Dictionary of Welsh Biography

WILLIAMS, JOHN ELLIS (1901 - 1975), author and dramatist writer in a variety of media - essays, short stories (he was a regular contributor to newspapers and journals), novels, stage and radio plays, film, children's literature and verse. He wrote his last essay on 1 January 1975, expecting it to appear in the same number of 'Herald Mon' as his obituary, as in fact transpired. He began writing plays about 1918 and gained many prizes at the national
WILLIAMS, Sir JOHN KYFFIN (1918 - 2006), painter and author as a gift to Oriel Ynys Môn in Anglesey. In May 1974 Kyffin left his teaching post in London and returned to Anglesey, where he made a home for himself for the first time in his life, at Pwllfanogl near the village of Llanfair Pwllgwyngyll, in a house which belonged to the Marquis and Marchioness of Anglesey, a couple who were generous patrons and supporters of Kyffin Williams. In Pwllfanogl
WILLIAMS, OWEN (GAIANYDD) (1865 - 1928), Calvinistic Methodist minister, and author prizes at local eisteddfodau on historical subjects; he also acted as an adjudicator. He was married and had two sons and a daughter. He published ' Hanes Llanerchymedd a'i Henwogion ' in Hanes a Chyfansoddiadau Arobryn Eisteddfod Llanerchymedd (Cymdeithas Eisteddfod Môn, 1906); Ein Pobl Ieuainc … (Caernarvon, 1906); Dafydd Jones o Drefriw (1708-1785) (Caernarvon, 1907); Dewis Aelod Seneddol: Drama
WILLIAMS, OWEN (Owain Gwyrfai; 1790 - 1874), antiquary alone. He died at Fron Heulog, Waun-fawr, 3 October 1874, and was buried in Betws Garmon churchyard. Ioan Arfon and other friends of his collected fifty pounds to provide a suitable tomb-stone and this was unveiled, 7 March 1879. In 1904 his son, Thomas Williams, published some of his works, together with the story of his life, in Gemau Gwyrfai; and in 1911, he published another book, Gemau Môn ac
WILLIAMS, ROWLAND (Hwfa Môn; 1823 - 1905), Independent minister, and archdruid of Wales front rank, being phenomenally longwinded. It was in connection with the eisteddfod that he became most prominent, and that in the days when ' to win at the eisteddfod was considered a sufficient achievement in itself….' He was invested a ' bard ' at the Aberffraw eisteddfod, 1849, and chose the name Hwfa Môn. At one time or another he had won a vast number of prizes at the eisteddfod, including the
WILLIAMSON, ROBERT (MONA) (Bardd Du Môn; 1807 - 1852), teacher and poet

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