Dictionary of Welsh Biography

REES, WILLIAM (1808 - 1873), printer and publisher that Alun's (John Blackwell) Cylchgrawn was published in 1834. The connection between the Reeses and Brutus (David Owen) is also interesting. The latter had been editing Lleuad yr Oes, which was printed by Jeffrey Jones. When Jones died in 1830, the Reeses took over his press - and Brutus with it - and Yr Efangylydd (1831-May 1835) was started. Brutus changed his political and ecclesiastical opinions
REICHEL, Sir HENRY RUDOLF (1856 - 1931), principal of University College, Bangor College of North Wales, Bangor, and held that office until his retirement in 1927. He gathered around him a band of young scholars of high distinction, among whom were Henry Jones and W. Rhys Roberts and continued to build well on sure foundations. The developments which he most prized were the schools of agriculture and forestry, the department of music, and the school of theology, which united in a
RHISIART OWEN (ap RHISIART) (fl. c. 1622) Y Lasynys,, poet Some of his work remains in manuscripts. This includes an elegy to Sir William Maurice of Clenennau, in Brogyntyn MS. 3 (175), cywyddau in praise of Humphrey Jones of Craflwyn, in Brogyntyn MS. 3 (204) and Llanstephan MS 125 (716), various englynion in NLW MS 566B (93b) and NLW MS 643B (78), and a poem in free metre which is found in NLW MS 566B (125). (It is not clear whether he is the poet
RHYS, EDWARD PROSSER (1901 - 1945), journalist, poet and publisher founded Gwasg Aberystwyth, a press which grew year by year and which was acquired after his death by J.D. Lewis & Sons, Llandysul. The Welsh Books Club which he also established flourished under his management. In 1923 he published with J.T. Jones a joint volume of verse, Gwaed Ifanc (Hughes & Son). No further poems of his were published except in periodicals or on the radio until the appearance of
RHŶS, ELIZABETH (1841 - 1911), teacher, hostess and campaigner for women's rights influential in Oxford as a teacher and then as a college head, Elspeth suffered frequent bouts of ill health. Her death on 29 April 1911 was quite unexpected, nonetheless. She was remembered with admiration among those who knew her in Oxford as well as neighbours from her youth in Llanberis, with Alice Gray Jones, the editor of Y Gymraes, fondly reminiscing that 'Miss Hughes Davies was the ideal of every
RHYS, IFAN THOMAS (fl. mid 18th century), poet Born at Llwyndafydd, in the parish of Llandysilio, Cardiganshire, son of Thomas Rees James. Moving from Llwyndafydd he settled at Llanarth in the same county, and became a shoemaker. He composed an elegy on the death of Jenkin Jones (1700? - 1742), of Llwyn-rhydowen. This was published in Hymnau … o waith y Diweddar Barchedig Mr. Jenkin Jones, 1768. His poem, called Y Maen Tramguydd, was
RHYS, Sir JOHN (1840 - 1915), Celtic scholar Rhys Memorial Lecture' to be delivered annually in his memory and, in the first of these, his disciple, Sir John Morris-Jones, gave a full bibliography of his published works. In this note it is only possible to mention the most important items in that rich and many-sided list. His principal interest was in Celtic philology and, more particularly, in Welsh philology. As a result of the many
RHYS-ROBERTS, THOMAS ESMOR RHYS (1910 - 1975), soldier and barrister Thomas Esmor Rhys Roberts (he later adopted 'Rhys-Roberts' as a surname) was born on 22 April 1910 at 23 Albion Road, Hampstead, the son of Arthur Rhys Roberts, a solicitor, and his wife Hannah Dilys Roberts (née Jones), a well-known singer. Arthur Rhys Roberts had been a law partner of David Lloyd George and still advised him on personal legal matters. One of Thomas's earliest memories was
RICHARD, THOMAS (1783 - 1856), Calvinistic Methodist minister Gwyn of Maenorowen, niece of David Jones of Llan-gan's second wife. After his marriage he farmed in several places, but c. 1824-5 settled at Fishguard where he spent the rest of his life. He died 3 January 1856 and was buried at Maenorowen. He was one of the outstanding preachers of his generation. There was a charm in his voice that made the country folk rave over him; he could also thunder forth in
RICHARDS, DAVID (Dafydd Ionawr; 1751 - 1827), schoolmaster and poet ). In 1794 he moved to Dolgelley. On the death of his father (1798) he inherited the property of both his parents, which he transferred to a friend, Thomas Jones, on condition that he might spend the rest of his life as one of his family. He was a master at Dolgelley grammar school, 1800-7. He died 12 May 1827 and was buried at Dolgelley. Here is a list of his works: Cywydd y Drindod, 1793; Hanes
RICHARDS, DAVID MORGAN (1853 - 1913), journalist and eisteddfodwr to the town, and especially to its Welsh cultural movements; he published an annual almanac which contained much information on the history of Aberdare. But he is best remembered for his Rhestr Eisteddfodau, a list of eisteddfodau down to 1901, which was published posthumously in 1914, with a biographical introduction by J. Morgan Jones, on which the present note is based. The book is very useful
RICHARDS, DAVID WILLIAM (1893 - 1949), preacher and philosopher Caradog, killed himself, and it is clear that another son had died before this though the details were not made public. It was all too much for David Richards and he took his own life at his home 24 April 1949. In this tragic way the life of this genius came to an end. Dr R. Tudur Jones (Hanes Annibynwyr Cymru (1966), p. 306, Congregationalism in Wales (2004), p. 243) says that David Richards's

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