Dictionary of Welsh Biography

ROBERTS, WILLIAM JOHN (1904 - 1967), Methodist minister and ecumenist . It should be a good evening and the remaining days of the week are equally crowded'. Throughout his life he was an avid reader, indeed collector of books. One of his most treasured acquisitions was a first edition of Charles Wesley's Hymns for the use of Families and on Various Occasions. In 1957 he moved to St John Street where he became superintendent minister of the Grosvenor Park Methodist
ROBERTS, WILLIAM MORGAN (1853 - 1923), musician him, 'Cwsg, fy Maban,' which was a test-piece at national eisteddfodau held in Corwen and Caernarvon, became very popular in Australia and the U.S.A. After living for some time in Liverpool and Manchester he joined the firm of Hughes and Son, Wrexham, publishers of books and music. It was he who suggested to that firm the publication (in 1889) of Y Cerddor, under the editorship of David Jenkins and
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
ROGERS, ROLAND (1847 - 1927), musician Davies, and R. S. Hughes. He was instructor in music at Bangor University College and at the Rydal Mount School, Colwyn Bay. A Bethesda choir won the prize at three national eisteddfodau under his conductorship - Denbigh 1882, Cardiff 1883, and Liverpool 1884. He adjudicated at the Bangor national eisteddfod of 1874. In 1891 he resigned his Bangor cathedral post because the dean objected to his playing
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

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