Edgar Phillips (8 October 1889 – 30 August 1962), known by the bardic name "Trefin",[1] was a Welsh poet and served as Archdruid of the National Eisteddfod of Wales from 1960 until his death.
He did not learn Welsh until his family moved to Cardiff when he was aged eleven.
Whilst working as an apprentice tailor back in his native county, he mastered the art of cynghanedd.
After running his own tailoring business in Cardiff, he joined the Royal Garrison Artillery during World War I, and was seriously wounded.
[2] His third wife, whom he married in 1951, was the travel writer Maxwell Fraser (real name Dorothy Phillips).