Dictionary of Welsh Biography

WILLIAMS, HUGH (1843 - 1911), Calvinistic Methodist minister, and church historian Born 17 September 1843 at Menai Bridge, son of a small-holder. He received his elementary education at Menai Bridge and Bangor. After leaving school he worked for a few years as a stonemason, while at the same time he read and studied every book within his reach. He commenced preaching in 1863 and in 1864 he entered Bala C.M. College; he was assistant tutor there, 1867-9. He was B.A. (London) in
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
WILLIAMS, Sir JOHN KYFFIN (1918 - 2006), painter and author , within a stone's throw of the Menai Straits, Kyffin was in paradise, with the mountains of Snowdonia in front of him and the earth of his beloved Anglesey beneath his feet. This was to be his home for the rest of his life. Although he lived a bachelor existence in Pwllfanogl, he had a wide circle of friends and acquaintances. Kyffin Williams is considered to be Wales's foremost painter and the most
WILLIAMS, JOHN LLOYD (1854 - 1945), botanist and musician researches on the Brown Seaweeds - the life cycle of Fucus - the results of which were published in The Annals of Botany (1896) and The Proceedings of the Royal Society (1897). His best known work on Dictyota was completed in Bangor and published 1904-05, the double tides of the Menai Straits providing a factor of outstanding significance in his studies of rhythmic variations in the environment. It was not
WILLIAMS, ROBERT HERBERT (Corfanydd; 1805 - 1876), musician years he lived at Drogheda, Ireland. He returned to Liverpool for a while and then, owing to ill-health, went to live in a house called Corfandy, Menai Bridge, where he died 20 November 1876; he was buried in Llantysilio churchyard.
WILLIAMS, THOMAS CHARLES (1868 - 1927), Calvinistic Methodist minister , Aberystwyth, and Jesus College, Oxford, where he graduated with honours in 1897. In 1923 he received the degree of D.D. from Edinburgh University. He came straight from Oxford to become pastor of the Calvinistic Methodist church at Menai Bridge - his sole pastorate. He was moderator of the North Wales C.M. Association (1918-19) and of the General Assembly (1921-22). His preaching in Welsh and English was

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