Dictionary of Welsh Biography

SHANKLAND, THOMAS (1858 - 1927), bibliophile and historian 1910. Among his best work was chapter x (on the early works of Morgan John Rhys) contributed to the Cofiant by Dr. J. T. Griffith, and chapter xxxvi on the age of John Richard Jones, written for the Cofiant by David Williams. Shankland's sympathies, however, were catholic and comprehensive, not in any way bound in by the fences of denominations, as witness his Cofiadur article on Evan Roberts of
SHEPPARD, ARNOLD ALONZO (1908 - 1979), boxer , but on 4 April 1925, at the age of 16, he had his first professional contest against Ivor Williams of Wattstown, at the Wattstown Athletic club, winning by a first round knockout. He stood at five feet six and three quarter inches and fought at lightweight. He also fought at bantamweight, featherweight and welterweight during his career. Even though a native of Cardiff, he was often billed in his
SION BRWYNOG (d. 1567?), poet between him and Gruffudd Hiraethog on the subject of the merits of Anglesey and Tegeingl. He addressed poems to Henry VIII and Mary, and mentions Edward VI, but does not refer to Elizabeth at all. He was a staunch papist who had no love or use for the new religion. His name is not included in the list of bards who attended the 1523 eisteddfod at Caerwys - perhaps he was too young.. He married Jane
SKENE, WILLIAM FORBES (1809 - 1892), Scottish historian and Celtic scholar Born 7 June 1809 at Irvine, Inverness-shire, and died 29 August 1892 in Edinburgh. In 1868 he published The Four Ancient Books of Wales, containing Welsh verse from ' The Book of Aneirin ', ' The Book of Taliesin ', ' The Black Book of Carmarthen ', and part of ' The Red Book of Hergest '; the verse was translated for him by D. Silvan Evans and Robert Williams. This work was an attempt at
SLINGSBY-JENKINS, THOMAS DAVID (1872 - 1955), secretary of a shipping company and philanthropist presented to the college a statue by Mario Rutelli of the Duke of Windsor as Prince of Wales (the only such large statue made) and an endowment to establish a scholarship for local pupils. He also served on the court and council of the National Library of Wales to which he was a generous benefactor. He donated the marble sculpture of Sir John Williams to the Library, and a bronze war memorial to Tabernacl
SMITH, THOMAS ASSHETON (1752 - 1828) Vaenol, Bangor, landed proprietor and quarry owner Born 1752, the son of Thomas Assheton of Ashley, Cheshire, he added the name Smith to his surname when he inherited the Vaenol and Tedworth (Hampshire), estates under the will of his uncle, William Smith, son of John Smith, Speaker of the House of Commons, 1705-8. The story of how the Vaenol estate - the ancient patrimony of a branch of the Williams family of Cochwillan - came into the hands of a
SOMERSET family Raglan, Troy, Crickhowell, Badminton, Glamorgan, securing his father's consent in 1656. He was on good terms with Cromwell (who paid him an allowance out of his Glamorgan lands), and supported the Protectorate even to the point of using in 1657 the new form of civil marriage; but the statement that he represented Brecknock (Williams, The parliamentary history of the principality of Wales, 16) or Worcester (D.N.B., liii, 242) in the 1654
SPURRELL family, printers its Neighbourhood, 1860 (2nd ed. 1879). As he was now a substantial printer and publisher it is not surprising that he was well acquainted with such writers as Daniel Silvan Evans, Morris Williams (Nicander), John Rowlands (Giraldus), etc. He married, 1846, Sarah, daughter of Evan Walter, Bryn-bach. Two of his sons became clergymen, a third was a doctor, whilst a fourth, Walter Spurrell (below
STEPHEN, DAVID RHYS (Gwyddonwyson; 1807 - 1852), Baptist minister and author , Llanelly); (3) Cofiant … John Williams, gweinidog y Bedyddwyr yn Nhrosnant, Pontypwl, 1841 (with W. Jones (Bleddyn) and David D. Evans; (4) On the True Church of Jesus Christ: an essay, 1842; (5) Luther, Milton, and Pascal: three lectures, 1845; (6) Memoirs of Christmas Evans, 1847; and (7) Pwka'r Trwyn, the celebrated Mynyddyslwyn Sprite, 1851. An advertised work by him in 1851 entitled 'A Lecture on
STEPHEN, ROBERT (1878 - 1966), schoolmaster, historian and poet biography of the bard and critical notes of his work. It is not known what became of this work. In the national eisteddfod of Abergavenny, 1913, he shared the prize with Peter Williams (Pedr Hir) for a play in verse on the life and death of William Herbert of Raglan Castle, first Earl of Pembroke. He wrote poetry, in both the strict and free metres, and plays, throughout his life. He was also a skilled
STEPHENS, MICHAEL (1938 - 2018), writer and literature administrator Welsh Arts Council from 1967-1990. He had already made a mark launching Triskel, a publishing imprint, and the magazine Poetry Wales (1965) which published, among others, Harri Webb, Roland Mathias, Herbert Williams, Dannie Abse, Gillian Clarke and Anthony Conran. Stephens's time with the Arts Council coincided with years of expanding administrative devolution and public funding for the arts. Wales's
STEPHENS, THOMAS (1821 - 1875) Born 21 April 1821 at Tan-y-gyrchen (known as Ty-to-cam =the house with the crooked roof), Pont Neath Vaughan, Glamorganshire, son of Evan Stephens, boot-maker, and Margaret, daughter of William Williams, Unitarian minister of Blaen-gwrach. He spent about three years at the school kept by John Davies (1795 - 1858) at Newcastle Emlyn, and this was all the systematic education he ever had. In 1835

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