Dictionary of Welsh Biography

RICHARDS, DAVID (Dafydd Ionawr; 1751 - 1827), schoolmaster and poet Born at Glanymorfa, a little township near Towyn, Meironnydd, 22 January 1751, son of John and Anne Richards. It has been said that when Richards was 16 years of age (or 14 according to NLW MS 2735F) Evan Evans (Ieuan Brydydd Hir) came to Towyn as curate - but this cannot be right as he was curate there from 1772 to 1777. However, in Ieuan Brydydd Hir Dafydd Ionawr found a teacher of poetry, and
RICHARDS, DAVID WILLIAM (1893 - 1949), preacher and philosopher David W. Richards was born 16 May 1893 in Llanegwad, Carmarthenshire, the son of John Richards, a farmer, and his wife Mary. He was educated at Capel Isaac school, Llandeilo County School and University College of Wales, Aberystwyth where he graduated in mathematics in 1914, gaining his M.A. in 1917 for a dissertation on 'The reality of extra-intellectual knowledge with special reference to
RICHARDS, JOHN (Isalaw; 1843 - 1901), musician Born 13 July 1843 at Hirael, Bangor, in a house called the King's head (a memorial tablet was placed on his house in 1931), the son of Richard and Mary Richards, the father was from Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire, the mother from Llangwnadl, Caernarfonshire. After some time at the Garth British school, Bangor, he attended the Shoreland Road school, Birmingham, for two years; it was at Birmingham
RICHARDS, MARY (1787 - 1879) - see RICHARDS, THOMAS
RICHARDS, ROBERT (1884 - 1954), historian and politician staunch patriot, loyal to Wales, its history, literature and music; he was a fluent speaker, especially in Welsh. He married in 1918 Mary Myfanwy Owen (died 1950) of Llangynog; they made their home in their native parish and stayed there all their lives. They had no children. He died 22 December 1954 and was buried in Peniel (CM) cemetery, Llangynog.
RICHARDS, THOMAS (1859 - 1931), Member of Parliament and secretary of the South Wales Miners Federation Born 8 June 1859 at Beaufort, Ebbw Vale, Monmouthshire, son of Thomas and Mary Richards. He was educated at Beaufort British School, and began work at a colliery when he was twelve years old. He played a prominent part in the work of the miners' unions in the Ebbw Vale area, and was a member of the Sliding Scale Association. In 1891 he was elected a member of Monmouth county council, and was made
RICHARDS, THOMAS (1878 - 1962), librarian and historian 1958 and an hon. LL.D. degree of the University of Wales in 1959. In 1912 he married Mary Roberts of Nantlle; they had two daughters. He died 24 June 1962 and was buried in Bangor City Cemetery.
RICHARDS, THOMAS (1754 - 1837), cleric Luxmoore of S. Asaph. He became curate of Rhuddlan, Flintshire, in May 1826; in July 1837 he was instituted as vicar of Llanerfyl, Montgomeryshire, and remained there till his death on 20 July 1860. He, too, was buried at Llangynyw. Of the three daughters, MARY (1787 - 1877), Jane (1794 - 1876), and Elizabeth (1797 - 1840), the eldest was a noteworthy personality. In 1821 she was made an honorary member
RICHARDS, WILLIAM LESLIE (1916 - 1989), Scholar, teacher, poet and author Born at Cwm, Capel Isaac, near Llandeilo, Carmarthenshire, the second son of William Richards and his wife Anne (née Davies). William and Anne had four children, David Whitson (1915-1983), William Leslie, Eleanor Heddwen (1919-1966), and Benjamin Hugh (1924-). The parents were small-holders. He was educated at Capel Isaac primary school, Llandeilo Grammar School, and the University College of
ROBERT, GRUFFYDD (c. 1527 - 1598), priest, grammarian and poet archbishop Reginald PoleReginald Pole; however, the death of Queen Mary the month following suggests that Robert's tenure in Anglesey was brief. Refusing to accept the authority of Queen Elizabeth in spiritual matters, he went to mainland Europe around 1560, perhaps in the company of Morys Clynnog. There is evidence that Clynnog was in Flanders, Brussels and Leuven; and as Gruffydd Robert's name appears on
ROBERT, GRUFFYDD (c.1522 - c.1610), priest, grammarian, and poet Oxford or Cambridge. In 1558 he was appointed archdeacon of Anglesey, but as queen Mary died about a month afterwards it can be surmised that his stay there was but short. He refused to acknowledge the authority of queen Elizabeth in spiritual matters, and went to the Continent with Morys Clynnog. The latter stayed in Brussels and Louvain, and perhaps Gruffydd Robert did likewise, although one might
ROBERTS family Mynydd-y-gof, College=, and at Edinburgh, graduating there in medicine. In 1887 he went to China, at first to assist James Gilmour in Mongolia, but settling afterwards in Tien-tsin, where he died in June 1894; his sister MARY ROBERTS had joined him there in 1888 - afterwards she took charge of the hospital named after her brother, and died in 1933 [ Bryson,]. ROBERT ROBERTS (1828 - 1916), business-man Business and

Search results

757 - 768 of 990 for "Mary Anne Edmunds"