Dictionary of Welsh Biography

OWEN, JOHN (Owain Alaw; 1821 - 1883), musician for four voices; Ceinion Alawon Seisnig. His greatest work, the oratorio 'Jeremiah,' was published in 1878. Among his most popular anthems were ' Pa fodd y glanha' and 'Gwyn fyd a ystyria wrth y tlawd.' Anthems, part-songs, and songs, by him appeared in the series called Y Gyfres Gerddorol (of which he was editor), and in Y Drysorfa Gorawl, Ceinion Cerddoriaeth, Miwsig y Miloedd, y Cerddor Cymreig
PANTON, PAUL (1727 - 1797), barrister-at-law and antiquary (1725 - 1764), daughter and heiress of William Jones (1688 - 1755), Plas Gwyn, Pentraeth, Anglesey, recorder of Beaumaris. Her mother was heiress of the estates of Derwen, Denbighshire, and Llwyn-gwern, Llanuwchllyn, Merioneth. In addition to his public responsibilities in Anglesey as squire of Plas Gwyn, which he took in earnest, to the great delight of the Morris brothers, Paul Panton took a keen
PASK, ALUN EDWARD ISLWYN (1937 - 1995), rugby player and teacher Alun Pask was born on 10 September 1937 at Pontllanfraith, Monmouthshire, the second of the three sons of David Gwyn Pask (1910-1979) and his wife Winifred Dovey (née Bray, 1910-1976). Alun Pask was a student at Pontllanfraith Grammar School and Loughborough College during the 1950s. He was proficient academically and was a keen sportsman. Initially for both the Grammar School and Rhymney Valley
PETTS, RONALD JOHN (1914 - 1991), artist Golden Cockerel Press and he was commissioned to illustrate Gwyn Jones' novel The Green Island in 1945, and he returned to Wales at the end of 1946 to re-establish the Caseg Press. He had met Marjory (Kusha) Miller (1921-2003), an artist and writer, in 1944, and they married in March 1947. They had 2 sons and a daughter, David (born c. 1947), Catrin (born 1950) and Michael (born 1957). They divorced in
PHILLIPS, THOMAS BEVAN (1898 - 1991), minister, missionary and college principal far from the home of his brother Gwyn Phillips, Ystrad Mynach who gave a generous financial gift to start the North East India-Wales Trust. Based in Liverpool where the Welsh Presbyterian Missionary movement began in 1840, the Trust began to research the history of most of the missionaries from all denominations who had ministered in India. The Trust received a part of the Library of T. B. Phillips
PHYLIP family, poets Ardudwy Caer-gai; in another poem John Vaughan of Caer-gai is asked to give a hound to Lewis Gwynn of Dolau Gwyn. Rhisiart wrote five short poems, the best-known being 'Awdl o foliant i ferch o Dywyn.' Besides his controversy with his brother Siôn about Nannau, Rhisiart Phylip had an ymryson with Rhisiart Cynwal. He was also one of the bards who wrote replies to the 'cywydd yr Eryr' sent by Thomas Prys, Plas
POWELL family Nanteos, Llechwedd-dyrus, the Exchequer, and 'Judge of the King's Bench in Kg. James the Second's time' (Peniarth MS 156), married Elizabeth, daughter and heiress of David Lloyd (Gwyn) of Aberbrwynen, and was the father of WILLIAM POWELL. The latter married Avarina, daughter of Cornelius le Brun by his wife, Ann, daughter and co-heiress of John Jones of Nanteos. William Powell's eldest son THOMAS POWELL (died 1752) was
POWELL, LEWIS (1788 - 1869), Independent minister membership of the church by Peter Jenkins, a personal friend of Williams of Pantycelyn, who was also responsible for inducing him to begin preaching in 1808. In 1812 he obtained a post as tutor to the children of Evan Price of Cerrigbwbach, near Pentre-tŷ-gwyn, and other local children, the conditions of his employment being that this gentleman should give him board and lodging and teach him Latin and
PRICE, DAVID (fl. 1700-1742), Independent minister, and schoolmaster transferred to Llwynllwyd and Vavasor Griffiths, minister of the Independent church at Maes-gwyn, was appointed its principal. It is probable that the grammar school and the Academy were amalgamated and that the two teachers co-operated in carrying on the work. David Price died in August 1742.
PRICE, PETER (1864 - 1940), Independent minister , where he graduated with honours in philosophy in 1901. He received the degree of M.A. in 1939. He took up his ministry again in 1901. He married Letitia Williams, Tŷ Gwyn, Llanrwst in January 1902. He moved to Bethania, Dowlais in the summer of 1904, a church with over 600 members, where the musician Harry Evans was the organist. The Revival of 1904 was exciting the country by this time. The
PRICHARD, JOHN WILLIAM (1749 - 1829), man of letters and verse, sketcher, map-maker, sculptor. He was well-esteemed by the magnates of Anglesey, and was particularly friendly with Paul Panton junior of Plas Gwyn. The only separate publication by him was Hanes Pibau'r Bugeiliaid, but some of his verse appeared in periodicals, while more remains in manuscript. University College, Bangor, has a number of his papers (Bangor MSS. 47, 538, 1249, 2123-32
PROSSER, DAVID LEWIS (1868 - 1950), archbishop Born 10 June 1868, son of David Prosser of Tŷ Gwyn, Llangynnor, Carmarthenshire and Elizabeth, his wife. He was educated at Llandovery College and Keble College, Oxford, where he graduated with a third-class honours degree in history; he took his B.A. in 1891 and his M.A. in 1895. He was ordained deacon, 18 December 1892, by Bishop Basil Jones of St. David's and licensed to the curacy of Holy

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