trins* (1995)
* *Warlock Watson* (1995)
* *All Because of Jackson* (1995)
* *The Stray* (1996)
* *Clever Duck* (1996)
* *Dirty Gertie Macintosh* (1996)
* *Smasher* (1996)
* *Godhanger* (1996)
* *Winter Wonderland* (1996)
* *Treasure Trove* (1996)
* *Mixed-up Max* (1997)
* *What Sadie Saw* (1997)
* *The Spotty Pig* (1997)
* *A Mouse Called Wolf* (1997)
* *Robin Hood And His Miserable Men* (1997)
* *Thinderella* (1997)
* *Puppy Love* (1997)
* *The Merman* (1997)
* *Round About 5* (1997)
* *Mr Ape* (1998)
* *How Green Was My Mouse* (1998)
* *The Big Pig Book* (1998)
* *Creepy Creatures Bag* (1998)
* *The Robber Boy* (1998)
* *Pig in the City* (1999)
* *Poppet* (1999)
* *The Roundhill* (2000)
* *Spider Sparrow* (2000)
* *Just in Time* (2000)
* *The Magic Carpet Slippers* (2000)
* *Julius Caesar's Goat* (2000)
* *Mysterious Miss Slade* (2000)
* *Billy the Bird* (2000)
* *Lady Lollipop* (2000)
* *Back to Front Benjy* (2001)
* *The Great Sloth Race* (2001)
* *Fat Lawrence* (2001)
* *Funny Frank* (2001)
* *Chewing The Cud (cofiant)* (2001)
* *Titus Rules!* (2002)
* *Billy the Bird / All Because of Jackson* (2002)
* *Story Box* (2002)
* *The Golden Goose* (2003)
* *Traffic* (2003)
* *Clever Lollipop* (2003)
* *The Adventurous Snail* (2003)
* *The Nine Lives of Aristotle* (2003)
* *Aristotle* (2003)
* *Just Binnie* (2004)
* *The Catlady* (2004)
* *Under the Mishmash Trees* (2005)
* *Hairy Hezekiah* (2005)
* *Dinosaur Trouble* (2005)
* *Nosy* (2005)
* *The Mouse Family Robinson'' (2007)

## Cyfeiriadau
Categori:Genedigaethau 1922
Categori:Llenorion plant Saesneg
Categori:Llenorion yr 20fed ganrif o Loegr
Categori:Llenorion yr 21ain ganrif o Loegr
Categori:Marwolaethau 2011
Categori:Nofelwyr Saesneg
Categori:Nofelwyr o Loegr