Dictionary of Welsh Biography

EVANS, RICHARD HUMPHREYS (1904 - 1995), Calvinistic Methodist minister and professor of theology Born 8 April 1904 in Holyhead and educated at the town's County School. He graduated in UCNW Bangor in 1927 with honours in Latin, and after commencing the B.D. course in Bangor he moved to the United Theological College in Aberystwyth in 1929, completing the degree in 1931. He continued his theological education in Oxford after gaining a Pierce Special Scholarship and enrolled in Saint
EVANS, RICHARD THOMAS (1892 - 1962), Baptist minister and administrator a pupil-teacher and a teacher at Abercynon for a period before being accepted as a student in the University College and the Baptist College, Bangor. Because he never enjoyed the best of health throughout his life, it is unlikely that he would have been called up to undertake any type of military service during World War I. However, his pacifist stance was so strong that he chose to leave Bangor
EVANS, TREBOR LLOYD (1909 - 1979), minister (Indepedent) and author minister, Rev William Morse, were great influences on Trebor Evans in his youth. He was educated in Bala primary school, and Ty Tan-domen, the old Grammar school, before going to Bala-Bangor Theological College and Bangor University College in 1927, with a view to entering the Christian Ministry. He graduated in Philosophy in 1930 and in Theology in 1934. He was ordained minister of Soar, Penygroes
EVANS, WILLIAM CHARLES (1911 - 1988), chemist and biologist Charles Evans was born 1 October 1911 in Bethel, near Caernarfon, Gwynedd, the third son of the five children of Robert and Elizabeth Evans; the father was a stone mason at Dinorwic quarry. After receiving his early education at Bethel primary school and Caernarfon Central and grammar schools, he won the John Hughes Exhibition to Bangor University College where he graduated with first-class
FAGAN, THOMAS WALLACE (1874 - 1951), agricultural chemist Dobbie and Winter at University College, Bangor. He was appointed lecturer in the Harper Adams Agricultural College, Salop, in 1904, and was afterwards lecturer in the department of agriculture of Edinburgh University. In 1919 he was appointed to the staff of the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth, as an adviser in agricultural chemistry under the Ministry of Agriculture for the counties served
FARRINGTON, RICHARD (1702 - 1772), cleric and antiquary he became the rector of Llangybi, and twenty years later he was made chancellor of Bangor cathedral. He married (1) Mary, daughter of Richard Ellis and Mary (Barker) of Cheltenham - she died in 1750, (2) Eleanor Richardson, Chester. By his first marriage he had four children - Mary, who married William Bridge of Eglwys-bach, Elizabeth, Richard (died 1750), Roger (died in infancy). Descendants of
FELD, VALERIE ANNE (1947 - 2001), politician Val Feld was born at Bangor on 24 October 1947, the daughter of James Breen-Turner, a dentist, and his wife Evelyn. She was brought up as part of the small monoglot English population of Caernarfon, very conscious that, as a result, she was unable to play a full part in the life of the local community. She received her education at Hillgrove School, Bangor, The Abbey, Malvern Wells, and the
FISON, ANNA (Morfydd Eryri; 1839 - 1920), linguist, poet and educator pursue their studies further. She also competed in eisteddfodau, and at the Cardiff national eisteddfod in 1883 she won the prize for a poem (in English) on Llandaff. She took an active part in the attempts made in the '70s and '80s to reform the national eisteddfod. In 1884 she was a candidate for the chair of modern languages at the University College of North Wales, Bangor, and was nearly elected
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
FRANCIS, GWYN JONES (1930 - 2015), forester Gwyn Francis was born on 17 September 1930 in Llanelli, the son of Daniel Brynmor Francis and his wife Margaret Jane (née Jones). He was educated at Llanelli Grammar School and went on to obtain an Honours Degree in Forest Botany in 1952 at the University College of North Wales, Bangor. After graduating he served for two years as a National Serviceman in the Royal Engineers. In 1954 he married
FYNES-CLINTON, OSBERT HENRY (1869 - 1941), Professor of French and Romance Philology at the University College of North Wales, Bangor position which he held until 1937 when he retired and was appointed Professor Emeritus. A brilliant linguist, he devoted his leisure hours to a meticulous study of the Arfon dialect of Welsh, and in 1913 published The Welsh Vocabulary of the Bangor District, which secured for him a place of honour in the history of Welsh linguistics, being the only comprehensive phonetic study of the vocabulary of a
GALLIE, MENNA PATRICIA (1919 - 1990), writer Strike, in fictional Cilhendre, although this time in the late 1940s. To get an idea of what actual mining was like, Menna Gallie spent two eight-hour shifts underground alongside miners. Her years in Northern Ireland proved both formative and productive. She and Bryce lived in a beautiful house near a lough on the Castleward Estate outside Belfast, where her nearest neighbour was Viscountess Bangor

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