Dictionary of Welsh Biography

BEALE, ANNE (1816 - 1900), writer 1900, aged 84. Anne Beale is not to be confused with Anna Chrysogon Beale, who died, aged 82, 19 September 1917, and was a younger sister of Dorothea Beale, principal of the Ladies' College, Cheltenham.
CLIVE, HENRIETTA ANTONIA (1758 - 1830), traveller and scientific collector baby daughter inoculated against smallpox while in Rome in March 1788. In 1797 her husband Edward was appointed Governor of Madras [Chennai] by the East India Company and on 2 April 1798 Henrietta, her husband, their two daughters (the boys were left at home) and the girls' governess, the Italian artist Anna Tonelli, sailed for India. During a stopover in South Africa a contemporary described her as
CORY family Police Institute; the original Cardiff Y.M.C.A.; the Cory Temperance Hall, Cardiff, etc. For many years before his death his benefactions amounted to nearly £50,000 a year. He was held in such esteem by the people of Cardiff, that they erected during his lifetime a bronze statue, the work of Sir William Goscombe John, in front of the City Hall (1905). John Cory married, 19 September 1854, Anna Maria
DANIEL, JOHN EDWARD (1902 - 1962), college lecturer and inspector of schools Born 26 June, 1902, in Bangor, the elder of the two sons of Morgan Daniel (1864 - 1941), Independent minister, and Anna, his wife. J.E. Daniel was educated at Friars School, Bangor and nurtured in the classical tradition. In 1919 he won a scholarship to Jesus College, Oxford, and in 1922 he took a first class in Classical Moderations and the following year, a first class in Literae Humaniores
DAVIES, DAVID TEGFAN (1883 - 1968), Congregational minister was awarded the O.B.E. in acknowledgement of his humanitarian acts and for his bravery on many occasions in rescuing persons in danger of drowning. He married (1), 10 November 1908, Anna Twining, Richmond Terrace, Carmarthen (died 1933). He married (2), 1934, Sarah Jane Davies, Wauncefen, Heolddu, Ammanford. He died 10 August 1968 and was buried in Gellimanwydd cemetery.
DAVIES, JOHN (1938 - 2015), historian became a successful historian and author. They had four children, Anna, Beca, Guto and Ianto. John Davies was appointed lecturer in the Welsh History Department at the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth in 1973, and was promoted to Senior Lecturer in 1981. He was the first warden of the new Welsh-language hall of residence, Neuadd Pantycelyn, from 1974 until 1992. He became a frequent media
DAVIES, OWEN PICTON (1882 - 1970), journalist Born 6 June 1882 at Waunffynhonnau, Trimsaran, Carmarthenshire, son of Stephen and Anna Davies of Tre-lech. The family moved to Morlogws Uchaf, in the parish of Cilrhedyn in 1884. He was educated at Pen-y-waun school from 1886 to 1894 and spent the following two years at home on the farm, as he was too young to go to the Old College School in Carmarthen, which he entered in 1896. From there he
DONALDSON, JESSIE (1799 - 1889), teacher and anti-slavery activist girls and boys at 32 Wind Street, Swansea. The Anti-slavery Society was very active in Swansea, and Jessie's family became dedicated abolitionists. Her aunt, Anna Margaretta, emigrated in 1822 with her husband Francis Donaldson Sr., to Cincinnati and set up home near the Ohio River, in a house called Frandon (short for Francis Donaldson). At this time, Kentucky, just across the river, was still a
FISON, ANNA (Morfydd Eryri; 1839 - 1920), linguist, poet and educator She was born on 14 February 1839, at Barmingham, Suffolk, the daughter of Thomas Fison by his second wife, Charlotte, and the youngest of his twenty children. She was educated in London, at Cheltenham, and on the Continent; she went to live with one of her brothers at Oxford, and became proficient in the classics and a number of modern languages. She began, too, to take an interest in Welsh at
FOSTER, IDRIS LLEWELYN (1911 - 1984), Welsh and Celtic Scholar Born 23 July 1911 at Carneddi, Bethesda, Caernarvonshire, the elder son (there were no daughters) of Harold Llewelyn Foster of Bethesda and his wife Anna Jane Roberts, both of whom were shopkeepers. Foster was educated at Bethesda County School and the University College of North Wales, Bangor, where he graduated BA with First Class Honours in Welsh, with Latin as an Accessory subject, in 1932
FOULKES, ISAAC (Llyfrbryf; 1836 - 1904), newspaper proprietor and publisher cheap reprints of Welsh classics, rendered an inestimable service to the ordinary Welshman. Foulkes married (1) 1860, Anna Foulkes, Ruthin (died 1900), and (2) 1904, Sinah Owen, Hafod Elwy. He died suddenly at Rhewl, near Ruthin, 2 November 1904, and was buried at Llanbedr in the Vale of Clwyd.
GRIFFITHS, PETER HUGHES (1871 - 1937), Calvinistic Methodist minister and author Born 6 August 1871 at Ffynnon Ynyd, Ferryside, Carmarthenshire, son of the Rev. John Griffiths and Anna, his wife. He was educated at Parcyfelfed, Carmarthen, and then became a shop assistant at Mountain Ash, Glamorganshire, where he began to preach. After a further period of education at Gwynfryn school, Ammanford, and Trevecka College he became assistant minister at the English Presbyterian

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