Dictionary of Welsh Biography

JONES, Sir DAVID BRYNMOR (1852 - 1921), lawyer and historian
DAVIES, DAVID ARTHUR (1913 - 1990), meteorologist Arthur Davies was born on 11 November 1913 in Barry, Glamorganshire, the second child of Garfield Brynmor Davies, a schoolteacher, and his wife Mary Jane (née Michael, 1881-1974). He had one brother, William Brynmor Davies (1911-1970). He was educated at Gladstone Road Elementary School and Barry County School, and went on to the University of Wales, Cardiff, where he graduated with first class
SEEBOHM, FREDERIC (1833 - 1912), historian and banker The Tribal System in Wales (1895). However, he was not included in the corresponding English volume edited by Jenkins, The Dictionary of Welsh Biography down to 1940 (1959). He was a member of the Welsh land commission of 1893-6, and chapter 9 of The Welsh People by John Rhys and David Brynmor Jones (1906) is mostly his work based on the findings of the commission. He died on 6 February 1912 in
JOHN, BRYNMOR THOMAS (1934 - 1988), Labour politician general election of 1970 as successor to Arthur Pearson and he continued to represent the constituency until his death. He had first come to prominence in his opposition to the visit of the Welsh hockey team to South Africa and he was a committed devolutionist. Brynmor John was Under-secretary of State for defence for the RAF, under Harold Wilson, March 1974-April 1976, and then Minister of State at the
JONES, THOMAS (1819 - 1882), Independent minister from time to time published poems in Welsh; a volume of his sermons, The Divine Order, was published in 1884, with a preface by Browning and a biographical introduction. His three sons Sir David Brynmor Jones, John Viriamu Jones and Leifchild Stratten Jones (later Leif-Jones)
ANTHONY, DAVID BRYNMOR (1886 - 1966), school teacher and academic administrator Born 28 October 1886 at Kidwelly, Carmarthenshire, the second son of John Gwendraeth Anthony and Mary (née Harris), his wife. The father was a provision merchant, general draper and outfitter at Paris House, Kidwelly. David Brynmor attended the local Castle School before going to the county intermediate school at Llanelli. Entering University College of Wales, Aberystwyth in October 1905 he
JONES, JOHN VIRIAMU (1856 - 1901), first principal of the University College, Cardiff Board for Intermediate Education. In the midst of these indefatigable activities, he devoted every moment of his leisure to scientific research, mainly in physical measurements such as the determination of the ohm. For this research work he was elected F.R.S. in 1894. He died 1 June 1901 at Geneva and was buried near his father in S. Thomas's cemetery, Swansea. His brother, Sir David Brynmor Jones, is
FRANCIS, GWYN JONES (1930 - 2015), forester Gwyn Francis was born on 17 September 1930 in Llanelli, the son of Daniel Brynmor Francis and his wife Margaret Jane (née Jones). He was educated at Llanelli Grammar School and went on to obtain an Honours Degree in Forest Botany in 1952 at the University College of North Wales, Bangor. After graduating he served for two years as a National Serviceman in the Royal Engineers. In 1954 he married
RHYS, Sir JOHN (1840 - 1915), Celtic scholar Mabinogion (Red Book of Hergest), 1887; The Text of the Bruts (Red Book of Hergest), 1890; The Text of the Book of Llan Dav (Gwysaney MS.), 1893; with Sir J. Morris-Jones, The Elucidarium, 1894; with D. Brynmor-Jones, The Welsh People, 1900.
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