Iorwerth Peate

Iorwerth Cyfeiliog Peate (27 February 1901 – 19 October 1982) was a Welsh poet and scholar, best known as the founder, along with Cyril Fox, of St Fagans National Museum of History.

[2] Peate began his career by lecturing in rural Ceredigion and Meirioneth, before being appointed in 1927 to catalogue the National Museum of Wales' folk collections.

Work on the museum commenced in 1946, in the grounds of St Fagans Castle on the outskirts of Cardiff donated by the Earl of Plymouth.

[2] Peate published work on the study of folk life in both English and Welsh, and wrote a regular review column for the Welsh-language newspaper Y Cymro.

The ashes of Peate and of his wife Nansi are buried in the grounds of Pen Rhiw Unitarian chapel in St Fagans National Museum of History.