Dictionary of Welsh Biography

DAVIES, ALUN (1916 - 1980), historian Society. He was in 1961 appointed to the chair of Modern History at the University College of Swansea, and made his home at Eaton Crescent. In Swansea he worked closely with his colleague Glanmor Williams (1920-2005) to build up a strong history department which lay stress on Wales side by side with international history. During this period he was appointed member of the University Grants Committee. He
EVANS, ELMIRA (Myra) (1883 - 1972), teacher, author and folklorist this world and the Otherworld was at its thinnest, meant a great deal to Myra. She was named Elmira after the ship owned by her Uncle Dan who died at sea aged 24. She had four siblings, Gertrude, Elwy, Glanmor and Jim. The family later moved to Glasfryn, also in New Quay. Myra's natural inquisitiveness led to a fascination with her family folklore. She learnt stories from her father, who encouraged
GLANMOR - see WILLIAMS, JOHN
MARTIN, Sir RICHARD (1843 - 1922), industrialist and public man building the Normal College on the Glanmor estate. Moreover, he worked hard to get other improvements for the town, for which he foresaw a brilliant future. He died suddenly in London, 11 September 1922, and was buried at Ystum Llwynarth (' Oystermouth '), Swansea.
RUSBRIDGE, ROSALIND (1915 - 2004), teacher and peace campaigner devout Baptists and met at university Baptist gatherings. Ewart, too, was a conscientious objector during the war. They adopted two children, Paul Ingli Rusbridge (born 1952) and Stella Faith Ellis (born 1955). Rosalind returned to Swansea to take up a post as classics mistress at Glanmor Girls School in September 1939. At the centre of the peace movement, she became secretary of Swansea United
WEBB, HARRI (1920 - 1994), librarian and poet baptismal name was Harry, and he adopted the Welsh spelling Harri in about 1950 soon after he began publishing his poetry. He had a half-brother, Michael Webb, from his father's second marriage. Webb attended primary school in Oxford Street and Glanmor Secondary Boys' School in the Uplands district of Swansea. He was an exceptional pupil and became the first from his school to win a scholarship to Oxford
WILLIAMS, Sir GLANMOR (1920 - 2005), historian Glanmor Williams was born on 5 May 1920 at 3 Cross Francis St, Dowlais, Merthyr Tydfil, Glamorgan, the only child of Daniel Williams (died 1957) and his wife Ceinwen (née Evans) who died in 1970. The paternal family's roots were in Breconshire, the maternal in Rhandir-mwyn, Carmarthenshire. The family were Welsh-speaking Baptists and members of Moriah chapel, Dowlais. His father was first a
WILLIAMS, HUGH (1796 - 1874), solicitor and political agitator Anthony Williams, born at Ferryside on 28 May 1869, died in London on 15 May 1905. The fourth son, WILLIAM ARTHUR GLANMOR WILLIAMS, born at Ferryside on 19 September 1873 (a year before his father's death), was educated at Clifton and Sandhurst, was commissioned in the South Wales Borderers, awarded the D.S.O. for service in West Africa, and killed on 8 November 1900 in the South African War. Hugh
WILLIAMS, JOHN (Glanmor; 1811 - 1891), cleric, poet, and antiquary

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