Dictionary of Welsh Biography

MORGAN, WILLIAM (1818 - 1884), Congregational minister and college tutor
MORGAN, WILLIAM (1750 - 1833), actuary Arthur was an actuary at the Equitable from 1830 to 1870 and was an F.R.S. Another son, William, who died young was an assistant actuary briefly and a grandson, William, was an assistant actuary from 1870 to 1892.
MORGAN, WILLIAM (JOHN) (Penfro; 1846 - 1918), cleric, eisteddfodwr, and hymn-writer
MORGAN, WILLIAM (Y Bardd; 1819 - 1878), poet
MORGAN, WILLIAM (Gwilym Gelli-deg; 1808 - 1878), poet
MORGAN, WILLIAM (c. 1545 - 1604), bishop, and translator of the Bible into Welsh Born at Ty Mawr, Wybrnant, in the parish of Penmachno, the son of John ap Morgan ap Llywelyn, a copyholder on the Gwydir estates, and his wife Lowri, daughter of William ap John ap Madog. Reputed to have received his early education at the hands of a former monk, he entered S. John's College, Cambridge, as a sub-sizar in 1565. He graduated B.A. in 1568, and M.A. in 1571; and later became a B.D
MORGAN, WILLIAM (1801 - 1872), Baptist minister Born early in 1801 near Newport, Pembrokeshire. He was originally an Independent but, about 1818, when he was working for W. Griffiths, minister of Tabor, Dinas Cross, he joined the Baptists and began to preach. He went to the Blaen-y-waun district to learn boot-making but when the church there discovered his talent it sent him for a year to the school kept by William Owen (1789 - 1841) at
MORGAN, WILLIAM (1750 - 1833), actuary and scientist William Morgan was born in Newcastle, Bridgend, Glamorgan, on 26 May 1750, the third of eight children and the first son of William Morgan (1708-1772), apothecary and doctor, and his wife Sarah (née Price, 1726-1803), sister of the philosopher Richard Price. The precise date of his birth is given by Caroline Williams, the family biographer and great-niece of William, but the date on his tomb is 6
MORGAN, WILLIAM GERAINT OLIVER (1920 - 1995), Conservative politician
MORRICE, JAMES CORNELIUS (1874 - 1953), priest and Welsh scholar Born 10 December 1874 at Porthmadog, Caernarfonshire, son of James Cornelius Morrice, engine driver, and his wife Margaret (née Thomas). He was educated at Porthmadog county school and University College Bangor (1897) where he graduated with first-class hon. in Welsh in 1900, the first to do so, it is claimed: he gained his M.A. with a dissertation on ' The poems of William Lleyn ' in 1902
MORRIS, CAREY (1882 - 1968), artist obtained a commission in the South Wales Borderers. He suffered from the effects of gas in Flanders and his health was impaired for the rest of his life. He claimed descent from the Morris family of Anglesey (John, Lewis, Morris, Richard, and William Morris), and one of his interests after the war was the issue of art and craft at the National Eisteddfod. He saw the need for reforming the Gorsedd
MORRIS, DAVID (1630 - 1703), Roman Catholic priest and informer The son of Walter Morris of Llantilio, Monmouth, and Elizabeth Woodward of Worcestershire. He had a brother who died at S. Omer College, and one of his sisters was a nun at Ghent. He lived for three years in the hostel for Welsh students at Ghent, and entered the English College, Rome, on 16 October 1648, on the same day as Fr. William Morgan, S.J.. He was ordained priest in S. John Lateran, 4

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