Dictionary of Welsh Biography

CHANCE, THOMAS WILLIAMS (1872 - 1954), minister (B) and principal of the Baptist College, Cardiff Erwood and later in the neighbourhood of Cathedin. He was baptised 17 April 1887 in Hephzibah church, Erwood, and at the urging of his pastor, John Morgan, he began to preach. He resumed his education, spending 2 years at a grammar school held by Daniel Christmas Lloyd (Congl. minister), in his home, Hampton House, Glasbury, and then at the Baptist College and University College, Cardiff, where he
CHARLES, DAVID (1762 - 1834), Calvinistic Methodist minister, and hymn-writer faith of the denomination). He began to preach in 1808 and administered the sacrament of baptism before he was ordained in the first Association for ordaining Methodist ministers held at Llandilo in 1811. He was one of the principal antagonists of the rule of Nathaniel Rowland in the Methodist denomination. In 1828 he had a seizure, and was an invalid for the rest of his life. He died 2 September 1834
CHARLES, GEOFFREY (1909 - 2002), photographer sequence showing the re-lighting of the blast furnaces in Brymbo steelworks. Ironically an economic upturn spelled the end of the Wrexham Star as their sales force obtained regular employment. The paper amalgamated with the Wrexham Advertiser in March 1936. Geoff was now a competent photographer to the extent that Woodall's Managing Director Rowland Thomas offered him management of their photographic
CHARLES, THOMAS (1755 - 1814), Methodist cleric life, Thomas Charles, now that Daniel Rowland and William Williams of Pantycelyn were dead, became the chief leader of his connexion. The books mentioned in a previous paragraph form but a part of his copious printed output - [in 1803, for the better furtherance of his publishing work, he had induced the printer Robert Saunderson to settle at Bala as quasiofficial printer to the connexion, but even
CONYBEARE, WILLIAM DANIEL (1787 - 1857), geologist and divine
CYNWAL, RICHARD (d. 1634), poet of Ardudwy. Richard Phylip and Rowland Vaughan wrote elegies upon his death (Cwrtmawr MS 11B). It is difficult to ascertain whether any relationship existed between William Cynwal and Richard. An example of his handwriting is to be found in Cardiff MS. 83 (3-4, 429).
DAFYDD TREFOR Syr (d. 1528?), cleric and bard Trevor was buried in Llanallgo and added that some of the parishioners could then indicate the site of his grave. His poems - they are all in the cywydd form - consist of eight 'petitions' (the one in which a request is made for a concubine and a harp is, perhaps, the best known), four 'eulogies' (among them is one to ' Deiniol Bangor,' i.e. bishop Daniel), three religious or philosophical cywyddau
DAFYDD, PHILIP (1732 - 1814), Methodist exhorter of Newcastle Emlyn A clog-maker in poor circumstances. The Methodist society was held at his house in 1760, and again (pending the building of its chapel in 1776) in 1774-5. He was a writer of verse, and printed elegies on William Williams of Pantycelyn in 1791 and Daniel Rowland in 1797 (both listed in Llyfryddiaeth y Cymry). Less edifying was his action in the troubles of 1797, in Pembrokeshire, when several
DANIEL (d. 1127), archdeacon - see SULIEN
DANIEL ap LLOSGWRN MEW, poet ('Prydydd y Moch,'). Nothing further is known of this Daniel. A striking example of the ' Titanism ' which Matthew Arnold observed in Welsh poetry is to be found in the elegy on Owain Gwynedd in the lines: 'And were I able to exchange reproofs with God, I should be well supplied with material.'
DANIEL DDU o GEREDIGION - see EVANS, DANIEL
DANIEL, DAVID ROBERT (1859 - 1931), publicist Born at Ty'n-y-bryn, Llandderfel, 6 May 1859, son of Robert Daniel and Jane, daughter of Robert Roberts. He was educated at the grammar school and the Independent College, Bala, and, after a visit to America, became in 1887 assistant organizer in North Wales for the United Kingdom Alliance. In 1896 he was appointed secretary of the North Wales Quarry-men's Union, and served for a period from 1889

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