Dictionary of Welsh Biography

THOMAS, THOMAS HENRY (Arlunydd Penygarn; 1839 - 1915), artist Born 31 March 1839 at the Baptist College, Pontypool, son of Thomas Thomas (1805 - 1851), and his wife, Mary David, Cardiff. He was educated at home and at an academy kept by Dr. Bompas in Bristol before he entered the Bristol School of Art, whence he went (1858) to Carey's Art School, London, and to the Royal Academy Schools; he later went to Paris, Rome, etc. At Rome he came to know John Gibson
THOMAS, THOMAS JACOB (Sarnicol; 1873 - 1945), schoolmaster, writer and poet Born 13 April 1873 at 'Sarnicol', a cottage near Rhos-yr-hafod, Capel Cynon, Cardiganshire, the fourth of the five children of David Thomas, an agricultural labourer, and his wife Mary (née Jacob). He was registered as Tom, the name of the third child of his parents who had died in infancy. His first school was the board school at Capel Cynon which was locally known as Pantygïach and Clawddmelyn
THOMAS, TIMOTHY (1694 - 1751), cleric and scholar Presteign he was friendly with Sneyd Davies, incumbent of Kingsland (see the article on the Davies-Cooke family, of Gwysaney), collaborating with him in translating into Latin the Essay on Man by Alexander Pope, a poet with whom he had become acquainted through the Harley connection. John Davies quotes in his biography of Moses Williams part of a Welsh letter written by the latter, 16 April 1719, to
THOMAS, TIMOTHY (1720 - 1768) Maes-isaf, Pencarreg, Baptist minister and author under the titles of The Mystery of the Seven Stars, 1809, and Jesus Christ an Object of Prayer (1819); hymns in Welsh and English, e.g. in Greal y Bedyddwyr; and elegies to his uncle Zecharias Thomas and his aunt Mary Evans, Pantycelyn. His funeral sermon, by W. Newman, D.D., was published in 1819. He is not to be confused, as was done by Henry Blackwell (NLW MS 9272A), with Thomas Thomas, Wareham.
THOMAS, WILLIAM (fl. c . 1685? - c . 1740?), secretary to Robert Harley, 1st earl of Oxford son of Thomas Thomas, Llandovery, who is described as ' gent ' by Foster (Alumni. Oxon.) in his account of the academic career of Timothy Thomas (1694 - 1751), brother of William Thomas. John Davies (Bywyd a Gwaith Moses Williams) suggests that he was self-taught, possibly because of what Thomas Hearne says of him - 'He never had any Academical Education' (T. Hearne, Collections). Nevertheless he
THOMAS, WILLIAM (1891 - 1958), under-secretary, Ministry of Housing and Local Government of the editors of Bro, 1954. In 1925 he married Mary Olwen Davies, Ynyshir, Rhondda and moved from Cymer in 1938 to 27 Maesycoed Road, The Heath, Cardiff. He died 20 April 1958.
THOMAS, WILLIAM (KEINION) (1856 - 1932), Congregational minister, and publicist Born at Bangor 25 September 1856, elder son of Robert Hughes Thomas, chief smith at the Penrhyn quarry, and of Elinor his wife. He served as pupil-teacher under T. Marchant Williams, but became (c. 1872) an accountant in a Manchester office. He began to preach at Gartside Street chapel, Manchester, and then went to Bala Independent College, under M. D. Jones; there he added 'Ceinion' (later
THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554), Italian scholar and clerk of the Privy Council to king Edward VI translation into English from Italian of Josaphat Barbaro's account of his voyages to the east; this was published by the Hakluyt Society in 1873, with an introduction by lord Stanley of Alderley. On the accession of Mary, Thomas lost all his preferments, including his clerkship. He took an active part in Wyatt's conspiracy, 1553-4, was arrested, accused of conspiring the death of Mary, and executed (18 May
THOMAS, WILLIAM (Glanffrwd; 1843 - 1890), cleric and author Calvinistic Methodist preacher and acted' as pastor of Siloam church, Gyfeillion. He married Mary, daughter of William Davies of Brynmefrith, Llanfabon. After having been minister for about a year he joined the Established Church and was sent to Oxford and S. Aidan's College for further instruction. In 1875 he was ordained at Durham by bishop Baring and was appointed curate at West Cornforth. Some two years
THOMAS, WILLIAM DAVIES (1889 - 1954), Professor of English articles, full of grace and polish, but, being over-critical of his own work, very few of his writings were published. For many years he held highly successful extramural classes on English literature at Neath and elsewhere. He gave many radio talks on poetry and literature and various other topics. He married Edith Mary, daughter of Richard Edwards, Maesycymer, and died at home, 11 Clarendon Road
THOMAS, Sir WILLIAM JAMES (1867 - 1945), BARONET, coalowner, philanthropist after his removal to Cardiff. He married in 1917 Maud Mary, eldest daughter of George Cooper, of Bexhill-on-Sea and deputy matron of Cardiff Royal Infirmary. Sir William died 3 January 1945 and was buried at the Cardiff Cemetery.
THOMAS, WILLIAM PHILLIP (Gwilym Rhondda; 1861 - 1954), colliery official Born 27 October 1861, son of Mary Thomas (née Phillips) and her husband of Treorchy, Glamorganshire. In 1874 he left the local school at the age of 12 to commence work as an office-boy with the Ocean Coal Co.; he rose to become general manager in 1926, retiring in 1933. He was director of the company 1927-37, and of many other coal companies besides. He was well known as an organiser of social

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