Dictionary of Welsh Biography

THOMAS, JOHN STRADLING (1925 - 1991), Conservative politician
THOMAS, JOHN WILLIAM (Arfonwyson; 1805 - 1840), mathematician
THOMAS, JOSEPH MORGAN (1868 - 1955), minister (U) and Free Catholic, councillor and public figure Born 30 June 1868, one of the eight children of John and Elizabeth Thomas, Blaen-wern, Llannarth, Cardiganshire. He took the name ' Lloyd ', his mother's maiden name, when his brother of that name died. He was educated at New Quay grammar school and Christ College, Brecon and completed his articles with Messrs. Walter H. Morgan and Rhys, solicitors, Pontypridd. He began to take an interest in
THOMAS, JOSHUA (d. 1759?), cleric and translator explaining the significance of the change of reckoning time (in 1752) from 'Old Style' to 'New Style.' He had previously published Y Fuchedd Gris'nogol, o'i Dechreu, i'w Diwedd mewn Gogoniant … gan Joan Scott, D.D., Person S. Giles yn y Meusydd yn Llundain. A Chyfieithad Josua Thomas, Ficer Llanbister yn Sir Faesyfed, a Merthyr Cynog ym Mrycheiniog, a Chaplain i'r Gwir Anrhydeddus Iarll Powis (London, John
THOMAS, LEWIS (d. March 1704), one of the chief leaders of the Particular Baptists after the migration of John Miles to America; a native of Margam. He was baptized at Ilston in November 1650, and figured prominently in the complicated circuit arrangements made by Miles in 1657. Later he made his home at the Mŵr by Newton Nottage, and in 1669 he is reported as preaching illegally in the company of Richard Cradock the Independent at Cradock ' house. Under the Declaration of 1672
THOMAS, LEWIS JOHN (1883 - 1970), missionary in India with the London Missionary Society
THOMAS, LEWIS JOHN WYNFORD VAUGHAN- - see VAUGHAN-THOMAS, LEWIS JOHN WYNFORD
THOMAS, LOUIE MYFANWY (Jane Ann Jones; 1908 - 1968), novelist location is significant in that it was here, apparently, that she began to write (but see the story ' Lol ' in Storïau hen ferch). She had seen some pigs in a garden and began writing a children's story about them; this may have been the origin of stories, e.g. ' Siw a'r moch bach ' in Ann a Defi John. See also the description of the cottage in Diwrnod yw ein bywyd. Louie Myfanwy Thomas wrote under the
THOMAS, MANSEL TREHARNE (1909 - 1986), composer, conductor, BBC Wales Head of Music Orchestra / Brass Band. Mansel Thomas's stature as a Welsh composer has remained undiminished, and for his services to British music he was awarded the FRAM (1951), OBE (1970), a Professorial Fellowship at Aberystwyth University (1972) and the John Edwards Memorial Award by The Guild for the Promotion of Welsh Music (1983). It was indeed a tragedy when he suffered major illness from September 1979 and he
THOMAS, MARGARET HAIG (1883 - 1958), suffragette, editor, author and businesswoman to Virginia Woolf. Its staff included John Betjeman and a close friend, the novelist Winifred Holtby. What began as a publication designed for the 'thinking' woman and man, appealing especially to newly enfranchised women, was successfully transformed after 1928 into an imaginative and progressive arts journal. From 1945, with Lady Rhondda still at the helm, it reinvented itself once more, becoming
THOMAS, MESAC (1816 - 1892), colonial bishop Born at Ty-poeth, Rheidol Valley, parish of Llanbadarn-fawr, Cardiganshire, the son of John Thomas, schoolmaster, and Elizabeth his wife, and christened 21 May 1816. He was educated at Oswestry and Shrewsbury schools, and at Trinity College, Cambridge, where he graduated B.A. in 1840, M.A. in 1843, and D.D. in 1863. Ordained deacon in 1840 and priest in 1841 in the diocese of Worcester, he served
THOMAS, MICAH (1778 - 1853), Baptist minister and academy tutor Harris, daughter of John Harris, Govilon, and grand-daughter of the Rev. Morgan Harry, Blaenau Gwent. Devout, scholarly, and resolute of will, Thomas stood for a better-educated ministry, and strove to supply it. His administration and discipline were criticized, and even his Calvinistic orthodoxy, but he was undeterred. His ideals eventually prevailed, and the importance of his work was gratefully

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