Dictionary of Welsh Biography

WILLIAMS, RICHARD (1802 - 1842), Calvinistic Methodist minister, and author Born at Winllan, Llanbryn-mair, 31 January 1802, son of Richard and Mary Williams, and brother of William Williams (Gwilym Cyfeiliog). He was educated first at a school kept by his uncle, the Rev. John Roberts (1767 - 1834), then at the school of William Owen (1788 - 1838), and later in schools at Birmingham, Wrexham, and Liverpool. After some time had elapsed he opened a school of his own at
WILLIAMS, RICHARD (1835 - 1906), antiquary and lawyer
WILLIAMS, RICHARD HUGHES (Dic Tryfan; 1878? - 1919), journalist and short story writer health and he died at the Tregaron hospital 26 July 1919. He was a pioneer of the short story in Welsh and a serious student of the art of short story writing generally. In his lifetime two volumes of his stories were published - Straeon y Chwarel (not dated), and Tair Stori Fer, 1916. In 1932 a selection of his stories, Storïau gan Richard Hughes Williams, was published by Hughes and Son, Wrexham. All
WILLIAMS, ROBERT (Robert ap Gwilym Ddu; 1766 - 1850), poet wrote for her is one of the most poignant in the language. Robert was friendly with the eisteddfodic poets, but after the one occasion when he failed to win the prize he never competed. He and John Richard Jones of Ramoth were staunch friends, and he assisted the latter to publish his hymn-books. His connection with Dewi Wyn, his neighbour and former pupil, is commemorated in the name of a
WILLIAMS, ROWLAND (1779 - 1854), cleric Born at Ty'nypwll, Mallwyd, Merioneth, and christened 27 March 1779, son of Richard Williams and Catherine his wife. He went to a school held in Mallwyd church, then as a private pupil to Peter Williams, vicar of Betws-yn-Rhos, Abergele, then to Ruthin grammar school. He matriculated at Oxford from Jesus College, 24 May 1798, took his B.A. in 1802 and his M.A. in 1805. Ordained deacon in 1802 by
WILLIAMS, THOMAS (Clwydfro; 1821 - 1855), poet WILLIAMS, Glanclwyd, poet Poetry Clwydfro was also a poet to whom have been attributed carols, hymns, and elegies (e.g. upon the above-mentioned Lewis Jones, and upon Richard Humphreys). In 1836 he published Casgliad o ganiadau ar wahanol destynau moesol a chrefyddol, comprising work both by himself and others. Some people have confused him with another Robert Williams, also born at Glan-clwyd - it
WILLIAMS, THOMAS LLOYD (1830 - 1910), Welsh-American writer Born 25 November 1830 at Brongaled, Dyffryn Ardudwy, Merionethshire. He came under the influence of the Rev. Richard Humphreys and the Rev. Edward Morgan. He served in a shop for a while before he emigrated to Racine, Wisconsin, U.S.A., in 1850; there he opened a shop and worked in a woollen factory. He contributed to Y Drych and other journals. He published A brief history of the early Welsh
WILLIAMS, WATKIN HEZEKIAH (Watcyn Wyn; 1844 - 1905), schoolmaster, poet, and preacher formal education was supplemented by the instruction which he received from his fellow-workers in the mines. He began to compete at eisteddfodau at an early age. He learned the rules of cynghanedd from Gwydderig (Richard Williams, 1842 - 1917) and other local poets, and he claimed the acquaintance of Dafydd Morganwg, Llew Llwyfo, and others whose interests were alien to his own, when he went to work in
WILLIAMS, WILLIAM (1738 - 1817) Llandygái, antiquary, author, prominent official at Cae-braich-y-cafn quarry Gwyneddigion Society; he had also struck up an acquaintance with William Morris of Holyhead. The great turning-point of his life was his father's interview with Richard Hughes, the agent of the Penrhyn estate (and a squire in his own right, of Bodrwyn and Tre'rdryw in Anglesey). William Williams was given work as occasional clerk in the estate office, filling up his spare time as a saddler. As time went on
WILLIAMS, WILLIAM (Gwilym Cyfeiliog; 1801 - 1876), poet and hymn-writer Born 4 January 1801 at Winllan, Llanbryn-mair, son of Richard Williams (Calvinistic Methodist exhorter) and Mary Williams (one of the descendants of Henry Williams of Ysgafell, and sister of the Rev. John Roberts (1767 - 1834) of Llanbryn-mair), and elder brother of the Rev. Richard Williams (1802 - 1842) of Liverpool. He was educated at the school kept by his uncle and at the school of William
WILLIAMS, WILLIAM (c. 1625 - 1684), antiquary Antiquarian Society and Field Club, 1948; and the story, possibly an eyewitness account, of the rising in Anglesey in 1648, which appears as a supplement to Richard Llwyd's poem, ' Beaumaris Bay.'
WILLIAMS, WILLIAM ALBERT (1909 - 1946), organist, music critic and composer Born in Liverpool, 16 January 1909, son of Captain Richard Williams and Anne Williams, both from Marian-glas, Anglesey. His father drowned when Albert was 4 years old and his mother died when he was 15. His mother's sister, Mrs. Stanley Jones, Liverpool, then took care of him, his brother and sister. He began to have piano and organ lessons when he was very young, and he was appointed organist at

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