Dictionary of Welsh Biography

ROBERTSON, EDWARD (1880 - 1964), professor, linguist, and librarian Born 1880, at Cameron, Fife, Scotland, son of John Robertson, the local schoolmaster. After atteding his father's school in Cameron and Madras College, St. Andrews, where he excelled in mathematics, he went to St. Andrew's University, graduated M.A. and B.D., and proceeded to the universities of Leipzig, Berlin and Heidelburg; he also went to Syria for a year to learn Arabic. He returned to St
ROBERTSON, HENRY (1816 - 1888), civil engineer and railway pioneer by his report that they gave him support and so, in company with Robert Roy and other Scotsmen, he revived the Brymbo Iron Works and pits of John Wilkinson and gave new life to a decaying industrial area in Denbighshire. Robertson realised that if the iron-works and collieries were to be run successfully, a railway to the district was essential. He and his friends, therefore, promoted the North
ROBINSON family Conway, Monachdy, Gwersyllt, This family was descended from a Cheshire knight, Sir William Norris, who married a sister of Owain Tudor and whose grandson, Henry (son of Robin Norris), took the surname of Robinson. NICHOLAS ROBINSON (c. 1530 - 1585), bishop of Bangor Religion The younger son of John Robinson of Conway (son of the above Henry Robinson) by Elin, daughter of the Rev. W. Brickdale of the Wirral and his wife
ROBINSON, GILBERT WOODING (1888 - 1950), professor of Agricultural Chemistry, world authority on soils Born at Wolverhampton, 7 November 1888, son of John Fairs and Mary Emma Robinson. He was educated at Wolverhampton grammar school and Cambridge University where he was a scholar of Caius College (B.A. 1910). For two years he acted as demonstrator in the School of Agriculture at Cambridge and completed a survey of the soils and agriculture of Shropshire (1913). In 1912 he was appointed adviser in
RODERICK, JOHN (1673 - 1735), grammarian, printer and publisher of almanacks and books, poet, and eisteddfodwr The belief that he was a native of the southern part of Cardiganshire was challenged some years ago (Journal of the Welsh Bibliographical Society, iii, 275-90) and it is now believed that he was born in the parish of Cemaes, Montgomeryshire; he was possibly the John, son of David Roderick and Elen his wife, who was christened in Cemaes church on 23 April 1673. However, on p. 7b of B.L. Add. MS
ROGERS, JOHN (d. 1738), bookseller and printer Son of Reynold Rogers, grocer, London, and possibly a nephew of Gabriel Rogers (died 1705), to whose bookselling business at Shrewsbury John Rogers may have succeeded. He began to print c. 1706, and it is possible that his first book was A Sermon preach'd at the Funeral of … James Owen, Minister of the Gospel in Shrewsbury. April the 11th, 1706. By Matthew Henry, 1706? In 1707 he printed two
ROGERS, RICHARD SAMUEL (1882 - 1950), minister (B), editor and writer Born 12 August 1882, at Pwll near Llanelli, Carmarthenshire, son of John and Elizabeth Rogers. He started preaching there at the age of 15 when he was a pupil at the county school. He won the Dan Isaac Davies prize and graduated with honours in Welsh at the University College, Cardiff. He won the college and other bardic chairs, but soon abandoned poetry for theology. He was ordained at Soar (B
ROOS, WILLIAM (1808 - 1878), portrait painter and engraver The son of Thomas and Mary Roose, Bodgadfa, Amlwch, he was christened at Amlwch 30 April 1808. His paintings of 'The Death of Owen Glyndwr' and 'The Death of Captan [sic] Wynn at Alma' were awarded second place at the national eisteddfod held at Llangollen in 1858. He was a popular portrait painter and the N.L.W. holds his portraits in oils of Christmas Evans, John Cox, Thomas Charles, John Jones
ROSS, JOHN (1729? - 1807), printer and publisher Very few biographical details concerning John Ross are available. He had learnt his trade in London, began to print books, etc., in Carmarthen in 1763 (for a year or two with Rhys Thomas), and continued to do so until 1807, the year of his death. A few books printed at the end of the 18th century were produced jointly by Ross and John Daniel. During the half-century of his working life Ross
ROWLAND, DANIEL (1713 - 1790), Methodist cleric . His eldest son was JOHN ROWLAND (1735 - 1815) Religion Born 14 October 1735, ordained deacon, 1757, and priest, 1758. In 1760 he was given the living of Llangeitho. He went to Jesus College, Oxford, in 1757; Foster does not say that he graduated (incidentally, he calls his father ' John ' and gives the date of his admission as 1767); yet he is described as M.A. He was curate at S. Mary's, Shrewsbury
ROWLAND(S), DAVID (Dewi Brefi; 1782 - 1820), cleric Llanfihangel-y-Creuddyn, Cardiganshire; he received priest's orders 20 September 1806. On 1 June 1808 he was licensed to the curacies of Llanwnnog and Carno, Montgomeryshire, but after two years, on the recommendation of John Jenkins (Ifor Ceri), he was chosen to go as a missionary to S. John's, Newfoundland, under the auspices of the S.P.G., sailing in June 1810. He remained there till 1816, when, owing to
ROWLAND, DAVID (1795 - 1862), eccentric Calvinistic Methodist minister preaching to the cattle and sheep on the farm, he ventured forth as an exhorter in the latter part of 1815 - he was not ordained till 1831 - and attempted, with little success, to acquire a little knowledge under John Hughes (1796 - 1860) at Wrexham. He was a noted eccentric, in dress, manners, and preaching, but itinerated far and wide (e.g. in London for some months in 1853), and was very popular. He

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