Dictionary of Welsh Biography

JONES, SAMUEL (1898 - 1974), journalist, broadcaster and Head of the BBC in Bangor and the voices of quarrymen and farmers (the Dyffryn Nantlle Male Voice Choir and Bob Roberts, folk singer). His other popular programmes were 'Ymryson y Beirdd' (a contest between poets), 'Wedi'r Oedfa' (Talks for Sunday evenings), 'Ymryson Areithio' (college debates) and 'Pawb yn ei Dro' (village talents). By the end of his career television was a growing threat to a dedicated radio man like Sam
LLOYD, DAVID TECWYN (1914 - 1992), literary critic, author, educationalist a brother to Robert (Bob) Lloyd, and Reverend Trebor Lloyd Evans, Morriston, and Aled Lloyd Davies were his cousins. Tecwyn Lloyd claimed that he could trace his family back to Rhirid Flaidd. After his early education at Llawrybetws primary school where the headteacher, Rhys Gruffydd, was, he said, an important influence on him, he proceeded to Bala Boys' Grammar School (Ysgol Tytandomen). After
LLOYD, HENRY (Ap Hefin; 1870 - 1946), poet and printer ', became famous, as did some of his hymns, such as ' Arhosaf yng nghysgod fy Nuw ', and ' I bob un sy'n ffyddlon '. In 1896 he married Sarah Ann Gravell, and they had 4 children. He died on 14 September 1946 in Aberdare.
LLOYD, ROBERT (Llwyd o'r Bryn; 1888 - 1961), eisteddfodwr, entertainer and farmer life and culture. There are descriptions of him by Robin Williams in Y tri Bob (1970) and in Portreadau'r Faner (n.d.). He died 28 December 1961 and was buried in Cefnddwysarn cemetery. In 1963 a 'Llwyd o'r Bryn prize' for recitation was established at the National Eisteddfod in memory of him.
OWAIN, OWAIN LLEWELYN (1877 - 1956), litterateur, musician and journalist trained many musicians and adjudicated music in more than 550 eisteddfodau; he had copies of these programmes. He was a discerning book-collector and maintained that his library was even more extensive than that of Bob Owen. He had a small choir, 'Côr y Delyn Aur', which won many prizes in eisteddfodau. He was one of the founders of 'Clwb Awen a Chân' in Caernarfon and was its secretary. He took a keen
OWEN, BOB - see OWEN, ROBERT
OWEN, GERALLT LLOYD (1944 - 2014), teacher, publisher, poet the appointment of her husband by Merioneth County Council. Gerallt's elder brother Geraint (born 1941) won the National Eisteddfod Crown in 2011 and was invested as Archdruid in 2016. Gerallt was educated in the village school referred to by Bob Lloyd (Llwyd o'r Bryn) as 'Hen Goleg Bach y Sarnau' (the little college of Sarnau), then at Bala Grammar School for Boys (Ysgol Tŷ Tan Domen) and Bangor
OWEN, ROBERT (1885 - 1962), historian, bookworm and genealogist quarry office proved the main educational influence on him and it was there that he developed an obsession with research. He collected an enormous library which spread to almost every corner of his home. He became well-known, particularly for his weekly column in Y Genedl Gymreig, 'Lloffion Bob Owen', 1929-37. He contributed to many newspapers and to about twenty different periodicals. His voluminous
PRICE, WATKIN WILLIAM (1873 - 1967), schoolmaster, researcher . In 1952 the University of Wales conferred on him an hon. M.A. degree, and he was sometimes known as ' Bob Owen of the South ' (see Owen, Robert above). He died 31 December 1967 leaving four sons and a daughter.
RHYDDERCH AB IEUAN LLWYD (c. 1325 - before 1399?), lawman and literary patron of Rhydderch suggests that he was skilled in the languages of officialdom: Welsh, Latin, English, and French. In his elegy to Rhydderch, Gruffudd Llwyd says, cyfraith trwy bob iaith o'i ben '[he delivers] the law in every language from his mouth.' Ddafydd ap Gwilym, too, describes Rhydderch as cyweithas ieithydd 'a genial linguist', and Dafydd y Coed names him pab geirserch pob gorsedd 'the word
ROBERTS, JOHN (Jack Russia; 1899 - 1979), miner, councillor and a prominent member of the Welsh Communist Party constituency by the Communist candidate, Robert (Bob) Stewart. Though he received only 2,592 votes compared with 13,699 for the Labour candidate, Morgan Jones, and the Liberal-Conservative candidate W. R. Edmunds with his 8,958 votes, the young miner decided on the night of the election, 24 August, to join the Communist Party. He spoke so forcefully during the 1926 General Strike about Russia's support of
ROBERTS, ROBERT (Bob Tai'r Felin; 1870 - 1951), folk singer he was winner of the folk song competition. About this period ' Parti Tai'r Felin ' was formed, its members being Robert Lloyd ('Llwyd o'r Bryn'), John Thomas and his daughter, Lizzie Jane, Bob Roberts and his daughter, Harriet; this popular party entertained audiences throughout Wales, and also parts of England. From 1944 onward, he became the idol of the nation due to the impact he made when he

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