Dictionary of Welsh Biography

THOMAS, ROBERT (d. 1774), poet, and sexton of Llanfair Talhaearn Denbighshire
THOMAS, ROBERT (1796 - 1866), Calvinistic Methodist preacher, a 'character' Born 28 August 1796 at Trawsafon, Betws-y-coed, the fifth of nine children born to Thomas Thomas, stonemason, and to Elizabeth (Williams), his wife. He was a farmer' boy for a time, but later took to his father's trade. He had been to some small schools, and was a voracious reader; he wrote verse at an early age and was very friendly with Ieuan Glan Geirionydd (Evan Evans, 1795 - 1856). He began
THOMAS, ROBERT DAVID (Iorthryn Gwynedd; 1817 - 1888), Independent minister
THOMAS, ROBERT JERMAIN (1840 - 1866), missionary pioneer of the London Missionary Society Jermain Thomas Memorial Church ' was built near the spot where he died; this memorial was erected by the natives.
THOMAS, Sir ROBERT JOHN (1873 - 1951), politician and shipowner Born 23 April 1873, the son of William and Catherine Thomas, Bootle. He was educated at Bootle College, Liverpool Institute and Tettenhall College. He began working as a ship and insurance broker in the family business at Liverpool, and later became an underwriter at Lloyds. Thomas served as M.P. (Coalition Lib.) for the Wrexham division, 1918-22, stood unsuccessfully in Anglesey in 1922 before
THOMAS, Sir ROGER (1886 - 1960), pioneer of modern agriculture Born 4 May 1886 at Pen-yr-ardd, Clunderwen, Pembrokeshire, the seventh of the eleven children of Lewis Thomas and Sophia (née James) his wife. He was educated at Narberth County School, and University College of Wales, Aberystwyth, where he gained 1st-class Honours in botany, with geology as a subsidiary subject. He was Victor Ludorum in sports, and ran for the college. Between leaving school at
THOMAS, RONALD STUART (1913 - 2000), poet and clergyman R. S. Thomas was born in Cardiff on 29 March 1913, the only son of Thomas Herbert Thomas (died 1965), a Cardiganshire sea-captain, and his wife Margaret (née Davies). Baptised plain Ronald Thomas, he added the classy 'Stuart' in early adulthood. His father's physical courage and early-onset deafness, and his mother's smothering affection were to be repeatedly blamed throughout his adult life for
THOMAS, ROWLAND (c. 1887 - 1959), newspaper proprietor Born c. 1887 at Oswestry, Salop, son of William Thomas and his wife. He was educated locally before entering the newspaper business, returning from World War I to succeed his father as director of the Caxton Press and chairman of Woodall, Minshall, Thomas and Co. Ltd., Oswestry, who originally produced only The Border Counties Advertizer. He founded the Wrexham Leader in 1920, later took over the
THOMAS, SAMPSON (1739 - 1807), early Calvinistic Methodist exhorters It appears that he was a native of Tre-lech, Carmarthenshire, and that he came to Pembrokeshire on his marriage, in 1773; a person of that name, the son of a George Thomas, was christened in the parish of Tre-lech a'r Betws, 28 August 1739. He was converted in 1760, and in 1773, as already stated, he married and went to live to his wife's home near Caerfarchell, Pembrokeshire, where there was a
THOMAS, SAMUEL (1692 - 1766), Independent minister, and tutor of Carmarthen Academy Born in 1692 at Derllysg, near Carmarthen, the son of a well-to-do farmer. He was one of the first pupils of Thomas Perrott; he left the Academy in 1724 and is believed to have gone to West Looe, Cornwall, as minister. In 1735 he was called to be minister of Lammas Street, Carmarthen, where at the same time he kept a grammar school. But in 1743, when the Academy was moved for the second time to
THOMAS, SAMUEL (1800 - 1879), coal prospector - see THOMAS, DAVID ALFRED
THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850 - 1885), metallurgist and inventor Born 16 April 1850 at Canonbury, London, son of William Thomas (1808 - 1867), a Welshman in the solicitors' department of the Inland Revenue office, London, and his wife Melicent (Gilchrist); for the connection of William Thomas with the parish of Llanafan, Cardiganshire (and other parts of Wales), see the biography by the inventor ' sister, Lilian Gilchrist Thompson, and the Cambrian News

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