Dictionary of Welsh Biography

RICHARDS, THOMAS (1878 - 1962), librarian and historian 1958 and an hon. LL.D. degree of the University of Wales in 1959. In 1912 he married Mary Roberts of Nantlle; they had two daughters. He died 24 June 1962 and was buried in Bangor City Cemetery.
RICHARDS, THOMAS (1859 - 1931), Member of Parliament and secretary of the South Wales Miners Federation Born 8 June 1859 at Beaufort, Ebbw Vale, Monmouthshire, son of Thomas and Mary Richards. He was educated at Beaufort British School, and began work at a colliery when he was twelve years old. He played a prominent part in the work of the miners' unions in the Ebbw Vale area, and was a member of the Sliding Scale Association. In 1891 he was elected a member of Monmouth county council, and was made
RICHARDS, WILLIAM LESLIE (1916 - 1989), Scholar, teacher, poet and author Born at Cwm, Capel Isaac, near Llandeilo, Carmarthenshire, the second son of William Richards and his wife Anne (née Davies). William and Anne had four children, David Whitson (1915-1983), William Leslie, Eleanor Heddwen (1919-1966), and Benjamin Hugh (1924-). The parents were small-holders. He was educated at Capel Isaac primary school, Llandeilo Grammar School, and the University College of
RIGBY, THOMAS (c. 1783 - 1841), publican and barber , Grenada and Jamaica. In 1817, Thomas Rigby arrived in Kidwelly in the company of the Rev John Norcross. On 19 January 1819, Thomas Rigby married Mary Richards (1801-1854), a local young woman who had grown up on a farm near Llanelli. Presumably neither one of them could write, leaving their mark instead of a signature on their marriage certificate. Mary's younger sister, Elizabeth Richards (1806-1886
ROBERT, GRUFFYDD (c. 1527 - 1598), priest, grammarian and poet archbishop Reginald PoleReginald Pole; however, the death of Queen Mary the month following suggests that Robert's tenure in Anglesey was brief. Refusing to accept the authority of Queen Elizabeth in spiritual matters, he went to mainland Europe around 1560, perhaps in the company of Morys Clynnog. There is evidence that Clynnog was in Flanders, Brussels and Leuven; and as Gruffydd Robert's name appears on
ROBERT, GRUFFYDD (c.1522 - c.1610), priest, grammarian, and poet Oxford or Cambridge. In 1558 he was appointed archdeacon of Anglesey, but as queen Mary died about a month afterwards it can be surmised that his stay there was but short. He refused to acknowledge the authority of queen Elizabeth in spiritual matters, and went to the Continent with Morys Clynnog. The latter stayed in Brussels and Louvain, and perhaps Gruffydd Robert did likewise, although one might
ROBERTS family Mynydd-y-gof, College=, and at Edinburgh, graduating there in medicine. In 1887 he went to China, at first to assist James Gilmour in Mongolia, but settling afterwards in Tien-tsin, where he died in June 1894; his sister MARY ROBERTS had joined him there in 1888 - afterwards she took charge of the hospital named after her brother, and died in 1933 [ Bryson,]. ROBERT ROBERTS (1828 - 1916), business-man Business and
ROBERTS, ABSALOM (1780? - 1864), poet and collector of penillion telyn place to place, following his craft, working at Bangor, S. Asaph, and Llanfyllin, but returned eventually to Eglwys-bach. He spent his later years at Llanrwst; it was from there that he sent in 1844 two englynion to greet Walter Davies (Gwallter Mechain) (see NLW MS 1746D) and it was there that he died in 1864. He was buried in Saint Grwst's churchyard; the inscription on his gravestone, making him 94
ROBERTS, ARTHUR BRYN (1897 - 1964), trade unionist Born 7 April 1897, the son of William and Mary Roberts, Abertillery, Monmouthshire. He went to work as a collier at thirteen years of age. He won a scholarship to Ruskin College, Oxford, and in 1919 to the Central Labour College, London. He was appointed a checkweigher for Rhymney colliers in 1921 and five years later was appointed the representative of the colliers in the Rhymney Valley. He was
ROBERTS, BLEDDYN JONES (1906 - 1977), Old Testament scholar lecturer in Hebrew at the University of Manchester, but in 1936 he returned to his alma mater to a similar post. Within a year he had accepted an invitation to become Professor of Old Testament Language and Literature in the United Theological College, Aberystwyth. Later in 1937 he was ordained a minister in the Welsh Calvinistic Methodist denomination. In 1943 he married Dr Miriam Davies, who was at the
ROBERTS, DAVID FRANCIS (1882 - 1945), minister (CM) and author minister of Maenofferen, Blaenau Ffestiniog 1912-21, Fitzclarence St., Liverpool 1921-29, Capel Tegid and the English Church, Bala, and Llanfor 1929-45. On 18 August 1921 he married Sarah Ann Davies, eldest daughter of G.G. Davies, Glan-y-pwll Villa, Blaenau Ffestiniog. He contributed widely to Biblical studies, writing textbooks, Hanes yr Hebreaid, a commentary on Haggai and Zechariah, and numerous
ROBERTS, EDWARD (1886 - 1975), minister (Bapt.) and college principal Edward Roberts was born in Llanelli on 20 March 1886, the son of David and Jane Roberts (née Davies). He was one of nine children with four brothers (John, Thomas, William and Henry) and four sisters (Ann, Mary, Elizabeth-Jane and Gertrude). His parents were members of the Baptist church that met in Seion, Llanelli. The minister there was the renowned preacher, E.T. Jones, and it was he who

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