Dictionary of Welsh Biography

THOMAS, JOHN (Ifor Cwmgwys; 1813 - 1866), poet Caledfryn was its editor), and Y Diwygiwr, 1863; see also Gardd Aberdâr, 223, 237. One of his ballads is item vii in B. B. Thomas, Baledi Morgannwg. Two books of his verse were published: Ceinion Glan Gwenlais, 1862, and Diferion Meddyliol, 1865.
THOMAS, JOHN (1838 - 1905), photographer Born at Glan-rhyd, Cellan, Cardiganshire, 14 April 1838, son of David and Jane Thomas, went to Cellan school (where he became a pupil-teacher), and was apprenticed to a draper at Lampeter. From 1853 till 1863 he worked in a drapery shop at Liverpool; then illhealth drove him to seek outdoor work as commission-salesman for a stationery and photograph firm. Noting the scanty representation of Wales
THOMAS, JOHN (Eifionydd; 1848 - 1922), founder and editor of Y Geninen
THOMAS, JOHN (1757 - 1835) Penfforddwen,, poet
THOMAS, JOHN (1760 - 1849), Calvinistic Methodist minister
THOMAS, JOHN (Eos Gwynedd; 1742 - 1818), poet Born at Bwlchmaenmelyn, a farmhouse in the parish of Cerrigydrudion, Denbighshire. He married a daughter of Cernioge Mawr in 1765. He settled in Pentrefoelas where he kept a shop and farmed. In 1817 he published Annerch Plant a Rhieni oddi ar farwolaeth William Thomas mab Lewis Thomas, Llanrwst. A selection of his works, edited by William Williams (Gwilym Caledfryn), was published in 1845 under
THOMAS, JOHN (fl. 1719), poet
THOMAS, JOHN (1730 - 1804?), Congregational minister, and hymnist
THOMAS, JOHN (1646? - 1695), cleric son of Thomas Thomas, parson of Pennant-Melangell. He entered S. Alban's Hall, Oxford, in 1668, 'aged 22,' and graduated in 1672; he was vicar of Llanbryn-mair (1681-9) and rector of Penegoes (1689-95); from 1691 to 1695 he was also a prebendary of St Asaph cathedral. He wrote a reply to the case put forward by James Owen for the ordaining of Presbyterians, which was posthumously published, 1711
THOMAS, JOHN (1821 - 1892), Independent minister, politician, and historian Born 3 February 1821 at Holyhead; Dr. Owen Thomas was his elder brother. His father originally came from Llanddeiniolen, Caernarfonshire, and his mother from Anglesey. In 1827, owing to the shortage of work his father, who was a stone-mason by trade, moved with his family to Bangor, where the boy, after spending some time under different teachers, finally went to a school kept by one Hugh
THOMAS, JOHN (Pencerdd Gwalia; 1826 - 1913), musician Born 1 March 1826 at Bridgend, Glamorganshire, the son of John and Catherine Thomas. The father, who had musical interests, taught his son to play the piccolo and the harp, and the pupil became very proficient as a harpist. In 1838, when only twelve, he won the triple harp offered at the Abergavenny eisteddfod. In 1840, by the kindness of countess Lovelace, daughter of lord Byron, he was sent to
THOMAS, JOHN (Ieuan Ddu; 1795 - 1871), musician Born in the farmhouse called Pibwr Lwyd, near Carmarthen. He received a good education, the intention being that he should become an artist, like an uncle. As the uncle died, however, John Thomas opened a school at Carmarthen. He moved to Merthyr Tydfil, Glamorganshire, where he kept a school for fifteen years. He left for Machen, Monmouth, again as schoolmaster, but he returned to Merthyr Tydfil

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