Dictionary of Welsh Biography

WILLIAMS, BENJAMIN MORRIS (1832 - 1903), musician ' (Tanymarian) and the ' Requiem ' (by the same composer) for John Jones, Tal-y-sarn. He moved to Ruthin to the printing office of Isaac Clarke; there he set up Gems of Welsh Melody (Owain Alaw). From Ruthin he went to London to set up music in sol-fa for the firm of John Curwen and Sons, he worked also for Thomas Gee at Denbigh, for Isaac Jones at Treherbert, and in the office of Y Genedl Gymreig (Caernarvon
WILLIAMS, DAVID (Alaw Goch; 1809 - 1863), coal-owner and eisteddfodwr at Ynyscynon, Aberdare, was the resort of poets and literary writers. Here their son, judge Gwilym Williams, was born. Alaw Goch died at Bridgend, 28 February 1863, and was buried in the Aberdare cemetery.
WILLIAMS, GWILYM (1839 - 1906), judge Born at Ynyscynon, Aberdare, elder son of David Williams (Alaw Goch) and his wife, Ann, the sister of William Morgan (1819 - 1878), poet. He was educated at Cowbridge grammar school, the Normal College, Swansea, and in France. He became a barrister of the Inner Temple, 1863, and in the same year, on the death of his father, a wealthy landowner, as the proprietor of the Miskin estate with valuable
WILLIAMS, MARIA JANE (Llinos; 1795 - 1873), folklore collector and musician Crofton Croker) were moved to the appendix. A number of the melodies collected by Williams, arranged for the palour and the stage, became 'national' by being included in collections like The Welsh Harper being an extensive collection of Welsh music in 1838 by John Parry (Bardd Alaw) and the four volumes of Welsh melodies arranged for the harp published between 1856 and 1874 by John Thomas (Pencerdd
WILLIAMS, MARIA JANE (Llinos; 1795? - 1873), musician the famous harpist Parish-Alvars. In the Abergavenny eisteddfod of 1838 she was awarded the prize offered by lady Llanover for the best collection of Welsh airs, this being the collection published in 1844 under the title of The Ancient National Airs of Gwent and Morgannwg. She assisted John Parry (Bardd Alaw) to produce the Welsh Harper, whilst John Thomas (Pencerdd Gwalia) also consulted her
WILLIAMS, THOMAS (Brynfab; 1848 - 1927), littérateur and farmer literature he was granted a Civil List pension. He was a prominent member of 'Clic y Bont,' an interesting literary coterie at Pontypridd that included Carnelian, Glanffrwd, and Dewi Alaw. In his lively and original personality, Brynfab was a noteworthy example of the popular culture of Wales.
WILLIAMS, WILLIAM (Carw Coch; 1808 - 1872), eisteddfodwr and man of letters eisteddfod was held at the Stag, and from that time on the 'Free Enquirers' became the 'Cymreigyddion of the Carw Coch' (Red Stag). People like Alaw Goch, Dr. Thomas Price, and, indeed, all the local poets and writers took part in the Carw Coch eisteddfod, which continued as an institution for many years. The fruit of one of the series (1853) was the volume Gardd Aberdâr, 1854, which contains, among other

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