Dictionary of Welsh Biography

SULIEN (1011 - 1091), teacher and Bishop of St David's Born at Llanbadarn-fawr of a good (and probably clerical) family. After lengthy instruction in Welsh, Scottish (for five years), and Irish (for thirteen years) schools, he returned to his native Ceredigion and won great fame for his teaching and learning (see below for the Latin manuscripts written under his inspiration). In later life he was chosen bishop of S. Davids from 1072/3 to 1078, and
SUNDERLAND, ERIC (1930 - 2010), academic and CBE in 2005. He was made a Freeman of Bangor in 2005. Eric Sunderland died from pancreatic cancer in Beaumaris, Anglesey, his final place of residence, on 24 March 2010. His funeral was held at Bangor Cathedral. Some people make their contribution by a single-minded and exclusive concentration upon a particular field of scholarship or activity. That was not Eric's way. The value of his life, and
SYMMONS family Llanstinan, John. He died 27 April 1826 at Bath. Full details of the career of Symmons are given in D.N.B. From 1787 he was busy publishing books - some of them sermons, the series starting with a sermon which he preached at the university of Cambridge just before he was due to proceed D.D., which caused him to migrate to Jesus College, Oxford, where he was incorporated on 24 March 1794, proceeding D.D. two days
TAYLOR, HENRY (1845 - 1927), historian and antiquary antiquaries which he had preserved. He was a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries and was awarded the degree of M.A. (honoris causa) by the University of Manchester. He died 3 January 1927.
THELWALL family Plas y Ward, Bathafarn, Plas Coch, Llanbedr, Gwynedd) by queen Elizabeth. Furthermore he could compose an englyn, as is proved by the poetic dispute between him and Rhys Gruffydd and William Mostyn (NLW MS 1553A (761)). He married (1) Alis, daughter of Robert Salusbury of Rug, (2) Jane, daughter of John Massey of Broxon in Cheshire, and (3) Margaret, daughter of Sir William Griffith of Penrhyn. He died 15 April 1586, aged 60, and was buried at
THOMAS family Coed Helen (or Alun), Aber, in Carmarthenshire, as well as his estates in Anglesey and Caernarvonshire. His eldest son and heir, Sir WILLIAM THOMAS (knighted in 1603), was born in 1572 and educated at Christ Church, Oxford (matriculated 24 May 1588, B.A. 28 January 1592). He became a justice of the peace and deputy-lieutenant for Caernarvonshire, sheriff in 1607-8, and was admitted a member of the council of the Marches in
THOMAS, ARTHUR SIMON (Anellydd; 1865 - 1935), cleric and writer Pembrokeshire, 1921-8; and Trefilan, 1928. He died 3 March 1935. He was an extremely industrious writer and a great supporter of the eisteddfod; he wrote for Y Geninen, Y Traethodydd, Yr Haul, and Y Llenor; he was assistant editor of Y Llan and joint editor of Yr Haul; he wrote (and translated) many hymns in both English and Welsh, including English versions of the hymns of Ann Griffiths.
THOMAS, DAVID (1794 - 1882), pioneer of the iron industry in U.S.A. Born 3 November 1794, the son of David and Jane Thomas, Ty-llwyd farm, parish of Cadoxton-juxta-Neath, Glamorganshire. He attended schools at Allt-wen (Pontardawe) and Neath, worked on his father's farm for a while, and then (1812) started in the Neath Abbey Iron Works. In 1817 he was working in the Ynyscedwyn Anthracite Iron Works, where he was in charge of blast furnaces, etc. During his stay
THOMAS, DAVID (d. 1780?), minister (Congl.) 362A), a few crumbs of information about him can be gathered from other manuscripts. It is evident from the scornful references made by Edmund Jones diary 1773 that he associated with Arians; it is also suggested that he was not a teetotaller. Edmund Jones's words, 'old David Thomas ', support the fact that Evan Davies was ordained there (3 August 1775) - as co-pastor, according to Hanes Eglwysi
THOMAS, DAVID ALFRED (first viscount RHONDDA), (1856 - 1918), businessman and politician, Liberal Member of Parliament Board; in June 1917 he became Food Controller. Thus D. A. Thomas came back to his first love - politics - and the unbending individualist proved himself an outstanding success as the architect of a great socialist experiment - food rationing. He died of heart failure on 3 July 1918 at his home, Llan-wern, Monmouth Viscount Rhondda had a boyish zest for life and a remarkable capacity for managing men
THOMAS, DYLAN MARLAIS (1914 - 1953), poet and prose writer American doctor. Even for final pain, the correct dose would have been one-sixth of a grain. Thomas's discomfort was treated with three times that amount. It exacerbated breathing difficulties, depriving his brain of oxygen. Dylan Thomas died in the Catholic St Vincent's Charity Hospital in New York City on 9 November 1953. He was buried at St Martin's Church in Laugharne on 24 November 1953. On St
THOMAS, EDWARD (1925 - 1997), champion boxer and an outstanding boxing trainer and a public figure in the life of Merthyr Tydfil British champions, 3 European champions and 2 world champions, remarkable testimony to his skills in the world of boxing. The Aberfan tragedy in October 1966 was an experience that stayed with him for the rest of his life. I remember him well with his equipment and the miners from Merthyr Vale on the morning of the tragedy trying to rescue the children of Pantglas. We found a large number of them to be

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