Dictionary of Welsh Biography

THOMAS, MORRIS (1874 - 1959), minister (Calvinistic Methodist), writer and historian instruction. He went to the college in Clynnog, and from there to the 'department' in the college in Bala. In October 1901 he went to the University College of North Wales in Bangor and gained a 2nd-class degree in English, and a third class in Philosophy in 1905. He came under the influence of the 1904-05 Revival, and instead of completing the B.D. course, decided to become the minister of a congregation
TREGELLES, SAMUEL PRIDEAUX (1813 - 1875), Biblical scholar and linguist a letter to Eben Fardd he expressed his intention of visiting him at Clynnog during his preaching tour. They frequently corresponded with each other in Welsh, the Welsh poet having taught him the rules of cynghanedd. For over thirty years he devoted himself to the study and elucidation of Hebrew and Biblical Greek, collating all manuscripts then known here and on the Continent. His chief work was
TWISLETON, GEORGE (1618 - 1667), officer in the parliamentary army ., in North Wales. He was appointed Member of Parliament for Anglesey in Cromwell ' Parliaments of 1654 and 1656 as well as in the Parliament of 1659. At the Restoration he settled at Lleuar, and it does not appear that he was disturbed for his activities during the Interregnum. He died 12 May 1667, and was buried at Clynnog, where his tomb is still preserved. His wife died in 1676. Their son, GEORGE
WILLIAMS, Sir IFOR (1881 - 1965), Welsh scholar caused him severe back injuries and left him bedridden for some years. On regaining health he went in 1901 to the preparatory school maintained at Clynnog by the Calvinistic Methodist Connexion for candidates for the ministry, where J.H. Lloyd Williams was the master. From there in 1902 he gained a scholarship to the University College of North Wales, Bangor. He graduated with honours in Greek in 1905
WILLIAMS, JOHN (1627 - 1673), Nonconformist preacher, and physician at Bryn Gro, Clynnog, in 1666, but she was christened at Llangian, and it is quite certain that he generally lived at Tyn-y-coed - the house which, on 5 September 1672, was registered as a meeting-house under the Indulgence of that year. At the end of August 1672 Henry Maurice visited Llŷn and called at Tyn-y-coed to look up his 'kinsman' to use his own expression - although the connection between
WILLIAMS, ROBERT DEWI (1870 - 1955), minister (Presb.), headmaster of Clynnog School and writer preparatory school at Bala where he began to preach. After a period at the University College, Aberystwyth, he completed a four-year honours course at Jesus College, Oxford. He was ordained in 1900, and served as minister of Cesarea, Llandwrog, Caernarfonshire (1898-1904) and Jerusalem, Penmaen-mawr (1904-17). In 1917 he was appointed headmaster of Clynnog School, and he retained the post when the school

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