Dictionary of Welsh Biography

ROBERTS, WILLIAM (fl. 1745), poet and writer of interludes Born in the parish of Llannor, Caernarfonshire. He acted as sexton at Llannor and was on very friendly terms with the vicar, John Owen (1698 - 1755). One of his poems, ' I Ofyn Pen Rhaw,' was published in D. Jones, Blodeu-Gerdd Cymry, and englynion by him are found in Cwrtmawr MS 226B and Cwrtmawr MS 771B in N.L.W. He also composed an interlude attacking the Methodists, Interlude Morgan y Gogrwr
ROBERTS, WILLIAM (Nefydd; 1813 - 1872), Baptist minister, printer, author, eisteddfodwr, South Wales representative of the British and Foreign Schools Society Born 8 March 1813 in Bryngoleu, in the parish of Llanefydd, Denbighshire, son of Robert Roberts, shoemaker, and Anne his wife (see NLW MS 7000E for the names of some of the ancestors of the parents). He received but little education in his boyhood. He was taught his father's craft, and after a while went to Llanddulas to work for one Humphrey Jones. He was baptised in 1832 by John Evans
ROBERTS, WILLIAM HENRY (1907 - 1982), actor, broadcaster Born 21 February 1907 at Brynteg, Llanfaethlu, Anglesey, the son of Henry Roberts and his wife, Marged (Jones). He received his early education at Ffrwdwin school, Llanfaethlu, but the family moved to Plas Llandrygarn and then to Llwyn Ednyfed, Llangefni and ' W.H. ', as he was popularly known, attended Llangefni County School in 1921 and then Bangor Normal College, 1926-28. He was appointed
ROBERTS, WILLIAM JOHN (Gwilym Cowlyd; 1828 - 1904), poet, printer, bookseller, bibliophile, and eccentric Geirionydd, near the reputed birthplace of Taliesin. Among his productions are 'Mynyddoedd Eryri' and 'Murmuron.' He published the life and works of Ieuan Glan Geirionydd, the works of Owen Gethin Jones (Gweithiau Gethin), and Diliau'r Delyn (old penillion). He died early in December 1904 at Llanrwst, and was buried on 8 December in St. Mary's churchyard there.
ROBERTS, WILLIAM JOHN (1904 - 1967), Methodist minister and ecumenist W. J. Roberts was born 7 December 1904 at 22 The Square, Blaenau Ffestiniog, Merionethshire, the eldest of three children of William Roberts, slate quarryman and his wife, Ellen Jones. His grandfather, William Roberts, Maentwrog, also a slate quarryman, had been a prominent Wesleyan lay preacher who, during his last years, published a collection of his sermons with the title Cyfraith y Tŷ (1905
ROBESON, PAUL LEROY (1898 - 1976), actor, singer and political activist ). Robeson joined a law firm, but abandoned his career in law due to racism. His wife encouraged him to take on acting roles, and as his acting career developed she became his manager and public spokesperson. Robeson became known as an actor in 1924 with roles in two Eugene O'Neill plays, The Emperor Jones and All God's Chillun Got Wings. Robeson built a reputation in Britain with his powerful performances
ROBINSON family Conway, Monachdy, Gwersyllt, North Wales,' and his successor, bishop Humphrey Humphreys, sums him up as ' a learned and diligent man and an excellent governor.' His literary remains are listed in Cooper, Athenae Cantabrigienses, i, 505. Of the bishop's children by his wife Jane, daughter of Randle Brereton and granddaughter of Sir William Griffith of Penrhyn, the heir, WILLIAM ROBINSON (1576 - 1644) entered Hart Hall, Oxford, in
ROCYN-JONES, Sir DAVID THOMAS (1862 - 1953), medical officer of health and a public figure Born in Rhymney, Monmouthshire, 16 November 1862, the son of David Rocyn Jones, whose father, Thomas Rocyn Jones was a member of a famous family of bonesetters from Maenordeifi, Pembrokeshire. He was educated at Lewis School, Pengam, the University College of Cardiff and London, and graduated M.B. at the University of Edinburgh in 1897. He began his professional life in general practice at
RODERICK, JOHN (1673 - 1735), grammarian, printer and publisher of almanacks and books, poet, and eisteddfodwr , print, and publish his series of Welsh almanacks, which, beginning with the one for 1715, continued to be published until 1735 (for 1736) - nearly all from Shrewsbury. The other well-known almanack-maker, Thomas Jones of London and Shrewsbury (1648? - 1713), had included, in his anthology called Carolau a Dyriau Duwiol, 1696, three carols written by Roderick; other examples of his work appeared in his
ROGERS, DAVID (1783 - 1824), Wesleyan minister and author Born at Garth, Llanfair Dyffryn Clwyd. He was convinced under the ministry of Edward Jones of Bathafarn (1778 - 1837) in 1800 and was, therefore, one of the first-fruits of the Welsh Wesleyan mission. He began to preach c. 1803, and was made a circuit minister in 1805. He served in the following circuits: Denbigh (1805), Caernarvon (1806-7), Llandeilo (1808), Caerphilly (1809-10), Llanidloes
ROGERS, OWEN (c.1532 - c.1570), printer and bookseller Owen Rogers was made free of the Stationers' Company of London on 8 October 1555. His origins are unknown, but his wife Rose was the daughter of David Lloid of 'Biteffery' (Bodfari), he had two stepbrothers named Jones, a lodger named Lewis Evans who wrote a 'new year's gift' and at least one of the ballads he printed, and his last two apprentices were Humphrey Powell of 'llodrod' (Lledrod?) and
ROOS, WILLIAM (1808 - 1878), portrait painter and engraver The son of Thomas and Mary Roose, Bodgadfa, Amlwch, he was christened at Amlwch 30 April 1808. His paintings of 'The Death of Owen Glyndwr' and 'The Death of Captan [sic] Wynn at Alma' were awarded second place at the national eisteddfod held at Llangollen in 1858. He was a popular portrait painter and the N.L.W. holds his portraits in oils of Christmas Evans, John Cox, Thomas Charles, John Jones

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