Dictionary of Welsh Biography

ROWLAND, ROBERT DAVID (Anthropos; ?1853 - 1944), minister (CM), poet and writer literature were recognised by the grant of a civil list pension. He was a good preacher, but confined himself almost entirely to preaching in the smaller country churches. As a writer and poet he was known wherever the Welsh language was spoken; he had more than twenty books to his credit - collections of essays on books, people, and nature, some poetry and stories. His best works are Y Pentref Gwyn, early
ROWLAND(S), WILLIAM (1887 - 1979), schoolmaster and author , he was also a prolific author. In 1923 he was a member of an advisory committee which met at Hughes & Son, the Wrexham publishers, with the purpose of identifying the literary needs of children in the Welsh language, and to meet those needs where possible. Following this he published a number of books for children mainly during the 1920s and 1930s. In the words (in translation) of Elis Gwyn Jones
ROWLANDS, HENRY (1655 - 1723), antiquary Born at Plas Gwyn, Llanedwen, Anglesey, son of William Rowlands and Magdaline, daughter of Edward Wynne of Penhesgyn Isa, Llansadwrn. There is no record of his having been to any school or college and the inference is that he was educated at home. He was ordained deacon 2 July 1682 and priest a fortnight later. In 1682 he was given the living of Llanfair-pwll and Llantysilio, and in 1696, that of
ROWLANDS, JOHN (Giraldus; 1824 - 1891), antiquary , October 1873, Rowland offers his side of the story of his service in the employ of the eccentric bookworm. To scrape a meagre living from his pay he would have to transcribe very rapidly in view of the low rates offered him. Other than that he turned to journalism, his subsequent movements are unclear. According to an article on him by one 'Gwyn o Went' in Yr Haul, 1881, 201-3, based, apparently, on
SCOTT-ELLIS, THOMAS EVELYN (8th BARON HOWARD DE WALDEN, 4th BARON SEAFORD), (1880 - 1946), landowner and sportsman, writer, and patron of the arts operatic libretti. Among his works are: Children of Don (1912), Pont Orewyn (1914), Lanval (1915), Dylan (1919), The Cauldron of Annwn (1922), The Cauldron of Annwn, including the story of Bronwen (1929), Five Pantomimes (1930), Song of Gwyn ap Nudd [ 1913 ]. He had previously published Banners, standards, and badges: from a Tudor manuscript in the College of Arms, and Some feudal lords and their seals
SEAGER, JOHN ELLIOT (1891 - 1955), shipowner and hospitals. He was thorough, meticulous and untiring in every task he undertook. During World War I he won the Military Cross while serving with the South Wales Borderers. He died 8 January 1955 at his home, Tŷ Gwyn Court, Cardiff.
STEPHENS, MICHAEL (1938 - 2018), writer and literature administrator which promotes the writing of short fiction in Wales. The Old Red Tongue (2017), a massive anthology of Welsh-language literature in translation which he co-edited with Gwyn Griffiths, was a crowning achievement. In 2012 he published his entertaining autobiography, Cofnodion; an English version appeared later, My Shoulder to the Wheel (2015). He describes how, for his seventeenth birthday, his
THOMAS TEIFI (fl. 16th century), poet Poems attributed to him are found in Peniarth MS 79, Peniarth MS 114, and Llanstephan MS 40, Llanstephan MS 133. In Cardiff MS. 7 there is a cywydd to the isle of Anglesey by 'T. ap Eingnon vel Teifi,' and in Peniarth MS 114 a cywydd to Lewis Gwyn by 'Tho. ap Eynyon al's Teyfy.'
THOMAS, EDWARD (1925 - 1997), champion boxer and an outstanding boxing trainer and a public figure in the life of Merthyr Tydfil defended the title on 21 September against Gwyn Williams. The following year he fought six contests and won every one. The contest which gave him a great deal of publicity was in Liverpool against Stan Hawthorn when he won in three rounds. On 7 February 1949 he fought against Billy Graham, an American from New York, and one of the best boxers in the world as a welter weight. This contest took place at
THOMAS, RACHEL (1905 - 1995), actress Rachel Thomas was born in Gwyn Street, Alltwen, in the parish of Cilybebyll, Glamorganshire, on 10 February 1905, the only daughter of Emily Thomas (1884-1955), a maid. She was brought up by her aunt, Mary Roberts (née Thomas, 1875-1928) and her husband, David Roberts (1866-1928), tinworker and coalminer, together with their own children, Llewelyn (1897-1977?) a merchant, Richard (1899-1970) an
THOMAS, SIENCYN (1690 - 1762), boot-maker, Dissenting preacher, and poet his cywydd printed in Meddylieu Neillduol ar Grefydd, 1717, show that, in spite of the fact that he was still comparatively young, he was far in advance of his literary friends in the south of Cardigan in his mastery of prosody and in his knowledge of the traditional forms of the cywydd. He is at his best in his elegy upon Ifan Gruffydd of Tŵr Gwyn, 1753. His 'free' poems are highly religious and
THOMAS, WILLIAM (KEINION) (1856 - 1932), Congregational minister, and publicist 'Keinion') to his name. His pastorates were: Garisim with Peniel (Llanfairfechan) 1879, Siloh with Moriah (Port Dinorwic) 1900, Pentraeth (with Penmynydd, Llanfair-pwll, and Menai Bridge) 1910, and finally Beaumaris 1922-32. He was twice married: to Ruth in 1889, and they had two sons, Garth and Robert Tibbot Kerris, and in 1902 he married Jannette Spencer, and they had five sons, Gwyn, Alon, Iwan, Jac

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