Dictionary of Welsh Biography

WILLIAMS, WILLIAM (1817 - 1900), Calvinistic Methodist minister, and author , 1863). He is probably the 'William Williams, Crughywel,' who published Gair at y Prophwydi (Holywell) in 1870. His chief work is his Welsh Calvinistic Methodism (London, 1872, 2nd imp. 1884), a book which shows considerable historical ability. He was editor of Y Cylchgrawn, 1851-5, and a large number of articles written by him appeared in Y Drysorfa, Y Traethodydd, and Y Geninen. Many of them deal
WILLIAMS, WILLIAM (Gwilym Twrog; 1768 - 1836), poet Born 22 November 1768 in the parish of Maentwrog, Merionethshire, and christened in Ffestiniog parish church. He wrote numerous englynion, cywyddau, awdlau, and hymns, many of which were published in Welsh periodicals - Seren Gomer, 1823-35, Y Dysgedydd, 1823-31, Y Gwyliedydd, 1824, Tywysog Cymru, 1832-3, Y Gwladgarwr, 1834-5. He was official bard to the Llanfair (Merioneth) Cymreigyddion society
WILLIAMS, WILLIAM (Caledfryn; 1801 - 1869), Congregational minister, poet, and critic Born 5 or 6 February 1801 at Bryn y Ffynnon, Denbigh, eldest son of Thomas and Mary Williams. His father, a weaver, also kept a shop. He was educated at a number of schools in the town but c.1814 his father became financially embarrassed; the shop was sold and the family removed to Henllan-street where the father continued his work as a weaver. The son was sent to his grandfather and uncle at
WILLIAMS, WILLIAM (Myfyr Wyn; 1849 - 1900), blacksmith, poet and local historian he kept a newsagent's shop at Aberaman, where he died, 5 June 1900, and was buried on the 9th at Aberdare. He left a widow and a son. Myfyr Wyn competed in various eisteddfodau in strict and free metre, but excelled in short pieces in a light vein. He published two volumes of popular verse, Gwreichion yr Eingion (Tredegar, 1887), and Y Trwmpyn neu Bartnar Piwr i Fechgyn a Merched gan 'Y Bachan
WILLIAMS, WILLIAM (Crwys; 1875 - 1968), poet, preacher, archdruid him an hon. M.A. degree and he was honoured by Swansea Borough Council in 1968 when his bust was placed in the Town Library. He was one of the most prolific and popular poets of his time. He published four volumes of poetry: Cerddi Crwys (1920; 5 eds.), Cerddi Newydd Crwys (1924; 3 eds.), Trydydd Cerddi Crwys (1935), Cerddi Crwys, y pedwerydd llyfr (1944), and two selections of his poems (1953 and
WILLIAMS, WILLIAM AUBREY (Gwilym Gwent; 1834 - 1891), musician ,' which had won the prize at an eisteddfod held at Carmel, Treorchy, was published. With David Lewis, Llanrhystud (1828 - 1908), he edited Llwybrau Moliant, a collection of hymn-tunes for use by Welsh Baptists; this work contains several hymn-tunes of his own composition. In 1872 he emigrated to Plymouth, Pennsylvania, where he died; he was buried 5 July 1891.
WILLIAMS, WILLIAM LLEWELYN (1867 - 1922), Member of Parliament, lawyer, and author , and two of his father's brothers were ministers, namely JOHN WILLIAMS (1819 - 1869), who was first of all minister of Llangadog close by, and later of Newcastle Emlyn with Capel Iwan (H. Egl. Ann., iii, 421-2), and BENJAMIN WILLIAMS (1830 - 1886), who was at Gwernllwyn (Dowlais), Denbigh, and Canaan (Swansea) and who was the author of a number of books (H. Egl. Ann., v, 123-5). Llewelyn Williams was
WILSON, JOHN (1626 - c.1695/6), playwright . He was arrested by Plymouth corporation when the Civil War broke out and was sent prisoner to Portsmouth. He fell sick there, but died at Exeter, 4 July 1643. His son, JOHN WILSON, entered Exeter College, 5 April 1644, went to Lincoln's Inn in 1646, and was called to the Bar, 10 November 1652. He, too, was a fervent Royalist, and was appointed recorder of Londonderry on 20 December 1666; like his
WOGAN family Dame Elizabeth Purbeck of Hatton Gardens, Middlesex, by her husband viscount Purbeck. He died 1 December 1708. (5) WOGAN, WILLIAM (1678 - 1758), religious writer Literature and WritingReligion; third son of Ethelred Wogan, rector of Gumfreston (1665 - 1686?) and vicar of Penally, Pembrokeshire, who was either a grandson of Ethelred Wogan, sheriff and mayor of Haverfordwest in the period 1623–47 (W
WOOD family, Welsh gipsies first husband, 'Dick Alabama,' married the Newtown harpist, John Roberts, and became the mother of a houseful of harpists. (5) ELLEN WOOD ('Blind Nelly') Mother of BENJAMIN WOOD, who was christened at Llan-uwchllyn, 2 March 1831, and became a well-known harpist at Carmarthen. The second son of old ' Abram Wood ' was (B) WILLIAM (sometimes called THOMAS) WOOD He was the father of (1) ARCHELAUS WOOD
WOOLLER, WILFRED (1912 - 1997), cricketer and rugby player moved to Cardiff to work in the G.L.M. coal-exporting business based in Cardiff Docks. He joined the St. Fagans cricket club before playing his first match for Glamorgan in 1938, when he took three wickets for 22 runs in his first bowling spell and had first-innings figures of 5-90. He continued to impress as a fast-medium bowler and hard-hitting batsman, scoring his maiden century and taking five
WOTTON, WILLIAM (1666 - 1727), cleric and scholar He was not a Welshman, either by descent or, except for a comparatively short period, by residence; accordingly one must be content to refer to the article in the D.N.B. (by Norman Moore, the Celtic scholar) on the career of this astonishing man, who read Greek and Latin at the age of 5 and Hebrew at the age of 6, and who was to become the friend of Bentley, Locke, and Newton; he was born in

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