Dictionary of Welsh Biography

NENNIUS (fl. c. A.D. 800), monk and antiquary study of the Arthurian Legend and early Celtic literature and learning in general. An English translation was published by A. W. Wade-Evans (1938); also text and translation by John Morris, Historia Brittonum and the Welsh Annals (1980). Important discussions by David N. Dumville are found in his Histories and Pseudo-Histories of the Insular Middle Ages (1990) and contrast P. J. C. Field in Studia
NEST (fl. 1120), princess of Deheubarth Daughter of Rhys ap Tewdwr by Gwladus, daughter of Rhiwallon ap Cynfyn. About 1100 she married Gerald of Pembroke; there were at least three sons of the union - William, Maurice, and David Fitz-Gerald - and a daughter, Angharad, wife of William of Manorbier and mother of Giraldus Cambrensis. Clearly a woman of great charm and beauty, she became the mistress of many lovers. Her romantic abduction
NEWELL, RICHARD (1785 - 1852), farmer and Calvinistic Methodist preacher Born at Allt-y-ffynnon, Aberhavesp, Montgomeryshire, 23 March 1785, son of Richard Newell, farmer, and Bridget his wife. In 1786 the family moved to Gwernfyda, Llanllugan, where Richard attended the school kept by the Rev. John Davies and David Davies. Afterwards (1786) they moved to Bryn, Llanwyddelan, where the father died in 1800. After this the son attended the school kept by his uncle, John
NEWTON, LILY (1893 - 1981), scientist appointment of Goronwy Rees. She was awarded the degree of DSc by Bristol University in 1950 and LLD by the University of Wales in 1973. The topic of her PhD research at Bristol and her first publications was seaweed, and her first substantial publication was A Handbook of the British Seaweeds published by the British Museum in 1931. This important book was widely used until the 1980s. Whilst in Aberystwyth
NICHOLAS, JAMES (1877 - 1963), Baptist minister invitation to become the minister of Castle Street church, London. He was installed there on 26 October 1916 with David Lloyd George presiding at the service. The next years were in many senses a memorable period in the history of the church, e.g. renovating the chapel building in 1924, sponsoring churches in distress in the Rhondda valley from 1928 onward, establishing churches in suburbs like Dagenham in
NICHOLAS, JOHN MORGAN (1895 - 1963), musician ', dedicated to the tenor David Lloyd, with whom he made two records as accompanist, are excellent examples of his work. But he also wrote instrumental pieces, for instance for the cellist Ffrancon Thomas, and some of his works were in the repertoire of the celebrated oboist Léon Goossens. Two pieces for oboe and piano, 'Rhapsody' and 'Melody', were dedicated to the memory of his daughter, who was a
NICHOLAS, THOMAS (1816 - 1879), Congregational minister, theological college tutor, and historian , Carmarthen. In 1863 he settled in London, and thereafter, with the aid of Sir Hugh Owen, the first lord Aberdare, the Rev. David Thomas, Stockwell, and others, he promoted a scheme for the furtherance of higher education in Wales, Nicholas becoming secretary of the movement which led eventually to the founding of the first University College in Wales at Aberystwyth in 1872; before that came about, however
NICHOLAS, THOMAS EVAN (Niclas y Glais; 1879 - 1971), poet, minister of religion and advocate for the Communist Party well as a farmer. The boy was reared in an independent, cultured and anti-establishment community. A younger contemporary was D.J. Davies, born in the small holding to which the Nicholas family moved in 1880, and who became the minister of Capel Als, Llanelli. Another from the same area was Thomas Rees, pioneer of the Labour Party and of adult education and Principal of Bala-Bangor College. T.E
NICHOLSON, WILLIAM (1844 - 1885), Independent minister Rhos-lan and Llanystymdwy churches, and was ordained, 20 August 1867. He stayed there some two years and then moved to Treflys church, Bethesda. In 1872 he received a call from the celebrated Groes-wen church, Glamorganshire, where he remained until 1876 when he succeeded Gwilym Hiraethog (William Rees) at Grove Street, Liverpool. Here he died, July 1885, at the age of 41, he was buried in Toxteth
NOAKES, GEORGE (1924 - 2008), Archbishop of Wales George Noakes was born on September 13 1924 in Penygaer, Bwlchyllan, Cardiganshire, one of the three children of a Welsh-speaking mother, Elizabeth Mary née Lewis and father, David John Noakes, colliery worker and later farmer, from English-speaking south Pembrokeshire. This factor gave him an unforced and natural bilingualism which made him a fluent and attractive preacher in both languages. As
NONN (fl. late 5th century), saint Daughter of Cynyr of Caer Gawch in Menevia. The tradition about Nonn is contained almost entirely in Rhygyfarch's ' Life of S. David.' It is said that Nonn, though a nun, was violated by Sant (Sanctus), king of Ceredigion, and, as a result, became the mother of S. David. Gildas, when preaching in a certain church in the district, found himself bereft of speech because of the presence of the
NOVELLO, IVOR (1893 - 1951), composer, playwright, stage and film actor Born at 95 Cowbridge Road, Cardiff, 15 January 1893, of a very musical family who soon moved to Llwyn-yr-eos, 11 Cathedral Road, Cardiff, the only son of David Davies, rates collector, and Clara Novello Davies. He attended Mrs. Soulez' school nearby and received musical tuition from his mother and (Sir) Herbert Brewer, Gloucester. His good soprano voice won him prizes at eisteddfodau, and a

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