Dictionary of Welsh Biography

RICHARDS, THOMAS (1710 - 1790), cleric and lexicographer the parish of Coychurch. What became of them is not known, but Iolo maintained that it was in those manuscripts that he 'discovered' many of his fictions, such as the 'Aberpergwm Brut' and some of the cywyddau which he said were written by Dafydd ap Gwilym. According to William Thomas's diary, as printed in Cylchgrawn Cymdeithas Hanes y Methodistiaid Calfinaidd, 1949 (48), Richards died 20 March
RICHARDS, THOMAS (1878 - 1962), librarian and historian Born 15 March 1878 at Maes-glas, a smallholding near Tal-y-bont, Cardiganshire, son of Isaac Richards and Jane (née Mason). The family later moved to Ynystudur, near Tre'rddol. He received his early education at Tal-y-bont and Taliesin schools. He was a pupil-teacher for four years and, from 1897, was for two years a teacher at Alexandra School, Aberystwyth before entering the University College
RICHARDS, WILLIAM (1749 - 1818), General Baptist minister, theological and political controversialist, and antiquary March 1798, and again when from the end of 1799 till the beginning of 1802 he resided at Parc-Nest near Newcastle Emlyn. He was a fair classical scholar, and developed a vigorous English style, but none the less clung to his Welsh, as is proved by his scathing pamphlets in Welsh, not to mention his English-Welsh Dictionary (1798; the Welsh - English section was left in manuscript) - indeed, his
RICHARDSON, EVAN (1759 - 1824), Calvinistic Methodist minister, and schoolmaster Calvinistic Methodist ordination at Bala, 1811. In 1817 his health deteriorated; he was stricken by paralysis, and thenceforth had to limit his preaching activities. He died 29 March 1824, and was buried in Llanbeblig churchyard. He had been twice married.
RIGBY, THOMAS (c. 1783 - 1841), publican and barber George (1824-1844), Alexander (1826-1833), Thomas junior (1829-1844), Elizabeth (1834-1834), William (1838-1892), Jane (1839-1840) and Caroline (1840-1876). Mary Ann became a cook, working in service in a Swansea doctor's family. William became a cabinet maker and moved to Merthyr Tydfil. Thomas Rigby died on 8 March 1841 in Llanelli, where he ran the Union Tavern, and was buried two days later in
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 (Telynor Mawddwy; 1875 - 1956), harpist, singer and author of handbooks on penillion singing . He died 21 March 1956 at his home, Llys y Delyn, and he was buried in Llanaber church. A memorial bench was placed on the promenade in Barmouth by the Cerdd Dant Society to commemorate his unique contribution, and on it a couplet by W.D. Williams : Mainc adgof mwynhau cydganTonnau môr a'r tannau man. ('A bench to recollect enjoyingThe song of the waves and the strings').
ROBERTS, EDWARD (1816 - 1887), Congregational minister letters to the Morning Post, in which he advocated education and freedom. On the death of Evan Jones (Ieuan Gwynedd) in 1852 he was appointed as editor of Yr Adolygydd. An essay on Sir Robert Peel won for him a prize of £100. He died 12 March 1887.
ROBERTS, EDWARD (1886 - 1975), minister (Bapt.) and college principal Edward Roberts was born in Llanelli on 20 March 1886, the son of David and Jane Roberts (née Davies). He was one of nine children with four brothers (John, Thomas, William and Henry) and four sisters (Ann, Mary, Elizabeth-Jane and Gertrude). His parents were members of the Baptist church that met in Seion, Llanelli. The minister there was the renowned preacher, E.T. Jones, and it was he who
ROBERTS, EDWARD STANTON (1878 - 1938), schoolteacher and scholar Born 11 March. 1878, in 'Edeyrnion', Cynwyd, near Corwen, Merionethshire, son of Robert and Martha Roberts. His father, a shoemaker, ensured the recording of local events and traditions, according to Hugh Evans (1854 - 1934) in Cwm Eithin, who called him cofiadur pennaf yr ardaloedd (chief recorder of the areas). Stanton Roberts was educated at Cynwyd Board School where he became a pupil-teacher
ROBERTS, EDWYN CYNRIG (1837 - 1893), pioneer in Patagonia Edwyn Cynrig Roberts was born on 28 February 1837, the firstborn child of John Kendrick (1809-1839), farmer, and Mary Hughes (1809-1892), on Bryn farm, situated between the villages of Cilcain and Nannerch, Flintshire. The record of his baptism dated 14 March 1837 at Ebeneser Independent Chapel, Rhes-y-cae, parish of Halkyn, shows that he was named Edwin Hughes Kendrick. Soon after the birth of a
ROBERTS, EVAN (1923 - 2007), research chemist and industrialist for many years. In March 1972 Evan joined the Rotary Club and in about 1977 was elected president of his local branch. He was also treasurer for many years, and remained an active member for the rest of his life. The Rotary Foundation of Rotary International named him a 'Paul Harris Fellow' "in appreciation of tangible and significant assistance given for the furtherance of better understanding and

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