An unsung pioneer of folk life studies in Wales: Sir Daniel Lleufer Thomas, 1863-1940. (2nd January 2022)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Wiliam, Eurwyn
• Is Part Of: Folk life. Volume 60:Number 1(2022)
• Page Start: 66
• Page End: 81
• Publication Date: 2022-01-02
• Subjects: Social studies -- government reports -- ethnology -- vernacular architecture -- Wales; Folklore -- Great Britain -- Periodicals; Folklore -- Ireland -- Periodicals; Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- Periodicals; Ireland -- Social life and customs -- Periodicals; 398
• DOI: 10.1080/04308778.2022.2044608
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0430-8778

Abstract

ABSTRACT: This paper examines the contribution of an individual known in Wales as one of a number from humble backgrounds who rose to make significant contributions to late-Victorian and early twentieth-century civic society. Daniel Lleufer Thomas's activity in the field of sociological recording, however, has been little recognized in his own country let alone more widely. His contribution to two Royal Commissions in the last decade of the 19 th century was seminal and led to Iorwerth Peate's decision to study the historical domestic architecture of Wales, thus influencing directly the growth and development of vernacular architecture as a field of study within the broader field of regional ethnology.