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Edgar Phillips (8 October 1889 – 30 August 1962) known by the bardic name Trefin was a Welsh poet and served as Archdruid of the National Eisteddfod of Wales from 1960 until his death.Phillips took his bardic name from his birthplace the village of Trefin in Pembrokeshire. 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.