Dictionary of Welsh Biography

WILLIAMS, WILLIAM (1747 - 1812), Evangelical cleric Generally known as ' William Williams, Waterbeach,' Cambs. He was ordained and appointed chaplain to an English foundry in Rotterdam; afterwards he was vicar of Waterbeach, 1794-1812. William Owen Pughe, the official editor of the 1807 (Cambridge) edition of Y Bibl Cyssegr-Lan, is said to have been so negligent that nearly 3,000 copies were issued in a defective form, chapter viii of the Book of
WILLIAMS, WILLIAM EMYR (1889 - 1958), solicitor and eisteddfod patron the Gorsedd and Eisteddfod Association became more apparent. Emyr Williams's ' vision and drive proved a great asset to the Joint Committee which strove for the fusion of the two societies into one governing body; his quiet firmness and legal acumen were invaluable in helping to frame a just, comprehensive and workable constitution for the Council in 1937 '. Sir D. Owen Evans was elected chairman
WILLIAMS, WILLIAM GILBERT (1874 - 1966), schoolmaster and local historian and papers, particularly in Y Genedl, where an occasional argument arose between him and his friend Bob Owen), demonstrating the more disciplined and academic method of Gilbert Williams of studying history. He was also a contributor to The Dictionary of Welsh Biography down to 1940. A selection of his work was published (Gareth Haulfryn Williams, ed.) in Moel Tryfan i'r Traeth (1983). He received an
WILLIAMS, WILLIAM HUGH (Arafon; 1848 - 1917), trade union leader Born 8 August 1848 at Mynydd Llandygài, Caernarfonshire - his mother was a sister to William Owen, Prysgol (1813-1893). He was the leader for the strikers at the Penrhyn quarry, Caernarfonshire, in the 1896 strike and the unofficial adviser of the quarrymen in the great strike of 1900-03. He became financial secretary to the North Wales Quarrymen's Union. He was a cultured man and a sane leader
WILLIAMS, WILLIAM JOHN (1878 - 1952), H.M. Inspector of Schools and Director of the Council of Social Service for Wales and Monmouthshire the Arts Council of Great Britain, the Welsh Committee of the British Council, the Welsh Committee of UNESCO and the B.B.C. Appeals Committee (Wales). He was also a director of the Welsh National Opera and a vice-president of Coleg Harlech, 1948-52. In 1943 he was awarded the degree of LL.D. honoris causa by the University of Wales. He married in 1906 Maud, daughter of David Owen, J.P., and Anne
WILLIAMS, WILLIAM JONES (1863 - 1949), civil servant, secretary of Kodak Limited, treasurer of Coleg Harlech and Urdd Gobaith Cymru wife Mary Williams (1873 - 1942), of London and formerly Ruthin, whom he married in 1903, was mountaineering. He climbed in north Wales and the Alps with such pioneers as Owen Glynne Jones, Roderick Williams, J.M. Archer Thomson, and G.D. and A.P. Abraham; he had joined the Alpine Club in 1903 and was also a member of the Climbers' Club. He was a contributor to S.H. Hamer, Dolomites (1910, 2nd ed
WILLIAMS, WILLIAM PRICHARD (1848 - 1916), co-founder of the Princes Road Presbyterian church, Bangor, and publisher of a new edition of Deffynniad Ffydd Eglwys Loegr by Maurice Kyffin son of David Williams (born c. 1824) of Glasdo, Llan Ffestiniog, (a descendant of William Prichard of Clwchdyrnog, Anglesey), and his wife Ann Owen (c.1823-1867). He was born 21 July 1848. After getting a little education at a dame's school in the village, he obtained employment in the firm of J. and N. Phillips of Manchester, and spent the rest of his life travelling for it in North Wales. He
WILLIAMSON, OWEN (1840 - 1910), schoolmaster - see WILLIAMSON, ROBERT MONA
WILLIAMSON, ROBERT (MONA) (Bardd Du Môn; 1807 - 1852), teacher and poet Born at Helygen ('Halkin'), Flintshire, the son of Owen Williamson, gardener, and his wife Dorothy. The family moved to Llanwnda, Caernarfonshire, when the son was about 12 years old. He went to no school, but received some instruction at the hand of the vicar and learnt English and French tolerably well. He kept school in various places in Caernarvonshire and Denbighshire, and, afterwards at
WILSON, HERBERT REES (1929 - 2008), scientist Professor Edwin Owen. His studies were initially in the field of metals, but he was also increasingly drawn to the new field of biophysics. He married Beti Turner, a fellow student at Bangor, in 1952, and they had two daughters and one son. Having received a University of Wales fellowship he accepted an offer in 1952 from Professor Maurice Wilkins to join a team at King's College in London to study the
WOGAN family ), was knighted before 1611. He married Sybil, daughter of Sir Hugh Owen of Orielton. Their son, Sir JOHN WOGAN (1588 - 1644), married Jane, daughter of Sir Thomas Colclough of Tintern, Wexfordshire, prior to 1628. He was educated at Jesus College, Oxford. He was sheriff of Pembrokeshire in 1636, and Member of Parliament for the same county in 1614, 1620-2, 1625, 1626, 1628-9, 1640, and 1640-4. Colonel
WYN, OWEN (d. 1633), master of S. John's College, Cambridge - see WYNN

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