Dictionary of Welsh Biography

ROBERTS, THOMAS (1835 - 1899), Calvinistic Methodist minister of the North Wales Home Mission, 1889-99, his annual report being published as an appendix to the Drysorfa. He was an excellent writer, a powerful preacher, and a keen student of the works of Morgan Llwyd. He died at Bangor, 24 November 1899.
ROBERTS, THOMAS (1884 - 1960), educationalist and scholar Born 26 December 1884 at Pandy, Llanuwchllyn, Merionethshire, son of John Roberts. He was educated at Llanuwchllyn school, Bala county school and the University College of North Wales, Bangor. He graduated with honours in Welsh in 1907, and took his M.A. degree in 1910. He was a school teacher at Abertyswg, Monmouth 1907-08, and in a school in London 1908-10. He was then appointed Welsh tutor at
ROBERTS, THOMAS OSBORNE (1879 - 1948), musician Born 12 February 1879 at Weston Rhyn, near Oswestry, Salop, son of Evan Thomas Roberts and his wife Hephsibah Roberts; the family moved in 1890 to Ysbyty Ifan, Denbighshire, to keep a shop. He was educated at the county school, Llanrwst, Salop School, Oswestry, the county school, Porthmadog, and the University College of North Wales, Bangor. He was articled to Major Barnes, agent of the Chirk
ROBERTS, THOMAS ROWLAND (Asaph; 1857? - 1940), biographer Born at S. Asaph. He was for some years a solicitor's clerk at Caernarvon, a court interpreter and official shorthand writer. In 1901, for a short time, he was editor of Y Genedl Gymreig and its associated newspapers. Later he established an accountant's practice at Colwyn Bay and was the general secretary of the national eisteddfod held there in 1910, and at Bangor in 1915. He died at Colwyn Bay
ROBERTS, WILLIAM (1585 - 1665), bishop of Bangor -dean of Wells, 1619-38. Through the influence of Laud, whose ecclesiastical views he shared, he was elected to the see of Bangor in 1637, and allowed to hold with it the livings of Llandyrnog and Llanrhaeadr-yng-Nghinmeirch, Denbighshire, and the archdeaconries of Bangor and Anglesey. For subscribing the 'non-resistance' canons and clerical benevolence in the convocation of May 1640, he was impeached
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 (1904 - 1967), Methodist minister and ecumenist fitting that the president of the Council, the Bishop of Bangor, gave one of the addresses at the second of the funeral services held on 27 April 1967, at Ebenezer Methodist Chapel, Blaenau Ffestiniog. After the service W. J. was buried at the town's Bethesda Cemetery. His wife joined him in 1980.
ROBERTS, WILLIAM RHYS (1858 - 1929), professor of Greek Born 11 July 1858 at Wimbledon, son of the Rev. J. Gwilym Roberts. He was educated at the City of London School and King's College, Cambridge, where he won some of the principal university prizes in classics, and where he was a Fellow, 1882-8. He was professor of Greek at University College, Bangor, 1884-1904, and professor of classics in the University of Leeds, 1904-22. He was considered an
ROBERTSON, EDWARD (1880 - 1964), professor, linguist, and librarian . Andrew's for a year (1905-06) to assist the professor of Hebrew, and then became a Carnegie Research Scholar and Fellow before being a lecturer in Arabic at Edinburgh University (1913-21). He came to Wales as Professor of Hebrew and Semitic Languages at the University College, Bangor (1921-34), ' Jock ', as he was called, was a popular teacher at Bangor, and he made a gallant attempt at mastering Welsh
ROBINSON family Conway, Monachdy, Gwersyllt, This family was descended from a Cheshire knight, Sir William Norris, who married a sister of Owain Tudor and whose grandson, Henry (son of Robin Norris), took the surname of Robinson. NICHOLAS ROBINSON (c. 1530 - 1585), bishop of Bangor Religion The younger son of John Robinson of Conway (son of the above Henry Robinson) by Elin, daughter of the Rev. W. Brickdale of the Wirral and his wife
ROBINSON, GILBERT WOODING (1888 - 1950), professor of Agricultural Chemistry, world authority on soils Agricultural Chemistry under the Board of Agriculture for the north Wales area at University College, Bangor, a post he held until the service was re-organised in 1946. In 1926 he was appointed Professor of Agricultural Chemistry at Bangor, and became a world authority on soils, his early research being on the palaeozoic soils of north Wales and on the mechanical analysis of soils. He built up a school of
ROGERS, ROLAND (1847 - 1927), musician organist of Bangor cathedral (1871). He graduated Mus. Bac. in 1870 and qualified as Mus. Doc. (Oxon), five years later. By now one of the best-known organists, he was called upon to superintend the settling up of organs in numerous churches and chapels and to give recitals on them at meetings of inauguration. He did excellent work, also, as a teacher, among his pupils being D. Ffrancon Davies, William

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