Dictionary of Welsh Biography

THOMAS, JOSHUA (1719 - 1797), Baptist minister and historian was baptized in May 1740. He returned to Wales in 1743, commenced to preach, and went to the Association meetings at Cilfowyr, the very first for him to attend. In 1746 he married a lady from Lampeter who was closely related to David Davis, Castell Hywel, and the same year he settled as minister at the Hay, was ordained at Maes-y-berllan, preaching and keeping school; at times he preached at Olchon
THOMAS, TIMOTHY (1720 - 1768) Maes-isaf, Pencarreg, Baptist minister and author Emlyn. THOMAS THOMAS (1759 - 1819), minister and author Literature and Writing Religion Second son of the second marriage of Timothy Thomas 'I,' and twin brother of John Thomas, M.R.C.S., Aberduar, was born 5 March 1759. He was educated at the school of David Davis, Castell-hywel, and was baptized at Aberduar by David Saunders 'I' March 1776. Admitted to Bristol Baptist Academy in 1777, he was
TURNER, EDWARD (1792 - 1826), prize-fighter '), narrowly losing, Davis and Martin ('Master of the Rolls') twice, winning the first time and losing the second, and Inglis twice, losing the first and winning the second time. His health failed and he died April 1826 at the age of 34. He was modest, unassuming, and good-natured. As regards skill, endurance, and courage in the ring, he was never excelled. George Borrow praised him in his panegyric on the
TURNER, MERFYN LLOYD (1915 - 1991), social reformer and author married a volunteer called Shirley Davis (born 1932) who came to work at Norman House and they had five children - two boys and three girls (triplets). The idea for the venture was partly inspired by his regular visits to Scandinavian countries during the forties and fifties, where he witnessed first-hand methods used to treat and reform prisoners which were far less punitive than the traditional
WAITHMAN, ROBERT (1764 - 1833), lord mayor of London Born at Wrexham in 1764, the son of John Waithman, of Warton, Lancashire, a joiner at the Bersham furnace, and of his wife, Mary (Roberts). He served in a linen-draper's shop in London, and, about 1786, opened a shop of his own, first in Fleet Market, and then at 103 and 104 Fleet Street. He married, on 14 July 1787, his cousin, Mary Davis. He amassed a considerable fortune. Under the influence
WILLIAMS, HENRY (1624 - 1684), Puritan preacher, prominent as a free-communion Baptist -sacrifice. He was buried at Llanllwchaearn, 2 April 1684. A somewhat long elegy to his memory was written by Richard Davis, minister of Rothwell in Northants, who was married to his daughter Rosamond. Jane Williams the historian was a distant descendant of Henry Williams, and by her pen-name renewed the memory of the old home of Ysgafell.
WILLIAMS, JANE (Ysgafell; 1806 - 1885), Welsh historian and miscellaneous writer therein; The Literary Remains of the Rev. Thomas Price, Carnhuanawc … with a Memoir of his Life (Llandovery, 1854-55); The Origin, Rise, and Progress of the Paper People (London, 1856), a little book about paper-cutting, with illustrations by lady Llanover; The Autobiography of Elizabeth Davis, a Balaclava Nurse, Daughter of Dafydd Cadwaladr (London, 1857); The Literary Women of England (London, 1861
WILLIAMS, TALIESIN (1787 - 1847), poet and author Davis at Neath. In 1816 he opened a school at Merthyr Tydfil, where he remained until his death on 16 February 1847. We know little of his literary activity during his youth and it is a somewhat strange fact that he took little interest in the history and literature of Wales until he came into touch with the promoters of the provincial societies, which was about the year 1820. After that he was a

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