THOMAS, STAFFORD HENRY MORGAN (1896 - 1968), minister (Presb.) and poet
Date of birth: 1896
Date of death: 1968
Spouse: Blodwen Thomas (née Griffith)
Parent: Margaret Thomas
Parent: Morgan Thomas
Gender: Male
Occupation: minister (Presb.) and poet
Area of activity: Eisteddfod; Poetry; Religion
Author: Gomer Morgan Roberts
Born at Glenview, Melin Ifan Ddu, Glamorganshire, 13 July 1896, son of Morgan and Margaret Thomas. His parents moved to Porthmadog and he commenced preaching at Tabernacl church. During World War I he was imprisoned as a conscientious objector. He was educated at Porth grammar school, University College, Cardiff (where he graduated), and Bala College. He was ordained in 1923 and served his ministry at Melingryddan, Neath (1923-26); Nazareth, Aberdare (1926-27); Holywell and Bagillt (1927-32); Maenan, Penmaen-mawr (1932-65, with Gatws, Bangor, 1956-65). In 1926 he married Blodwen Griffith, Llanfair Talhaearn, and they had a daughter. He died 6 December 1968.
He contributed much, in prose and in verse, to Y Goleuad and Y Drysorfa. He won prizes at the National Eisteddfod for elegies to T. Gwynn Jones (1950) and Prosser Rhys (1952), and for a cywydd, ' Morgannwg ', in 1956.
Author
- Reverend Gomer Morgan Roberts, (1904 - 1993)
- Who's who in the Free Churches? (1951),, 355
- Y Goleuad, 11 December 1968 and 29 January 1969
- Blwyddiadur y Methodistiaid Calfinaidd, 1970, 289-90
- information from his daughter, Beryl S. Williams, Bangor
Sources
- Wikidata: Q20821142
Additional Links
Published date: 2001
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