Dictionary of Welsh Biography

THOMAS, CLARA (1841 - 1914), landowner and philanthropist Clara Thomas was born on 22 August 1841 at Pencerrig Hall, Llanelwedd, Radnorshire, the last of four children of Henry Thomas (1808-1863) of Llwyn Madoc, Llanfihangel Abergwesyn, landowner, solicitor and chairman of the Quarter Sessions, and his wife Clara (née Thomas, 1814-1877) of Pencerrig. The family owned extensive lands in the counties of Brecon, Radnor, Cardigan and Glamorgan, and could
THOMAS, DAVID (1813 - 1894), Congregational minister and Biblical commentator until 1877, when he retired. His ministry at Stockwell was exceedingly successful; his sermons of Biblical exposition attracted large congregations; he also became the most popular Biblical commentator of his age. His main works are: A Biblical Liturgy, 1856; Augustine Hymnbook, 1866, containing some hymns of his own composition; the Crisis of Being, 1849; Homiletic Commentary on St. Mathew, 1864
THOMAS, DAVID RICHARD (1833 - 1916), cleric and historian maintain himself; he graduated in 1856 and, in 1859, applied for a Fellowship, but was not elected. In 1857 he was ordained curate of Rhuddlan; afterwards he became curate of Selatyn (1859-64), vicar of Cefn Meiriadog (1864-77), vicar of Meifod (1877-92), and rector of Llandrinio (1892-1916); he was appointed canon of St Asaph in 1881 and archdeacon of Montgomery in 1886. He was a hard-working parish
THOMAS, EZEKIEL (1818 - 1893), Calvinistic Methodist minister and author , Daeareg Parth Gorllewinol Morganwg (Cwmafan, 1875), and this was followed by Human Harmony (Cwmafan, 1877) - a dissertation on the connexion between God, the nation, and the Church. He published Sylwadau ar yr Epistol at yr Hebreaid (Hirwaun) in 1881; Cyfiawnhad trwy Ffydd (Swansea) in 1882; and Adolygiad ar Farn y Tri Doctor (Morriston) in 1890 - the last was a controversial dissertation on the subject
THOMAS, IFOR (1877 - 1918), geologist and inspector of schools Born at Commercial Place, Glanaman, Carmarthenshire, on 24 November 1877, son of Dafydd Thomas ('Trumor '; 1844 - 1916) and his wife Margaret. His father, who was a miner at Gelliceidrim colliery in the Aman Valley, was a poet, a local historian and a regular contributor to Welsh-language newspapers. His prize-winning essay Hen Gymeriadau Plwyf y Betws was published in 1894 (reprinted 1912). Ifor
THOMAS, JOHN (1821 - 1892), Independent minister, politician, and historian in the plan to build a Memorial College at Brecon. He agitated vigorously for a single college for the whole denomination, a policy which upset the supporters of the other colleges, particularly of Bala Independent College, and brought about the 'Battle of the Constitutions' (1877-85) which split the denomination in two, one party following him, and the other M. D. Jones. He did not confine his
THOMAS, JOHN EVAN (1810 - 1873), sculptor -Pentre, a little mansion at Llansbyddid; in 1868 he was sheriff of Brecknock. He died 9 October 1873, in London, and was buried there. For thirty years he was assisted in his work by his brother WILLIAM MEREDITH THOMAS who was born 13 July 1819 and died 7 September 1877. The latter, when he had completed his elder brother's unfinished works, continued to work on his own. He specialised in allegories
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, RICHARD (1838 - 1916), industrialist , and in 1877 the Lydbrook colliery. The depression of 1883 forced him to compound with his creditors, whom however, he eventually repaid in full. In 1884 he formed, with his sons, the private company of Richard Thomas and Sons, and in 1888 bought the Melingriffith iron and tinplate works. The firm expanded its activities rapidly, acquiring works at Aberdare (1890), Aber-carn (1895), Cwmfelin (1896
THOMAS, ROBERT DAVID (Iorthryn Gwynedd; 1817 - 1888), Independent minister minister of Rome and Floyd, Oneida County, N.Y., and then became the first minister of Mahanoy City Independent church where he remained until 1870. In 1872 he went to Knoxville, Tennessee, and afterwards (1875) to Columbus, Ohio, where he remained until 1877. He visited Wales in 1872-3. He died 25 November 1888 and was buried in Gray cemetery, Knoxville, Tennessee. He was a regular contributor to the
THOMAS, THOMAS (1804 - 1877), cleric -Nghinmeirch on 9 January 1877, and was buried at Llanbeblig cemetery, Caernarvon.
THOMAS, THOMAS LLEWELYN (1840 - 1897), scholar, teacher and linguist Born 14 November 1840 at the old vicarage, Caernarfon, the eldest son of a family of three daughters and five sons of Canon Thomas Thomas (1804 - 1877) and his wife. The father was appointed vicar of Caernarfon in 1835 and he threw himself into the religious and educational life of the town which suffered heavily at the time from poverty and visitations of the cholera. ' Thomas of Caernarfon

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