Dictionary of Welsh Biography

SAUNDERS, SARA MARIA (1864 - 1939), evangelist and author Mhentre Alun ['The Revival in Pentre Alun'] (Gwrecsam: Hughes a'i Fab, 1908), followed by another series for Yr Ymwelydd Misol in 1908, namely Llithiau o Bentre Alun ['Tales from Pentre Alun'] (Gwrecsam: Hughes a'i Fab, 1908). While her first series captured the memories of the joys of the past, these two titles were a jubilant celebration of the present. Following their huge success amongst her readers
THOMAS family Coed Helen (or Alun), Aber,
THOMAS, RACHEL (1905 - 1995), actress regularly on the small screen in both Welsh and English productions, such as the plays Y Dieithryn (author D. T. Davies, prod. Dafydd Gruffydd, BBC, 1957), After the Funeral (author Alun Owen, dir. Ted Kotcheff, ITV, 1960) and Y Darn Arian (John Eilian's translation of a play by Arthur O. Roberts, 1961). Her first opportunity to perform in a television play had been when she appeared alongside Stanley
VAUGHAN-THOMAS, LEWIS JOHN WYNFORD (1908 - 1987), broadcaster, author and public figure Dr Gwyn A. Williams present the Marxist angle. History became alive in the company of these two authors and the series in 1985 became a source of constant discussion. Wynford Vaughan-Thomas took pride in the history of Wales and defended the Welsh landscape in its beauty. He prepared a volume in co-operation with Alun Llewellyn, The Shell Guide to Wales (1969) as well as a presentation to an area
WILLIAMS, ALUN OGWEN (1904 - 1970), eisteddfod administrator and supporter
WILLIAMS, DAVID LLEWELYN (1870 - 1949), surgeon Wrexham in 1905. He married in 1906, Margaret Price of Rhyl, and they had two sons, Eric and Alun, and a daughter, Enid. In 1907 he became county medical officer for Denbighshire, being the first holder of such a post in Wales. When the National Insurance Commission was set up in Wales in 1912 he was invited to serve as its deputy medical officer, and he moved to Cardiff. During World War I he joined
WILLIAMS, HUW OWEN (Huw Menai; 1886 - 1961), poet with a young family, he accepted a job as a weigher (the employers' representative). This put an end to his political activities (though one of his sons, Alun Menai Williams, also became a political activist, fighting in the Spanish Civil War). He began to write poetry during World War I; his work appeared in local papers such as the Merthyr Express and the Western Mail, and his first book, Through

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