Robert Bryan (poet)

He was born at Llanarmon-yn-Iâl, Denbighshire, Wales, son of Edward and Elinor Bryan .

[1][2] He was forced to discontinue his studies at Oxford in 1893 without attaining a degree because of ill health.

He lived at Wrexham and Marchwiel until 1903 when he moved to Caernarfon, where his brothers, Edward and Joseph Davies Bryan, had a house.

His brothers ran a successful retail business in Egypt with large stores in Cairo and Alexandria, and branches in Port Said and Khartoum.

[2] He wrote music arrangements at the request of David Thomas, of Bangor whilst he was teaching.