Dictionary of Welsh Biography

WILLIAMS, WILLIAM (Ap Caledfryn; 1837 - 1915), portrait painter The son of William Williams (Caledfryn), Congregational minister and poet. He was born at Caernarvon, 24 March 1837. He received his first drawing lesson when he was 6 years old from the Welsh artist Hugh Hughes (1790 - 1863). He married Mary Daniel, daughter of Herbert Daniel, Congregational minister at Cefn-y-crib, and had two children, both of whom inherited their father's love of music. Among
WILLIAMS, WILLIAM (1732 - 1799), Baptist minister, and justice of the peace equated the 'infallibility of the Association' with the 'infallibility of the Pope' (1799; republished in Yr Ymofynydd, 1849, 201-3; summarised in Trafodion Cymdeithas Hanes Bedyddwyr Cymru, 1930, 45-7). It seems probable that it was only his death which saved William Williams from excommunication. In 1784, he had taken as his third wife Dorothy Lewis of Llwyngrawys, Llangoedmor (see Meyrick
WILLIAMS, WILLIAM (Crwys; 1875 - 1968), poet, preacher, archdruid him an hon. M.A. degree and he was honoured by Swansea Borough Council in 1968 when his bust was placed in the Town Library. He was one of the most prolific and popular poets of his time. He published four volumes of poetry: Cerddi Crwys (1920; 5 eds.), Cerddi Newydd Crwys (1924; 3 eds.), Trydydd Cerddi Crwys (1935), Cerddi Crwys, y pedwerydd llyfr (1944), and two selections of his poems (1953 and
WILLIAMS, WILLIAM EMYR (1889 - 1958), solicitor and eisteddfod patron Born 24 May 1889 at Llanffestiniog, Merionethshire, the eldest of the 7 children of Rev. John Williams, minister of Engedi (Calv. Meth.) and Sarah Ann, daughter of Edward Hall, ship's captain and an elder at Tabernacl, Aberystwyth. The family moved to Dolgellau and then, when John Williams was appointed secretary to the Presbyterian Home Mission, to Wrexham. Emyr Williams was educated at Grove
WILLIAMS, WILLIAM EWART (1894 - 1966), physicist and inventor Born 3 March 1894 at Bodgarad, Rhostryfan, Caernarfonshire, eldest son of Ellis William Williams (manager of Cilgwyn slate quarry) and his wife Jane, Llys Twrog, Y Fron. After attending local schools he entered Owens College, Manchester University, where he had Rutherford, Bohr and Darwin as tutors. He graduated with honours in physics in 1915 and gained his M.Sc. (Manchester) degree in 1926
WILLIAMS, WILLIAM HUGH (Arafon; 1848 - 1917), trade union leader . He died 24 November 1917 at Mynydd Llandygài.
WILLIAMS, WILLIAM MORRIS (1883 - 1954), quarryman, choir conductor, soloist and cerdd dant adjudicator Born one of 7 children, 17 January 1883 in Tan-y-fron, Tanygrisiau, Meironnydd, son of William Morris Williams, quarryman, and his wife Jane. His father was precentor in Bethel (CM) chapel, Tanygrisiau for 25 years and the son began to assist him when he was 17. He married in 1905 Mair, daughter of Daniel and Mary Williams, Conglog, Tanygrisiau and they raised a musical family of 3 sons and 2
WILLIAMS, WILLIAM OGWEN (1924 - 1969), archivist, university professor him. He died in sad circumstances; he was found drowned on Ynys-las beach, near Aberystwyth, 3 May 1969. He was not married.
WILLIAMS, ZEPHANIAH (1795 - 1874), Chartist Chartist leader. When it was decided to march on Newport on the night of 3 November 1839, Williams was entrusted with the leadership of the contingent of Chartists which met near Nant-y-glo. After the riot he was arrested on board ship at Cardiff, 23 November, tried and condemned to death, but had his sentence commuted to transportation for life. In Tasmania he made attempts to escape, but eventually
WILLIAMSON, ROBERT (MONA) (Bardd Du Môn; 1807 - 1852), teacher and poet ,' aged 3, was buried in August 1840. The writer was buried 24 December 1910, his age being given as 70 - thus agreeing with the tombstone. If this is correct, he was christened somewhere else.
WILLIS, ALBERT CHARLES (1876 - 1954), president of the Australian Labour Party Born 24 May 1876 at Tonyrefail, Glamorganshire. He was educated at Bryn-mawr Board School, King's College, London and Ruskin College, Oxford. He was working as a coal miner in Glamorgan when he decided to emigrate to Australia in 1911. He secured employment as a coal miner, and developed a deep interest in the activities of the trade unions. In 1913 he was chosen president of the Illawarra Miners
WILSON, JOHN (1626 - c.1695/6), playwright , Andronicus Comnenius, 1664, and Belphegor, 1690. The Cheats was very popular and held the stage to the end of the century. Act 3, scene 3, lines 145-193, contain many references to the Welsh, and the curious remark, ' I suckt a Welsh Nurse, and soe by a Synedoche may be calld a Welch Man.'

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