Dictionary of Welsh Biography

STEPHENS, JOHN OLIVER (1880 - 1957), Independent minister and professor at the Presbyterian College, Carmarthen Religions, July 1941). Through his regular contributions to Y Tyst he presented the thoughts and views of men like Henri Bergson, Nicolas Berdyaev, Karl Barth and Leonhard Ragaz. In the column ' Myfyrgell y Diwinydd ' which he began in February 1939, he discussed skilfully a host of subjects such as the early religion of Europe, the earliest European civilisation and the divine meaning of history. In Y
STEPHENSON, THOMAS ALAN (1898 - 1961), zoologist Professor of zoology at the University of Cape Town, South Africa, where he organised an extended survey of the distribution of marine plants and animals along the 1800-mile coast. In 1941 he became Professor of zoology at Aberystwyth and made pioneer studies of the coast of north America in 1947, 1948 and 1952. He was a fine lecturer and his study of design and colour in nature together with his own
SUTTON, Sir OLIVER GRAHAM (1903 - 1977), meteorologist 1938. He was engaged in the organization of research and development of weapons during World War II (1941-47), with a constructive influence on the Porton wartime programme (1942-43), being Superintendent of Tank Armament Research (1943-45) and superintendent at the Radar Research and Development Establishment, Malvern (1945-47). As Bashforth Professor of Mathematical Physics at the Royal Military
THOMAS, BENJAMIN BOWEN (1899 - 1977), adult educator and civil servant Committee of the Welsh League of Nations Union, an early indication of his support for international cooperation in the cause of peace. He married Rhiannon Williams in 1930, and they had one daughter, Ann. His first wife died in 1932, and he later married Gweneth Davies (d. 1963). He was seconded to the Ministry of Labour and National Service in 1941, beginning a civil service career at the late age of 42
THOMAS, DAVID FFRANGCON (1910 - 1963), cellist in 1941 and they had a daughter, Rosalind. He died 10 December 1963 in London and his ashes were interred in Nicholaston church in Gower.
THOMAS, DYLAN MARLAIS (1914 - 1953), poet and prose writer autobiographical vein emerged, in poems (and lyrical prose pieces) that set the poet in recognizable Welsh landscapes. From 1941 (the year in which he sold his Notebooks) to the end of the war, Thomas had been writing filmscripts for Strand Films, and later for Gryphon Films, under the monopolising aegis of the Ministry of Information. A good example of his success in marrying literary effects to the technical
THOMAS, GEORGE ISAAC (Arfryn; 1895 - 1941), musician and composer returning to Wales he was organist of Bethany chapel, Ammanford. He conducted singing festivals, lectured and composed solos and hymn tunes. He died 31 December 1941 and was buried in the cemetery of the old chapel, Betws, on 3 January 1942.
THOMAS, JOHN EVAN (1884 - 1941), teacher and writer , etc. He was treasurer and one of the founders of the North Wales Labour Council, 1914-19. He was headmaster of Penmachno primary school, and tutor of extramural classes. He died 1 January 1941 at Penmachno.
THOMAS, JOHN ROWLAND (1881 - 1965), religious leader and prominent merchant chapels were established in Slough, Luton and Harrow. ' J.R.' was the person mainly responsible for establishing the cause at Harrow in 1937, and under his leadership the church quickly grew to 200 members. As he was elected its first deacon and then made a deacon for life, he was, for 28 years a deacon in two churches at the same time! He was also a leader in the Union of Welsh independents. From 1941
THOMAS, JOSEPH MORGAN (1868 - 1955), minister (U) and Free Catholic, councillor and public figure . He returned to his native heath and lived thereafter at ' Y Bwthyn ', Llannarth, continuing to preach occasionally, lecture and expand his catholic ideas, as in his Dr. Williams Lecture at Carmarthen Presbyterian College (1941) on Toleration and church-unity. As a public figure, at this time, he served on Cardiganshire county council and as chairman of its highways committee; he promoted the
THOMAS, MARGARET HAIG (1883 - 1958), suffragette, editor, author and businesswoman Margaret Haig Thomas was born on 12 June 1883 in Bayswater, London, the only child of the wealthy industrialist and Liberal politician, David Alfred Thomas (later Lord Rhondda), from Ysgubor-wen near Aberdare, and his wife Sybil Margaret (née Haig, 1857-1941) descended from an ancient Scots Border family, with parents living at Pen Ithon Hall, Radnorshire. The Thomases spent long holidays there
THOMAS, RACHEL (1905 - 1995), actress play the part of the mother in John Ford's award-winning film How Green Was My Valley (1941), because of restrictions on passenger ships crossing the Atlantic due to the threat from German submarines in the early years of the Second World War she was unable to travel to America to attend the screen test. As television became increasingly popular from the mid-1950s onwards, she began to appear

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