Dictionary of Welsh Biography

MORRIS, DAVID WILLIAM (Marmora; 1823 - 1914), Baptist minister Swansea. He was something of an oddity, praying with eyes open, and preaching with eyes closed. He published Blynyddoedd Boreuol Moses (1851), Maesydd y Myfyriwr, Bwrdd y Babell (1870), Rhiniog y Cysegr, Tir Emanuel, and Athrofa Iachawdwriaeth. He also contributed to periodicals - e.g., Seren Gomer, Y Bedyddiwr, and Baner America. He died 12 September 1914.
MORRIS, SILAS (1862 - 1923), principal of the Baptist College, Bangor new Welsh translation of the New Testament. He was editor of Seren Gomer for ten years. He was a thoughtful preacher but made no effort to be popular. He wrote voluminously to the various periodicals. He died 25 July 1923 and was buried in Sardis chapel burial-ground, Llanedy.
NICHOLAS, WILLIAM RHYS (1914 - 1996), minister and hymnwriter Welsh schools and the community newspaper Yr Hogwr. From an early age he displayed an interest in literature and his poems appeared in the Swansea College magazine, Dawn. While serving at Horeb and Bwlch-y-groes he developed a close relationship with the Gomer publishing house at Llandysul, editing a large number of works for them. He was also joint editor of the literary periodical Y Genhinen, and
OLIVER, DAVID (fl. 1785-1814), Baptist minister Unitarianism. He was minister of the 'Old Meeting' at Aberdare from 1803 to 1806, and of Gellionnen from 1806 till the latter part of 1814. His name recurs in the Monthly Repository in the years 1807-13, in the reports of the assemblies of General Baptists and Unitarians alike - the latest mention is that he was to preach in the Unitarian Association of 12 December 1813. But on 24 December 1814, Seren Gomer
OLIVER, EDWARD (1720 - 1777), early Methodist and Moravian, a carpenter Born (according to a Moravian record) in Montgomeryshire, on Good Friday (15 April or 29 March) 1720. After working at Wrexham (Gomer M. Roberts, Peter Williams, 33), he removed to Llanbrynmair; he was an inconspicuous 'public exhorter' among the Methodists. In the disruption of 1750 he sided with Howel Harris; he was on mission for Harris in North Wales and was present at several of the
OWEN, DAVID (Brutus; 1795 - 1866), editor and littérateur deception was unmasked and he was expelled by the Baptist Association at Pwllheli. That which brought him to prominence in Wales was his letter (under the pseudonym Brutus) in Seren Gomer, March 1824, attacking the Welsh language. Henceforth it was as 'Baptists, he became a member of the Independent church, Capel Newydd, and kept school at Llangian. He was allowed to preach amongst the Independents, but
OWEN, ELLIS (1789 - 1868), farmer, antiquary, and poet various other societies. As an antiquary he took great interest in local and county history, and he contributed articles to magazines, e.g. Seren Gomer, Y Drysorfa, Y Gwladgarwr, and Y Brython (Tremadoc). He was highly esteemed in his day as a literary critic and antiquary, and in the year of his death was elected F.S.A. At that period Eifionydd was well known for its bards and literary men, and in 1846
OWEN, JOHN (John Owen of Tyn-llwyn; 1807 - 1876), Calvinistic Methodist minister, and writer on agriculture Born 1 August 1807 at Gwindy, Llecheiddior, Eifionydd, son of William Owen and his wife Margaret, who was a niece of Robert Jones (1745-1829) of Rhos-lan. He was an early and a wide reader, and as a youth wrote in Seren Gomer on behalf of Catholic Emancipation. He went to several schools, including that kept by Evan Richardson and a school at Chester where Glan Alun (Thomas Jones, 1811 - 1866
OWEN, MORRIS BRYNLLWYN (1875 - 1949), minister (B), college professor, church historian Evans in the history of his period, an address full of dry humour but revealing a deep knowledge of the social and economic background. This was printed in the Trafodion of the society for 1938 and was followed by an article in the Trafodion for 1945-47 on Baptists three centuries ago, a close study of the works of Thomas Edwards, author of Gangræna. In the early numbers of Seren Gomer for 1949 he had
PARRY, HENRY (1766? - 1854), cleric and antiquary Born c. 1766, son of Henry Parry, Brynllech, Llanuwchllyn, Meironnydd. He was educated at Jesus College, Oxford (matriculated 1 June 1786, aged 20; B.A. 1790). He was vicar of Llanasa, Flintshire, for a long period, namely from 1798 until 1854; he also served as rural dean and, on 3 May 1833, became a canon of St Asaph. He was prominent as an eisteddfodwr (see a reference in Seren Gomer, 1834
PARRY, JOHN (Bardd Alaw; 1776 - 1851), musician -tunes published in Seren Gomer. He died 8 April 1851. He was a member (and president in 1819) of the Gwyneddigion society, and 'Registrar of Music' in the second Cymmrodorion society. JOHN ORLANDO PARRY (1810 - 1879), musician, actor and entertainer Music Performing Arts John Parry's son was born 3 January 1810 in London. He was taught the harp by Boscha, and when he was 15 appeared in public as a
PENNAR, ANDREAS MEIRION (1944 - 2010), poet and scholar combined with a wide knowledge of Celtic and classical mythology. Like his father's poems with their broad span and wonder at life, they demand long and deep reflection. His second book of poetry, Y Pair Dadeni (Gwasg Gomer, 1977), consists of a long poem that recreates the story of Efnisien and Bendigeidfran from the second branch of the Mabinogi. He published two other long poems, 'Saga' (1972) and 'Y

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