Edwards taught Welsh at Garw Grammar School,
Pontycymer, where he met his wife Aerona Protheroe, before joining the Adult Education Department at
University College of Swansea as a tutor in
Welsh literature. He became a professor and head of the Welsh Language department before resigning. Their two children are
Huw Edwards and Meinir Edwards (now Meinir Krishnasamy). He subsequently became an extramural lecturer in
Welsh literature at
University College of Swansea, and later Professor and Head of the Welsh Department. He retired from full-time teaching in 1995 but continued to lecture and write books. He specialised in 19th century history, and was the leading authority on the history of the
National Eisteddfod of Wales.
Tudur Hallam won the chair at the 2010 National Eisteddfod in Blaenau Gwent for his
awdl (poem) in memory of Hywel Teifi. ==Politics==