Dictionary of Welsh Biography

PENNAR, ANDREAS MEIRION (1944 - 2010), poet and scholar his death. This bilingual, Welsh-English, book contains moving poems following the death of his father and others of a personal nature, including some dealing with the experiences of his youth in Brecon and the surrounding area, an area to which he owed a great debt. Meirion was totally non-materialistic by nature, and his conversation, that could be both playful and severe, would quickly turn to
PENRY, DAVID (1660? - 1721?) Llwchwr area. The Common Fund granted him £6 during the years 1690-3, and another sum of £9 was given by the Presbyterian Board. For a time, he served the congregation meeting at Tirdwncyn, in the parish of Llangyfelach, and was released from there on 14 January 1701 in order to assist at Cwmllynfell and Gellionnen. In 1705, the wardens of Llan-non report that 'one David Penry' and a number of
PHILIPPS, LEONORA (1862 - 1915), campaigner for women's rights pledging members to non-militancy'. Family members were also conspicuous in her thoughts: she secured funding for the United Synagogue to undertake the care of her parents' graves at Willesden, and to the Frenchay Unitarian chapel near Bristol for 'keeping in order' the grave of her brother, Arnold Gerstenberg (1863-1887). She had become responsible, following the latter's death, aged twenty-three, for
PHILIPPS, WOGAN (2nd Baron Milford), (1902 - 1993), politician and artist joined the Merchant Navy Reserve but did not serve. Wogan and Cristina Philipps turned to farming and acquired Butler's Farm, Colebourne, Cheltenham. He became the editor of the Communist Party's Country Standard and one of the party's agricultural experts. For a brief period, Phillips was the only non-Tory member of Cirencester Rural District Council until the other members campaigned against his re
PONSONBY, SARAH (1755 - 1831), one of the 'Ladies of Llangollen' ladies', and they soon became known as 'The Ladies of Llangollen'. During their time the Ladies were often seen as 'romantic friends', a close platonic non-sexual relationship despite rumours of their being Sapphists, or same-sex lovers. Having been lauded as examples of high friendship and sacrificing marriage and children, the women's reputation spread far and they were visited and contacted by many
POWYS, JOHN COWPER (1872 - 1963), novelist, poet, literary critic and popular philosopher fiction like Up and Out (1957), Homer and the Aether (1959) and All or Nothing (1960). He learned Welsh and corresponded with many distinguished Welshmen of letters; his non-fictional writings about Wales and the Welsh were collected in Obstinate Cymric (1947).
PRICE, JOHN (Old Price; 1803 - 1887), cleric, naturalist, and eccentric 1784 till 1800, and then for half a century (1800-50) non-resident rector of Llanfechain, Montgomeryshire, while living at Pwll-y-crochan and Plas-yn-Llysfaen - he died at 94, 'having complained of his health all his life.' All three were buried at Ysgeifiog. John Price went to Shrewsbury School, where he was a form-mate of B. H. Kennedy and a school-fellow of Charles Darwin - Darwin aroused his
PRYS, EDMWND (1544 - 1623), archdeacon of Merioneth, and poet . He took his M.A. degree in 1571. The following year he was inducted into the living of Ffestiniog and Maentwrog, but for the time being was non-resident. On 13 March 1576 he became rector of Ludlow, Salop, and on 6 November of the same year was appointed archdeacon of Merioneth. From now on until his death he lived at Tyddyn-du, Maentwrog. On 16 April 1580 he was, in addition, given the living of
RAFF ap ROBERT (fl. 1550) Cilgwyn, Bachymbyd, 'a free holder of Dyffryn Clwyd' and a non-professional poet
REES, FLORENCE GWENDOLEN (1906 - 1994), helminthologist (one who studies worms, particularly parasitic ones), Professor of Zoology strategies of certain parasitic worms, which threw new light on the relationships of parasites to non-vertebrate hosts. A selection of her numerous published research papers, mainly in the Journal of Parasitology, earned her a DSc degree of the University of Wales in 1942 and promotion as Senior Lecturer (1946) and Reader (1966). In 1971 she was appointed Professor of Zoology following her election as a
REES, MERLYN (1920 - 2006), politician move to Nottingham, he joined the Royal Air Force. Military service took him to the Mediterranean, including service in the Desert Air Force in north Africa, the invasion of Italy, and the south of France. He was appointed a Squadron Leader by the age of 24, an unusual promotion for a non-flying officer, and was offered a permanent commission at war's end. However, he chose to return to education
REES, MORGAN GORONWY (1909 - 1979), writer and university administrator family left London for Sonning-on-Thames, a perfect location when in April 1951 Rees was appointed estates bursar of All Souls, a non-resident post that allowed him to continue with Pontifex. Then came his greatest mistake. In 1953 he took up the post of principal of the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth, a decision that delighted his father but alarmed his friends. Wouldn't he be a total misfit

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