Dictionary of Welsh Biography

HOPKINS, BENJAMIN THOMAS (1897 - 1981), farmer and poet remarried and had another son, Evan Pugh Hopkins, half-brother to Ben. He was educated at Tan-y-garreg Elementary School, where he learnt cynghanedd and began to compose verses under the guidance of the head-teacher, David Davies, and a local poet, John Rowlands, Dolebolion. Together with his fellow pupil, the writer Tom Hughes Jones, he began to compete in local eisteddfodau. He left school at the age of
HOWELL, DAVID (Llawdden; 1831 - 1903), dean Bryncwtyn, near Pen-coed, and his son David helped him on the farm. David Howell attracted the attention of John Griffiths (1820 - 1897), then rector of S. Mary Hill, who persuaded him to go to the 'Eagle School,' Cowbridge. He then went to a tutorial school at Merthyr from which he proceeded to the Llandaff church training college at Abergavenny. He was ordained deacon in 1855 by the bishop of Llandaff
HOWELL, DAVID (1797 - 1873), Calvinistic Methodist minister
HOWELL, LLEWELYN DAVID (1812 - 1864), Congregational minister, author, and eisteddfodwr
HOWELL, THOMAS (1588 - 1646), bishop promotions at the hands of Charles I, especially his appointment to the see of Bristol in 1644 at a critical juncture in the royal fortunes, and by the tributes paid him by David Lloyd and Thomas Fuller, is that he was the most loyal of Anglicans (he was the last bishop to be consecrated in England for sixteen years).
HOWELL, WILLIAM (1740 - 1822), Arian minister and Academy tutor Born at Wincanton, Somerset, in 1740, the son of the Rev. William Howell of Birmingham. He was taught by his father and by Jenkin Jenkins of Llanfyllin. He went to Warrington Academy, 1759-60, and then to Carmarthen Academy, 1760-4, where according to the Cofiant he was a fellow-student of David Davis (Dafis Castellhywel, 1745 - 1827) He spent some time on the continent where he was in charge of
HOWELLS, GERAINT WYN (Baron Geraint), (1925 - 2004), farmer and politician Born on 15 April 1925, the son of David John and Mary Blodwen Howells, of Brynglas, Ponterwyd, Cardiganshire. He was educated at Ponterwyd Primary School and Ardwyn Grammar School, before he returned to farm with his father. Howells and his parents used Welsh as their first language and they were closely involved in the cultural life of the village; David John Howells served as secretary of the
HOWELLS, HOWELL (1750 - 1842), Methodist cleric Glyncorrwg but later went to S. Nicholas, Glamorganshire, where he associated with David Jones, Llan-gan and came into collision with his parish priest because of his Methodism. He obtained an appointment as curate of Llanddiddan Fach, near Tre-hyl, and the local Methodists flocked there to receive communion. In 1818 he was forced to relinquish this appointment, and from that time until his death, 19
HOWELLS, MORGAN (1794 - 1852), Calvinistic Methodist minister carpenter. The vital importance of religion was brought home to him under the ministry of John Rees, minister of Gobaith (Hope) chapel, and he joined that church. He began to preach in 1815 and was ordained at the Llangeitho association, 1824. He was married twice: (1) to Mary Lewis, sister of Richard Lewis ('Dic Penderyn'), 1827 and (2) to Ann Morgan of Ebbw Vale, 1843. At the time of his second marriage
HOWELLS, REES (1879 - 1950), missionary and founder of the Bible College, Swansea prayer and the manner in which he succeeded in putting the Bible College on firm foundations in spite of financial difficulties and lack of capital are testimony that he was an extraordinary character. He died 13 February 1950 and was succeeded by his son, Samuel Rees Howells, as Director of the college.
HOWELLS, WILLIAM (1818 - 1888), Calvinistic Methodist minister and second principal of Trevecka College (1857-65), where he was succeeded in turn by two other men who became college principals, David Charles Davies and Thomas Charles Edwards In September 1865 he was appointed principal and tutor in divinity at Trevecka, with John Harris Jones as tutor in classics. He was a successful teacher and an exceptionally acceptable preacher, although he confined his activities to the small English churches and
HOWELS, WILLIAM (1778 - 1832), Evangelical cleric Born September 1778 at Llwynhelyg, near Cowbridge, Glamorganshire, son of Samuel Howels. He was educated at ' Eagle School,' Cowbridge, and Wadham College, Oxford (but did not graduate). He came into contact with David Jones of Llan-gan whose curate he was for some time. On the death of David Jones, Howels went to London where he became curate of S. Ann's; he was also appointed lecturer at S

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