Dictionary of Welsh Biography

RHYS, HYWEL (1715? - 1799), poet
RHYS, IFAN THOMAS (fl. mid 18th century), poet
RHYS, Sir JOHN (1840 - 1915), Celtic scholar Rhys Memorial Lecture' to be delivered annually in his memory and, in the first of these, his disciple, Sir John Morris-Jones, gave a full bibliography of his published works. In this note it is only possible to mention the most important items in that rich and many-sided list. His principal interest was in Celtic philology and, more particularly, in Welsh philology. As a result of the many
RHYS, JOHN DAVID (1534 - 1609?), physician and grammarian . After returning to Wales and devoting some years to the collection of material Rhys published, in 1592, his famous Welsh grammar, Cambrobrytannicae Cymraecaeve Linguae Institutiones et Rudimenta. The book was dedicated to Sir Edward Stradling of St Donats, Glamorganshire, who had defrayed the cost of printing. It consists of a grammar of the Welsh language together with a lengthy and laborious
RHYS, Lord - see RHYS ap GRUFFYDD
RHYS, MARY (1744? - 1842), rhymester - see RHYS, DAVID
RHYS, MARY CATHERINE - see LLEWELYN, MARY PENDRILL
RHYS, MORGAN (1716 - 1779), circulating schoolmaster, and hymn-writer Born 1 April 1716 at Efail-fach, Cil-y-cwm, Carmarthenshire, son of Rhys and Anne Lewis. Little is known about his early days. He worked as a circulating schoolmaster in various places in Carmarthenshire and Cardiganshire between 1757 and 1775, and references to his industry as a teacher are found in Welch Piety. In 1770 he was called by his contemporaries 'a Methodistical preacher,' and his will
RHYS, MORGAN JOHN (Morgan ab Ioan Rhus; 1760 - 1804), Baptist minister, author, and American settler , Bristol, was called to Pen-y-garn, near Pontypool, where he ministered successfully from October 1787 to June 1791. Like many of his contemporaries, Rhys saw in the French Revolution the coming of a golden age, when tyranny and Popery would be no more. He resigned his pastorate, and having established a French Bible Society in London, went over to Paris in August 1791, and secured a large hall as a
RHYS, THOMAS (1750/51 - 1828), rhymester - see RHYS, DAVID
RHYS, WALTER FITZURYAN (1873 - 1956), nobleman and politician estate after the war, failing health led to the stagnation and decline of Dynevor. Lord Dynevor was acutely aware of his Welsh heritage. He bore the ring at the investiture of Edward Prince of Wales in 1911, and in 1916 readopted the Welsh spelling of Rhys by Royal Licence. He wrote about his family and estate in Trees at Dynevor (1934) and History of the two castles of Dynevor (1935), he corresponded
RHYS, WILLIAM JOSEPH (1880 - 1967), minister (B) and author

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