Dictionary of Welsh Biography

VINCENT, THOMAS (1677 - 1738), priest - see WYNN
VIVIAN, HENRY HUSSEY (first baron Swansea), (1821 - 1894), industrialist and patentee of metallurgical processes to say that under his influence Swansea became 'the metallurgical centre of the world.' Vivian became the first chairman of the Glamorgan county council (1889). After the South Wales coal strike in 1889 he introduced the celebrated 'sliding scale' in regard to wages (see also under William Abraham (Mabon) and William Thomas Lewis). He helped to extend the harbour facilities of Swansea and was one
WADE, GEORGE WOOSUNG (1858 - 1941), cleric, professor, and author ever make progress in learning and true godliness. His literary output was considerable. It included Old Testament History (first edition, 1901; twelfth edition, 1934); New Testament History (first edition, 1922; second edition, 1932): commentaries on Genesis, 2 Samuel, Isaiah, and most of the Minor Prophets: and The Documents of the New Testament, 1934. He was also much interested in topography and
WADE-EVANS, ARTHUR WADE (1875 - 1964), clergyman and historian English hymnody, and his MS of a proposed hymnal, ' Proper hymns for the Christian year ', is in the National Library of Wales with his other MSS and annotated volumes from his library. JOHN THOMAS EVANS ('Tomos ap Titus', 1 August 1869-10 May 1940), rector History and Culture Religion His elder brother, was educated at Llandovery, London College of Divinity and St. John's College, Cambridge, was rector
WALLACE, ALFRED RUSSEL (1823 - 1913), naturalist and social reformer Born 8 January, 1823, Kensington Cottage, Usk, Gwent, son of Thomas Vere Wallace and Mary Anne (n. Greenell). When Wallace was three years old the family moved to England where the young Alfred Russel attended school at Hertford. Aged 13 he moved to live with his brother John in London. Some years later he moved to live with his other brother, William, who was already established as a land
WALLENSIS four men, all of whom are mentioned in the D.N.B., bore this appellation, and it will be convenient to deal with them all under this one heading. (1) JOHANNES WALLENSIS (fl. 1215), lecturer in canon law at the university of Bologna EducationLaw. his surname is the only indication of his Welsh origin. (2) JOHANNES WALLENSIS (died 1285?); see under ' Johannes.' (3) THOMAS WALLENSIS (died 1255), a
WALTERS, DAVID (EUROF; 1874 - 1942), minister (Congl.) and writer William Thomas, minister (Congl.) of Gwynfe, and Mary his wife; they had three children. In his latter years his health was impaired by the effects of the air-raids on Liverpool and also on Swansea where a great deal of the fruit of his scholarship and literary work was lost when Morgan and Higgs' bookshop was destroyed by enemy action. He died at his home 12 Hampstead Road, Elm Park, Liverpool, on 24
WALTERS, EVAN JOHN (1893 - 1951), artist Born 6 January 1893 in the Welcome Inn, Mynydd-bach, Llangyfelach, near Swansea, Glamorganshire, son of Welsh -speaking parents, Thomas Walters and his wife Elizabeth (née Thomas). After attending the village school at Llangyfelach, he became an apprentice painter-decorator at Morriston, Swansea. In 1910 he entered the Swansea School of Art, then under Grant Murray. He went on to Regent Street
WALTERS, IRWYN RANALD (1902 - 1992), musician and administrator Ammanford choral society, and later studied with David Vaughan Thomas. He was the first pupil at Amman Valley County School to study music for the Higher Certificate, but at Aberystwyth he first took a degree in French before graduating in music. While at school he had formed a trio with his brother Merfyn on the cello and Rae Jenkins (1903-1985), later a well-known conductor, as violinist. As a student
WALTERS, JOHN (1760 - 1789), cleric, poet, and scholar - Translated Specimens of Welsh Poetry. He attracted the attention of some London Welshmen, and, after the death of Richard Thomas (1753 - 1780) he was persuaded to publish the poems of Llywarch Hen, with a translation into English. Part of this translation appeared in Warrington, The History of Wales, 1788. Walters gave Edward Jones (Bardd y Brenin) some notes to be included in the introduction to his
WALTERS, JOHN (1721 - 1797), cleric and lexicographer remained there until 1759 when he became rector of Llandough, near Cow-bridge, and vicar of S. Hilary. In 1795 he was given a prebend in Llandaff cathedral. He died 1 June 1797, and was buried at Llandough. He had five sons, two of whom, John and Daniel, attained considerable eminence as poets and scholars. It was probably John Walters who persuaded Rhys Thomas, printer, to set up at Cowbridge the first
WALTERS, THOMAS (1729 - 1794), Independent minister ' while preaching. In 1765, he built a meeting-house almost on the threshold of Philip David's old church at Pen-main; the chapel was generally known by the very Methodistical name, Tynewydd (the New House) - its official name being Bethel - and Williams of Pantycelyn, David Williams of Llyswyrny (1717 - 1792), and other Methodist preachers came there to preach. About 1765, Thomas Walters was ordained

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