Dictionary of Welsh Biography

THOMAS, MORRIS (1874 - 1959), minister (Calvinistic Methodist), writer and historian eisteddfod of 1931, Morris Thomas won first prize with his novel Pen yr Yrfa, published in the office of the Goleuad in Caernarfon in 1932. He was considered to be a good historian, and he was appointed to write the history of the Llŷn and Eifionydd Presbytery, left unfinished by Henry Hughes, Bryncir. According to his own account, he tired of the work and the task of trying to make sense of Henry Hughes
THOMAS, NICHOLAS (d. 1741), printer and publisher In 1714 John Rogers printed at Shrewsbury, Dirgelwch …, sef Llyfr y Tri Aderyn, by Morgan Lloyd (Morgan Llwyd o Wynedd) for Nicholas Thomas and Lewis Thomas, the latter a travelling bookseller, of Llangrannog, Cardiganshire A little later, viz. in 1718, Nicholas Thomas was himself at Shrewsbury learning the craft of printing either at the office of John Rogers or that of John Rhydderch; a year
THOMAS, OWEN (1812 - 1891), Calvinistic Methodist minister and author ), two volumes which include a review of the history of theology and preaching in Wales; Cofiant y Parch. Henry Rees, two volumes (Wrexham, 1890); Cyfieithiad o draethawd y Parch. Thomas Watson ar Sancteiddhad, and extracts from the works of other authors (Llanrwst, 1839); Esboniad ar y Testament Newydd (1862-85), which is a translation of Dr. Kitto's commentary with additional notes - the commentaries
THOMAS, Sir PERCY EDWARD (1883 - 1969), architect and planning consultant regiment in which his son was a senior officer. He married Margaret Ethel, daughter of Henry Turner of Penarth, in 1906, and they had one son and three daughters. She died in 1953. In 1961 he was seriously ill, and after a brief period as consultant to the practice, he retired in 1963. His health was fragile for the rest of his life, and he died 19 August 1969. Besides his own specialised field, society
THOMAS, PHILIP EDWARD (1878 - 1917), poet Born 3 March 1878, at Lambeth, son of Philip Henry Thomas, Tredegar, clerk in the civil service, and Mary Elizabeth (née Townsend). He was educated at S. Paul's School and Lincoln College, Oxford, 1898-1900, and early showed his love of the countryside, unspoiled people, and literature. He married Helen Berenice Noble, 20 June 1899; there were three children: Mervyn, born 1900, Bronwen 1904, and
THOMAS, RACHEL (1905 - 1995), actress Baker and Donald Houston in the live television version of Choir Practice (author Cliff Gordon, prod. Michael Mills) which was broadcast from Alexandra Palace, London, in 1949, but unfortunately not recorded. The small screen also afforded her the opportunity to portray Beth Morgan from Richard Llewellyn's novel when she appeared with Eynon Evans in Dafydd Gruffydd's BBC production of How Green Was My
THOMAS, RHYS (1720? - 1790), printer Printer at Carmarthen, Llandovery, and Cowbridge. Rhys Thomas is included in this work as being one of the best Welsh printers of the 18th century, and because of the connection of his press (at Cowbridge) with the publication of the English-Welsh dictionary of John Walters. He was established at Carmarthen in 1760; two small books of hymns by Morgan Rhys (Cascljad o Hymnau) and Dafydd William
THOMAS, ROBERT (d. 2 April 1692), Puritan preacher Baptists as well as Independents; three years before that, in March 1666, he had founded a church, binding the members closely together by covenant which became famous in turn as the congregation of Cilfwnwr, Tirdoncyn, and Mynyddbach, the members coming from Llangyfelach and the adjoining parishes. He received a licence to preach at his own house in Baglan under the Indulgence of 1672, and Henry Maurice
THOMAS, SAMUEL (1692 - 1766), Independent minister, and tutor of Carmarthen Academy seems to have been uninspiring - Thomas Morgan (1720 - 1799) complains of his frigid temperament. He was certainly an Arminian and probably an Arian. His church did not quarrel with this; but its records show that after thirty years of his ministry it was small and moribund. As a tutor, his views caused considerable concern to the Congregational Board; and after several unavailing attempts to persuade
THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850 - 1885), metallurgist and inventor resultant steel was brittle; Sir Henry Bessemer and other experimentalists spent years in an attempt to overcome the difficulty. Towards the end of 1875 Thomas succeeded in reaching a provisional solution (details in D.N.B.). He communicated the details to his cousin Percy Gilchrist, then chemist to a large iron-works at Blaenavon, Monmouth, and both men conducted further experiments. In 1878 Thomas
THOMAS, SIENCYN (1690 - 1762), boot-maker, Dissenting preacher, and poet The son of Thomas Morgan, miller, of Tre Wen, Brongwyn, Cardiganshire. He lived at Cwm Du. According to the evidence of the elegy written upon him by his son, John Jenkin, he was born in 1690. He began his career as a Dissenting preacher in 1716 and attended to the spiritual needs of the congregations at Tre-wen and Llechryd. His englynion ' In Laudem Authoris ' in Drych y Prif Oesoedd, 1716, and
THOMAS, STAFFORD HENRY MORGAN (1896 - 1968), minister (Presb.) and poet Born at Glenview, Melin Ifan Ddu, Glamorganshire, 13 July 1896, son of Morgan and Margaret Thomas. His parents moved to Porthmadog and he commenced preaching at Tabernacl church. During World War I he was imprisoned as a conscientious objector. He was educated at Porth grammar school, University College, Cardiff (where he graduated), and Bala College. He was ordained in 1923 and served his

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