Dictionary of Welsh Biography

THOMAS family Coed Helen (or Alun), Aber, named RICE THOMAS (1771 - 1850), sheriff of Caernarvonshire in 1831-2, a quiet country gentleman, who was the last of the family in the direct male line. His sister, Elizabeth, had married, in 1792, Sir William Bulkeley Hughes of Plas Coch, Anglesey. The second son of this marriage was the Rev. Rice Robert Hughes (1800 - 1850), and it was his eldest son, RICE WILLIAM THOMAS (1841 - 1892), who
THOMAS, DAVID (Dafydd Ddu Eryri; 1759 - 1822), man of letters and poet manuscripts and to write them up in a notebook - 'Golwg ar Parnassus a Helicon.' After leaving school he became a weaver and used to go to Caernarvon to visit Robin Ddu yr Ail o Fôn (Robert Hughes, 1744 - 1785), who had retired there after losing his health in London. It was Robin who told him about the meetings of the bards in the London taverns, and this inspired Dafydd Ddu to write a poem (in the metre
THOMAS, DEWI-PRYS (1916 - 1985), architect Law (1943) and Caneuon Siôn (1943) by T. Rowland Hughes; Hunangofiant Tomi by E. Tegla Davies (1947); and Havoc in Wales; the War Office demands (1947) by Gwynfor Evans. He was also a political cartoonist. His booklet The history and architecture of Lisvane Parish Church was published in 1964. The Liverpool School of Architecture invited him back in 1947 as a lecturer and he was later appointed a
THOMAS, EDWARD (Cochfarf; 1853 - 1912), carpenter, politician and Mayor of Cardiff Preservation of the Welsh Language. It was at his Custom House Coffee Tavern that the society known as ' Cymmrodorion Caerdydd ' was formed; Cochfarf was one of the most influential members of that society. Cochfarf married (1) a daughter of Dr. Cook, Ynyspenllwch, and (2) a daughter of the Rev. Richard Hughes (Tremrudd), Maes-teg. The second wife, Madame Hughes-Thomas, became very widely known because of
THOMAS, EVAN CAMBRIA (1867 - 1930), doctor and public health pioneer . During the First World War he was appointed Medical Officer of Health for Carmarthenshire, taking over from Dr David Arthur Hughes (1867-1936) who served in the Army Medical Corps. Dr Evan Cambria Thomas died of cardiac failure and pulmonary congestion at Pantllyn, Llanybydder on 14 March 1930, and was buried at St. Luke's Church, Llanllwni, Carmarthenshire.
THOMAS, EVAN (c. 1710 - c. 1770), poet and boot-maker Awen, was published in 1842 under the editorship of William Hughes Griffiths of Llandysiliogogo with an introduction by Brutus. For the most part he writes in the 'free' metres and the form of his poetry is clearly influenced by the ballad; the topics of the day provide him with his subjects. Only five of his englynion have survived and these show that he had not mastered the art of writing in the
THOMAS, IORWERTH RHYS (1895 - 1966), politician of the Hughes-Parry Report on the Legal Status of the Welsh Language. In 1960 he supported the Conservative government's measure to open public houses on Sundays. He married in October 1920 Annie Mary, daughter of D.J. Davies. She, too, was active in the Labour politics of the area. She died in July 1956. They had one son and one daughter. He died 3 December 1966 at his home 94 Park Road, Cwm-parc.
THOMAS, JOHN (1838 - 1905), photographer illustrating Cymru and ' Cyfres y Fil '; they are today in the National Library of Wales. Thomas had other interests. He wrote extensively in Cymru (O.M.E.) and other Welsh periodicals. He was a deeply religious man, a member of Rose Place C.M. church until its dissolution in 1865, and afterwards of Fitzclarence Street C.M. church. He married (1861) Elizabeth Hughes, of Glandwr, Bryneglwys, Denbighshire
THOMAS, JOHN (1736 - 1769), cleric and antiquary 33,' says his memorial there, but more strictly, in his thirty-third year. By the unanimous testimony of all three Morrises, of Hugh Hughes (Bardd Coch, who wrote an elegy upon him), and of Ieuan Fardd, he was a remarkably good Welsh scholar, and a masterly genealogist. He was a copyist of old Welsh manuscripts; these passed to his brother Richard, after whose death they were dispersed; Ellis Owen
THOMAS, LOUIE MYFANWY (Jane Ann Jones; 1908 - 1968), novelist asked to change her style. She published (under the name Jane Ann Jones) Storïau hen ferch (Gwasg Aberystwyth, 1937); Y bryniau pell (Gwasg Gee, 1949); Diwrnod yw ein bywyd (Hughes a'i Fab, 1954); Plant y Foty (George Ronald, Cardiff, 1955); Ann a Defi John (Gwasg y Brython, 1958). George Ronald, Cardiff, had intended publishing a children's series, ' Storïau Ann a Defi John ' and it is interesting
THOMAS, MORRIS (1874 - 1959), minister (Calvinistic Methodist), writer and historian eisteddfod of 1931, Morris Thomas won first prize with his novel Pen yr Yrfa, published in the office of the Goleuad in Caernarfon in 1932. He was considered to be a good historian, and he was appointed to write the history of the Llŷn and Eifionydd Presbytery, left unfinished by Henry Hughes, Bryncir. According to his own account, he tired of the work and the task of trying to make sense of Henry Hughes
THOMAS, OLIVER (1598 - 1653?), Puritan cleric, and author (with Evan Roberts, 1640, and of Drych i dri math o bobl, c. 1647 (reprinted by Stephen Hughes, in the composite volume, Tryssor i'r Cymru, 1677). The anonymous Car–wr y Cymru, 1630 (several reprints down to 1766), a 12-page catechism for children, and the much larger Car–wr y Cymru of 1631 (reprinted by Stephen Hughes in his Cyfarwydd-deb i'r Anghyfarwydd, 1677), which the University of Wales

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