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WILLIAMS, ROBERT
(1848 - 1918), architect, author and social reformer
continued to write (his Notes on the English Bond was aimed at the local masons, translated into French and Arabic). Of greatest interest in a Welsh historical context is the reason that brought Williams to Cairo in the first place - the designing of a shop for
John
Davies Bryan who had emigrated from Caernarfon, originally setting up a drapery stall within the Gwesty'r Continental. Joined by his brothers
WILLIAMS, ROBERT
(1810 - 1881), cleric, Celtic scholar and antiquary
reliable. His most important works have been noticed above, but he made other contributions to scholarship to which reference must be made. He published The History and Antiquities of the Town of Aberconway (Denbigh, 1835); he revised many of the notes to the new edition (Oswestry, 1878) of the The history of the Gwydir family by Sir
John
Wynne; he translated 'The Book of Taliesin' for W. F. Skene's Four
WILLIAMS, ROBERT ARTHUR
(Berw; 1854 - 1926), cleric and poet
Born 8 April 1854 at Caernarvon, son of
John
Williams, sailor. His mother died when he was but 3 years old, and he was brought up by his aunt at Pentre Berw, near Holland Arms, Anglesey. He was apprenticed in a shop at Gaerwen, and began to take an interest in poetry. Moving to Bangor to work, he came under the influence of dean H. T. Edwards, and went to S. Aidan's College, Birkenhead, to
WILLIAMS, ROBERT HERBERT
(Corfanydd; 1805 - 1876), musician
), 1843. Some doubts were expressed as to who had composed this tune but
John
Roberts (Ieuan Gwyllt), J. Ambrose Lloyd, William Ambrose (Emrys), and William Evans (under whose conductorship it had been sung first, at Tabernacle chapel, Liverpool) testified that it was the work of Corfanydd. He wrote other hymn-tunes and published a small collection in 1848 under the title of Alawydd Trefriw. For some
WILLIAMS, ROBERT JOHN
(PRYSOR; 1891 - 1967), collier and actor
national eisteddfod in 1928 he met two people who were to influence his life greatly, namely Daniel Haydn Davies, who became a producer of school programmes for the B.B.C., and also one who became a lifelong friend, namely David Moses Jones, a collier and actor like himself. In 1936
Thomas
Rowland Hughes, the novelist and producer, invited both of them to take part in a radio play, and for the next 30
WILLIAMS, ROBERT ROLFE
(1870 - 1948), a pioneer of Welsh-medium education
Born in 1870 in Llwyn-teg, Llan-non, Carmarthenshire, son of
Thomas
Williams, minister (Congl.), and his wife Mary. He was educated at Bryndu Elementary School, and the Copper Works School, Llanelli. In 1880 his father accepted the pastorate of Soar Chapel, Clydach Vale, Rhondda, and Robert became a pupil-teacher with
Thomas
Williams ('Glynfab'), at the local school. He went to the University
WILLIAMS, ROGER
(1667 - 1730), Independent minister
, James, died 1760). He died 25 May 1730 at the age of 63, and
John
and David Williams were ordained ministers of Cefnarthen.
John
is known to have been his son and David probably belonged to the same family. The Williamses were a powerful clan in Cefnarthen, and other members of the family were Morgan Williams of Ty'n-coed, the able secretary of the church and one of the most prominent Dissenting
WILLIAMS, Sir ROGER
(1540? - 1595), soldier and author
Williams, a member of the family of Penrhos, Monmouth (this family bore, later, the surname Addams-Williams - see under Williams, Sir Trevor); and (3) Sir Roger Williams (1540? - 1595), soldier and author; it is with him that this short note will be concerned. Like his namesake, the second Roger Williams named above, Sir Roger Williams was a member of the family of Penrhos, being the son of
Thomas
WILLIAMS, ROWLAND
(Hwfa Môn; 1823 - 1905), Independent minister, and archdruid of Wales
Born at Pen y Graig, Trefdraeth, Anglesey, in March 1823. When he was 5 years of age the family went to live at Rhos-tre-Hwfa, near Llangefni, where he was brought up as a Calvinistic Methodist until he was 14. He was apprenticed to
John
Evans, a Llangefni carpenter, and later worked at his trade at Bangor, Deiniolen, Port Dinorwic, and other places. In 1847 he returned to Anglesey and shortly
WILLIAMS, SAMUEL
(c. 1660 - c. 1722), cleric and author
He lived at Abertrosol, Llandyfrïog, south Cardiganshire. He married Margaret, daughter of
Thomas
John
of Nant-yr-ymenyn, Llandysul, by whom he had one son, Moses Williams. As far as is known, he received no formal education, but he had sufficient qualifications to be ordained deacon in 1691 when he was appointed curate of Llandyfrïog, and priest in 1696, when he was made curate of Llanarth and
WILLIAMS, STEPHEN JOSEPH
(1896 - 1992), Welsh scholar
editor for the popular Y Geiriadur Mawr (H. Meurig Evans and W.O.
Thomas
, 1958). He supported all aspects of Welsh life in Swansea, especially Ty'r Cymry and the Welsh Drama Society for which he wrote his 'Y dyn hysbys' in 1935. He was a prominent supporter of the National Eisteddfod, serving as a member of the Council for many years and also as its Chairman, and as a member of the Gorsedd of Bards. He
WILLIAMS, THOMAS
(Capelulo; c.1782 - 1855), reformed drunkard, itinerant bookseller, 'character'
and ballads, almanacks and books. Most of what is known of 'Capelulo' is found in his autobiography (Hanes bywyd
Thomas
Williams, yr hwn a adwaenid wrth yr enw
Thomas
Capelulo. A ysgrifenwyd o'i enau ef ei hun) published by
John
Jones in 1854. This is a literary version of what the author said 'in his own words' and its honesty is a remarkable feature. Robert Owen Hughes 'Elfyn' based his memoir on
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