[1] He attended Blaengwawr Elementary School and after leaving formal education found work at the offices of Tarian y Gweithiwr, the Welsh language weekly newspaper published at Aberdare.
He became a pupil teacher at local schools before enrolling as a student at University College Cardiff in 1895.
He was successively appointed as headmaster of Llwydcoed (1912), Cap Coch (1921) and Blaengwawr (1924) schools; he retired from teaching in 1933.
[1] Price spent many years researching local history, an interest that began with preparing an essay for the national eisteddfod in 1920.
[1] His work remains of value to historians today and his manuscripts are kept at the National Library of Wales.