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LEWIS, THOMAS (1859 - 1929) Cameroons, Congo, Baptist missionary Born near Whitland, Carmarthenshire, 13 October 1859, a son of William Lewis, blacksmith and devout Baptist. In 1871 he was baptized and received into Nazareth Baptist church, Whitland. For a while he worked in his father's smithy, but imbued with a missionary purpose (inspired by the story of William Carey) and encouraged to preach, he studied under the Rev. John Evans at S. Clears grammar
LEWIS, THOMAS (1671? - 1735), Baptist minister east Radnorshire into a church at Glascwm and New Radnor. He was very active among them and is said in Dr. John Evans's 'Return' (1715) to have had a congregation of 400. In 1728, in company with Thomas Evans, brother of Caleb Evans, minister at Pentre, Radnorshire, he was appointed distributor for Wales of the Baptist Fund. He died in 1735, and was buried in a burial-ground at Glascwm which his
LEWIS, Sir THOMAS (1881 - 1945), physician its Royal Medal in 1927, the Copley Medal in 1941, the Conway Evans Prize in 1944, and was elected vice-president for 1943-45. He was appointed C.B.E. in 1920 and was knighted in 1921. He was offered (but declined) the chair of Regius Professor of Physic in Cambridge in 1932, and gave the Harveian Oration in 1933. He gained world-wide reputation as a physiologist and clinical scientist, and was
LEWIS, THOMAS ARNOLD (1893 - 1952), insurance manager, treasurer of the Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion , and High Sheriff of Cardiganshire in 1949. He assisted Sir John Cecil-Williams and Sir Wynn Wheldon with the financial aspect of the appeal launched in 1937 to publish the Dictionary of Welsh Biography, and he succeeded T. D. Slingsby-Jenkins as treasurer of the Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion in 1950. On 8 September 1924 he married Eleanora Margaret Evans in Charing Cross Chapel, and they had
LEWIS, TIMOTHY (1877 - 1958), Welsh and Celtic scholar between Strachan's trustees and J. Gwenogvryn Evans concerning the use, in the book, of Middle Welsh texts for which Gwenogvryn had the copyright, Timothy Lewis presented evidence on the facts of the case in favour of Gwenogvryn, and in consequence a warm and very close friendship developed between the young student and the latter. By August 1908 the prospects for the future were dark, with his
LEWIS, TITUS (1822 - 1887), antiquary published works include a lengthy poem, The Soldier's Wife, a Tale of Inkerman, 1855; he was also responsible for the English words of Joseph Parry's composition, Mynyddog, 1877, and for English translations of several poems by David Evans (Dewi Haran), in a selection of his work, edited by Glanffrwd, under the title of Telyn Haran, 1878. He died at Llanstephan, 10 September 1887, only a few weeks after
LEWIS, TITUS (1773 - 1811), Baptist minister Born 21 February 1773 at Kilgerran, son of Lewis Thomas, minister of Cilfowyr - his mother a sister to D. Evans (1740 - 1790). His father taught him the craft of shoemaking. He was baptised at Blaen-y-waun, began to preach in 1794, and was ordained there in 1798. As he had married (20 November 1800) a woman from Carmarthen who did not like S. Dogmael's, he moved to Carmarthen in 1801 to minister
LEWIS, WILLIAM (fl. 1786-1794), hymn-writer cymmwys a pherthynol i Addoliad Cyhoeddus (Trevecka, 1786); a 2nd., revised, edition was printed by Peter Evans of Caernarvon 'for Hugh Jones,' early in the 19th century, under the title, Y Durtur, sef Ychydig o Hymnau, ar Amryw Destynau Efengylaidd. Both of these books include his celebrated hymn, ' Cof am y cyfiawn Iesu.' He is thought to have died c. 1794, but his Hymnau Newyddion (Carmarthen) was
LEWIS, WILLIAM MORTIMER (1840 - 1880), Baptist college principal Born July 1840 at Mydrim, Carmarthenshire. He received his early education at the village school and under Alcwyn C. Evans at Carmarthen. When he was 13 years of age he was apprenticed to a draper in Carmarthen for five years, during which time he adopted Baptist principles. He entered Carmarthen Presbyterian College in 1860, and after four years there, went to Glasgow University. In 1870 he
LHUYD, EDWARD (1660 - 1709), botanist, geologist, antiquary, and philologist to go to the West Indies; but by May 1693 he had given up that plan. Nor did he succeed in his plan to go to Cornwall. In 1693 too we see another change in the nature of his researches. Henceforth his main interest was to be in antiquities and philology, although he never forsook his studies in botany and geology. He helped his friend Edmund Gibson to edit a new edition (1695) of Camden's Britannia
LLEWELLYN, Sir DAVID RICHARD (1879 - 1940), coalowner had a part in the development of the anthracite coalfield. He became a director of many enterprises in the coal trade, especially the Vale of Neath, Amalgamated Anthracite Collieries, Guest, Keen & Nettlefold, and chairman of the Welsh Associated Collieries and later vice-chairman of the United Powell Duffryn Associated Collieries (under the chairmanship of Edmund Hann). By about 1920 it could be
LLOYD family Peterwell, WALTER LLOYD (died 1747), barrister-at-law Law Son of Walter Lloyd of Voelallt, Cardiganshire. He married, probably in 1713, Elizabeth, daughter and heiress of Daniel Evans of Peterwell (high sheriff of Cardiganshire, 1692). He was mayor of Cardigan, 1710, 1711, 1714, 1718, 1721, attorney-general for South Wales (the counties of Cardigan, Carmarthen, and Pembroke), and judge of equity in North

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