Edward Thomas (mai waka)

**Philip Edward Thomas** (3 Maris 1878 - 9 Afrilu 1917) marubuci ne na Burtaniya na Waƙoƙin Ingilishi da rubutu. Wani lokaci ana daukar shi mawaki ne na yaki, kodayake kaɗan daga cikin waƙoƙinsa suna magana ne kai tsaye game da abubuwan da ya faru a yaƙi. Ya fara rubuta waka ne kawai yana da shekaru 36, amma a wannan lokacin ya riga ya zama mai sukar, mai ba da labari, marubucin yanayi da marubucin tafiye-tafiye na shekaru ashirin. A shekara ta 1915, ya shiga cikin Sojojin Burtaniya don yaƙi a Yaƙin Duniya na farko kuma an kashe shi a cikin aiki a lokacin Yaƙin Arras a 1917, jim kadan bayan ya isa Faransa.

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Edward Thomas ɗan Mary Elizabeth Townsend ne da Philip Henry Thomas, ma'aikacin gwamnati, marubuci, mai wa'azi kuma ɗan siyasa na gida. An haife shi a Lambeth, wani yanki na kudancin London na yanzu, a baya a Surrey. Ya yi karatu a Belleville School, Battersea Grammar School da St Paul's School, duk a London.

Iyalan Thomas galibi ' yan Wales ne .  Daga cikin kakanninsa shida da aka sami bayanai a kansu, biyar an haife su ne a Wales, ɗaya kuma a Ilfracombe .  Duk kakanninsa huɗu an haife su kuma sun girma a Wales. Daga cikinsu, kakanninsa na uba suna zaune a Tredegar . An haifi kakarsa, Rachel Phillips, kuma an girma a can, yayin da kakansa, Henry Thomas, wanda aka haifa a Neath, ya yi aiki a can a matsayin mai gyaran injin sannan kuma mai gyaran injin. Ɗansu, Philip Henry, wanda shine mahaifin Edward Thomas, an haife shi a Tredegar kuma ya yi shekarunsa na farko a can. 

Kakan mahaifiyar Thomas shine Edward Thomas Townsend, ɗan Margaret da Alderman William Townsend، ɗan kasuwa na Newport mai aiki a cikin siyasa na Liberal da Chartist. Kakar mahaifiyarsa ita ce Catherine Marendaz, daga Margam, a waje da Port Talbot, inda iyalinta suka kasance manoma masu haya tun aƙalla ƙarshen 1790s. 'Yarsu, Mary Elizabeth Townsend, ta auri Philip Henry Thomas . Maryamu da Philip su ne iyayen Edward Thomas.

Kodayake mahaifin Edward Thomas, Philip Henry Thomas, ya bar Tredegar zuwa Swindon (sa'an nan kuma London) a farkon shekarunsa, "haɗin Welsh ... yana da dorewa. "  Ya ci gaba a duk rayuwarsa don ziyartar danginsa a kudancin Wales. Ra'ayinsa game da Wales ya bayyana a wasu hanyoyi. Akwai tafiye-tafiye akai-akai zuwa Merthyr don yin lacca a madadin Ethical Society, har ma da ziyarar a 1906 zuwa National Eisteddfod a arewacin Wales. Philip Henry Thomas "ya horar da alakarsa ta Welsh da himma," sosai don Edward Thomas da 'yan uwansa su iya yin alfahari da cewa mahaifinsu ya san Lloyd George.

Kamar mahaifinsa da ya gabace shi, Edward Thomas ya ci gaba a tsawon rayuwarsa  don ziyartar 'yan uwansa da abokansa da yawa a Ammanford, Newport, Swansea da Pontardulais .  Thomas kuma ya ji daɗin abota ta shekaru ashirin da wani ɗan uwansa na nesa, malami, masanin tauhidi kuma mawaƙi, John Jenkins (Gwili), na Hendy, a kan iyakar gundumar daga Pontardulais.  Kyakkyawar Gwili ga Thomas ta bayyana tafiye-tafiye da yawa da suka yi tare a ƙauyukan da ke kewaye da Pontardulais da Ammanford.  Irin wannan alaƙar iyalin da wannan yanki na Wales ce ta sa aka tura 'yan'uwan Edward Thomas uku zuwa makaranta a Kwalejin Watcyn Wyn da ke Ammanford, inda Gwili ya zama shugaban makaranta a 1908.

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