Dictionary of Welsh Biography

THOMAS, JOSEPH MORGAN (1868 - 1955), minister (U) and Free Catholic, councillor and public figure enemy during the Boer War; and during World War I he published a pamphlet, The immortality of non-resistance and other sermons on the war. Although he was a modernist he warned against a narrow superficial modernism; his concept of education was to learn to think honestly, and he warned the authorities against glorifying scholarship at the expense of neglecting the crafts and manual work (cf. What is
THOMAS, LEWIS (fl. first half of the 20th century) south Wales, pioneer of the art of Cerdd Dant Born at Pontyberem, Gwendraeth Valley, Carmarthenshire, 30 May 1877, the eldest of nine sons of William Thomas, a collier, and his wife, Jane. Lewis worked in the mines for a short period before being apprenticed and gaining his trade as a local shoemaker. In 1905 he married Mary Emiah Jones, a teacher at Pontyberem, but originally from Llan-non, Llanelli. They had a son and two daughters. His
THOMAS, RONALD STUART (1913 - 2000), poet and clergyman the double-think of a faith that nevertheless remained stubbornly persistent. He generated lapidary epigrams, Borgean fantasies, scientific tropes, meditative exercises, a modern Mass for Hard Times (1992), and a spiritual Counterpoint (1990), in an attempt to develop, with the assistance of a post-modern theology informed by an eirenic sympathy with some of the world's great non-Christian faiths, a
TRUEMAN, Sir ARTHUR ELIJAH (1894 - 1956), Professor of geology considerable research on Jurassic stratigraphy and palaeontology was internationally acclaimed, but he is best remembered for his work on the Coal Measures of Britain and especially on the use of the non-marine lamelli-branchs. This work, The Coalfields of Great Britain (1954), made a considerable contribution to the development of both the exposed and concealed coalfields of Britain. He was interested in
WALKER-HENEAGE-VIVIAN, ALGERNON (1871 - 1952), admiral . Thereupon he added ' Vivian ' to his surname. He played a full part in the commercial, social and cultural life of the area. He became director and chairman of his family business, Vivian & Sons Ltd. (involved in the production of non-ferrous metals), and chairman of the South-west Wales Savings Bank. He was a Justice of the Peace, Deputy Lieutenant of Glamorgan, and in 1926 High Sheriff of Glamorgan. He
WALLACE, ALFRED RUSSEL (1823 - 1913), naturalist and social reformer his achievements in this field. In the second half of his life Wallace's biological interests were, in part, supplanted by social and 'non scientific' ones. He surprised his fellow-scientists by embracing beliefs that were, to the scientific establishment unacceptable or even absurd - socialism, phrenology, spiritualism, antivaccination, anti-militarism and others. He was particularly supportive of
WATKIN, MORGAN (1878 - 1970), scholar, university professor Cardiff by Thomas Powel and (non-stipendary) special lecturer in French by Paul Barbier. From 1917 to 1920 he was professor of French and Italian at Johannesburg School of Mines and Technology, and was appointed in 1920 professor of French and Romance Philology at University College Cardiff. He held the chair of French at University College Swansea from 1948 to 1950. He was dean of the faculty of arts
WILLANS, JOHN BANCROFT (1881 - 1957), country landowner, antiquarian and philanthropist in Kerry from 1894 onwards, after his father had bought the Dolforgan estate from the Waltons. He served in World War I on non-combatant duties mainly in Italy, and on his return he devoted himself to public service in Montgomeryshire. He was High Sheriff of Montgomeryshire, 1917, J.P. from 1919, County alderman of Montgomeryshire, 1904-1907 and 1910-1919, member of Montgomery county council 1934
WILLIAMS, DANIEL POWELL (Pastor Dan; 1882 - 1947), founder and first president of the Apostolic Church , but Daniel did not cast his lot with them. Instead he joined a more extreme faction who had built 'the stone Hall' in Pen-y-groes in 1910 a non-denominational meeting place for the use of the revival's converts and where they could invite leaders of their own choice. These adherents attended pentecostal conferences, and it was in one of these at Belle Vue, Swansea, that Daniel began preaching in
WILLIAMS, JAC LEWIS (1918 - 1977), educationalist, author were in decline. This was a department in the van of British universities striving to ensure the recognition of Education as a degree subject. He developed many diploma courses and an M.Ed. course. In the field of bilingualism he led Wales away from the emphasis on measuring the 'effects' of bilingualism, research that at the time was non-productive and too simplistic, because it ignored key learning
WILLIAMS, JOHN (1762 - 1802), Evangelical cleric his parishioners. As a rule, he did not preach outside his own parish, but we know of one interesting exception; he was on friendly terms with Thomas Charles and other Methodist clerics (e.g. David Griffiths of Nevern), and in July and August 1801 we find him ministering to the non-parochial church of Broughton, Chester. It is said that he was invited to take charge of that church, but he declined
WILLIAMS, ROBERT ROLFE (1870 - 1948), a pioneer of Welsh-medium education Born in 1870 in Llwyn-teg, Llan-non, Carmarthenshire, son of Thomas Williams, minister (Congl.), and his wife Mary. He was educated at Bryndu Elementary School, and the Copper Works School, Llanelli. In 1880 his father accepted the pastorate of Soar Chapel, Clydach Vale, Rhondda, and Robert became a pupil-teacher with Thomas Williams ('Glynfab'), at the local school. He went to the University

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