Henry Perry (writer) facts for kids
Henry Perry (also known as Henry Parry) was a Welsh priest and a clever scholar who loved languages. He lived a long time ago, from about 1560 or 1561 until 1617.
Life Story
Henry Perry was born in a place called Flintshire in Wales. He had a very special family connection: he was a descendant of Llywelyn ap Gruffudd. Llywelyn was famous for being the very last Welsh Prince of Wales.
His Education
Henry Perry went to the famous University of Oxford in England. He studied at a few different colleges there. He earned several degrees, which showed he was a very good student. These degrees helped him become a well-educated person.
Travels and Work
After his studies, Henry Perry traveled to other countries. He also got married. Later, he came back to north Wales. He worked as a chaplain for Sir Richard Bulkeley. A chaplain is like a personal priest for a family or a special group. Sir Richard was an important landowner in Anglesey.
Henry Perry also worked as a priest in several churches in Anglesey. He held important positions at Bangor Cathedral. We don't know the exact day he died, but it was sometime before the end of 1617. Interestingly, one of his grandchildren, named Henry Maurice, also became a famous professor at Oxford University.
His Love for Languages
Henry Perry was very good at languages. He was highly respected by John Davies, who was a famous expert in words and dictionaries. John Davies even said that Henry Perry helped create a dictionary for the Welsh language.
Henry Perry's only published book was called Egluryn ffraethineb. This means "The elucidator of eloquence" in English. It was published in 1595. This book was the first of its kind written in Welsh. It taught people about rhetoric, which is the art of speaking or writing well. His book was so important that new versions of it were printed many years later.
