THOMAS, THOMAS MORGAN (1828 - 1884), missionary

Born at Llanharan, Glamorganshire, 13 March 1828. He entered Brecon College in 1854 and was ordained for the mission field at Cwm-bach, Aberdare, 11 May 1858. He married Anne Morgan, daughter of Jonah Morgan, pastor of the Congregational church at Cwm-bach. In June 1858 they sailed for Matabele-land, South Africa. In 1862 his wife died and he married Caroline Hutchinson Elliott, daughter of William Elliott, a missionary in South Africa, in 1864. He returned to Wales in April 1871 and on account of a misunderstanding between him and the London Missionary Society he was dismissed the following October. In June 1874 a sum of about one thousand pounds collected by the Welsh churches was presented to him and this enabled him to return to Matabele-land, independent of the London Missionary Society. He published a few elementary books in the native language, including a book of hymns. He also published a book both in English (and in Welsh) called Eleven years in Central South Africa (London, 1873). He died 8 January 1884.

Author

• Nansi Ceridwen Jones

Sources

• H. Blackwell, NLW MS 9274A: A Dictionary of Welsh Biography (380)
• Notable Welshmen (1700–1900) (1908), 378
• Catalogue of Printed Literature in the Welsh Department, Cardiff Free Libraries (1898), 1898, 480
• G. Penar Griffith, Cenhadon Cymreig, 78-85
• Y Diwygiwr, 1873 (253-6), 1874 (196)
• Tywysydd y Plant, 1873, 86-90
• Y Tyst a'r Dydd, 25 April 1884
• James Sibree, A Register of Missionaries, Deputations etc., from 1796 to 1885 (1886), 71

Works

• Thomas Morgan Thomas, Eleven years in central South Africa: A journey into the interior - Sketch of recently discovered diamond and gold fields - Umzilikazi, his country and people - A brief history of the Zambesi Missions (London 1873?)

Additional Links

• VIAF: 39324802
• Wikidata: Q20804796

Published date: 1959

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