Dictionary of Welsh Biography

ROBERT (ROBIN) DYFI (fl. c. 1620), poet MS 1D; Brogyntyn MS. 3.
ROBERT, GRUFFYDD (c. 1527 - 1598), priest, grammarian and poet Camposanto close by the cathedral; this graveyard now lies beneath the Via Cardinale Carlo Maria Martini. It is likely that Gruffydd Robert printed a small collection of poetry c. 1560-3. In 1567, the first part of his Grammar, entitled Dosparth Byrr ar y rhan gyntaf i ramadeg cymraeg, was printed in Milan at the press of Vincenzo Girardoni. The Grammar was composed in the form of a dialogue between
ROBERT, GRUFFYDD (c.1522 - c.1610), priest, grammarian, and poet happened, but he stayed at Milan, and was there in 1596-7 when he sent a letter to Rosier Smyth. Nor do we know when he died, or where he was buried. His contemporaries spoke of him as ' doctor ' but where or when he received the doctorate is not related. It is possible that Gruffydd Robert published a small book of poems c. 1560-3. Then, in 1567, appeared the first part of his grammar, Dosparth Byrr ar
ROBERTS family Mynydd-y-gof, Edwards Letters (ed. T. I. Ellis, 1952-3) has brought into fuller light his inestimably valuable services to the college in very critical days.] He died 5 November 1902. (Mynydd-y-gof; obituary notices in the press.) His son, FREDERICK CHARLES ROBERTS (1862 - 1894), medical missionary Religion Medicine A Congregationalist by upbringing, he was educated at Manchester grammar school, at Aberystwyth
ROBERTS, CARADOG (1878 - 1935), musician composed (or arranged) several hymn-tunes, most of which, e.g. 'Rachie' and 'In Memoriam' (in memory of Harry Evans), are included in Welsh hymnaries. He died 3 March 1935, and was buried in Rhosllanerchrugog cemetery.
ROBERTS, DAVID FRANCIS (1882 - 1945), minister (CM) and author Born 15 November 1882, son of Robert and Ellen Roberts, at 3 Libanus Terrace, Bontnewydd, Caernarfonshire. From the elementary school he went to Caernarfon county school, the University College, Bangor (1901-1904), Bala Theological College, and for a year to the universities of Berlin and Marburg. From 1908-1912 he was assistant lecturer in Hebrew at Glasgow University. Ordained in 1912 he was
ROBERTS, DAVID OWEN (1888 - 1958), educationalist , geography and music at Gadlys Central School, Aberdare, 1923-40, and was appointed headmaster of the school in 1940, a post which he retained until he retired in 1949. In. 1923-24 he established Undeb Athrawon Cymreig and was secretary of the Union until the end of World War II when Undeb Cenedlaethol Athrawon Cymru was set up. He was also a member of the editorial board of Yr Athro from its commencement
ROBERTS, EDWARD (1816 - 1887), Congregational minister the preparatory school kept at Marton, 1838-40, being received into Brecon Congregational College in June 1840; here he showed that he was possessed of much knowledge and ability. He received many offers from churches, including one from the old-established church at Pencader, Carmarthenshire. He was ordained at Seion, Cwmavon, Glamorganshire, 24 August 1844, a church which he served with success
ROBERTS, EDWYN CYNRIG (1837 - 1893), pioneer in Patagonia arrive in time for the sowing season, and that the promised supplies would not suffice to sustain them through the extended period. No-one foresaw that this, in turn, would condemn the contingent to poverty and hunger for at least a year, creating a conflict between it and its leaders. After arriving in Patagones (the southernmost Argentine settlement at the time) on 24 May 1865, the two Welshmen had
ROBERTS, ELLIS (Eos Llyfnwy, Robin Ddu Eifionydd; 1827 - 1895) Iachus … (Caernarfon, 1816), in which he defended his faith as a Baptist. Spinther (Hanes y Bed., iii, 342-3) gives the titles of some of his poems (among them 'Cerdd i Mr. Madog a'i Dref' - see Madocks, W. A.); there is a copy in Corph y Gaingc, 1810 (ed. D. Thomas, Dafydd Ddu Eryri) of 'Emyn ar Ddydd Ympryd gan Robert Morys, Bryn-y-gro, yn agos i Lanllyfni.' John Jones (Myrddin Fardd) in Gen., 1883
ROBERTS, GOMER MORGAN (1904 - 1993), minister (CM), historian, author and hymnwriter Born 3 January 1904, one of the eleven children of Morgan and Rachel Roberts. His father was a native of the parish of Llanfihangel Aberbythych, Towy Valley, the son of Sarah and Daniel Roberts, whilst his mother's roots were in the Llandyfân, Trap and Carreg Cennen area of Carmarthenshire, although she was brought up at Wernos, near Ammanford, the daughter of Ann and William Vaughan, the butcher
ROBERTS, GWEN REES (1916 - 2002), missionary and teacher Mizo Gospel Choir, which was welcomed to Wales by Gwen in May and June 1984. Gwen Rees Roberts died on 3 January 2002. One mourner who attended her funeral service at Capel Tegid, Bala, took note of the numbers present, over four hundred, all of whom Gwen would have described as her 'family'; and of equivalent 'family' members in India, who held a service at the same time, ensuring that this was an

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