Dictionary of Welsh Biography

ANEIRIN (fl. second half of the 6th century), poet country through the valour of Llywarch's son may be accepted. In the 'Book of Aneirin' three other old songs, apart from the 'Gododdin,' are preserved which are ascribed to him. Moreover, in later manuscripts there are ' Englynion y Misoedd' (Verses of the Months), which, it is claimed, were written by him. The linguistic form of these songs does not support the claim. In the triads the slaying of
ANWYL, EDWARD (1786 - 1857), Wesleyan minister Born 1786 (baptized 12 April) at Tyn-y-llan, Llanegryn, Meironnydd. He was educated at the old grammar school at Llanegryn, but left school, about 1798, to work on the land. In 1806 he joined the Wesleyans (who had been preaching at Llanegryn from 1804); he began preaching in 1808, and was ordained in the same year. From that date till his superannuation in 1854, he served twenty-one successive
ANWYL, JOHN BODVAN (Bodfan; 1875 - 1949), minister (Congl.), lexicographer, and author , Caernarfonshire, where he died, by drowning, 23 July 1949; he was buried in Penllech, Caernarfonshire churchyard. A younger brother of Sir Edward Anwyl, he contributed extensively to the Welsh press. He edited reprints of Drych y prif oesoedd and Gweledigaethau y Bardd Cwsc, was author of Y pulpud bach (1924), Yr arian mawr (1934), Fy hanes i fy hunan (1933), and Englynion (1933), and prepared translations
ANWYL, LEWIS (1705? - 1776), cleric and author Born at Llandecwyn, Meironnydd, son of William Anwyl, rector of Llanfrothen (1709-13) and of Ffestiniog and Maentwrog (1713-29). In 1723 he became a member of All Souls College, Oxford, and graduated in 1726. He was appointed curate-in-charge of Ysbyty Ifan in 1740, moving to the living of Abergele in 1742. He published at least four works: (a) Y Nefawl Ganllaw, Neu'r Union Ffordd i Fynwes
AP GWYNN, ARTHUR (1902 - 1987), librarian and the third librarian of the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth bibliography of Thomas Gwynn Jones. His first notes on his father appeared in Y Llenor 28 (1949) pp. 54-5, 'Manylion ynglyn â'i Fywyd a'i Waith', which he rewrote in 1982 for inclusion as 'Thomas Gwynn Jones: Dyddiau a Gweithiau,' in Thomas Gwynn Jones, edited by Gwynn ap Gwilym (Llandybie: Gwasg Christopher Davies), the third volume in the series Cyfres y Meistri, pp. 41-60. Reprinted in the same volume are
AP THOMAS, DAFYDD RHYS (1912 - 2011), Old Testament scholar pioneering work, The Psalms in Israel's Worship (2 vols, 1962, and 2004). He published A primer of Old Testament text criticism (1947, revised ed. 1961) and with Gwilym H. Jones, Gramadeg Hebraeg y Beibl (1976). He was the editor of the series Beibl a Chrefydd published by the University of Wales Press, 1976-1990. He was the energetic and enthusiastic secretary of the Society for Old Testament Study from
APPERLEY, CHARLES JAMES (Nimrod; 1779 - 1843), writer on sport Born 1779 at Plas Gronow (now demolished), near Wrexham, second son of Thomas Apperley; his mother was a daughter of William Wynn (1709 - 1760), of Maes y Neuadd, Talsarnau, Meironnydd, rector of Llangynhafal. Educated at Rugby (1790), Apperley became in 1798 cornet in Sir Watkin William Wynn's Ancient British Light Dragoons and served in Ireland. He married (1801) Winifred, daughter of William
ASAPH (fl. c. 600), reputed founder of the see of St Asaph He is only known through tradition. In the oldest form of ' Bonedd y Saint ' he appears as the son of Sawyl (Samuel) Benuchel and the grandson of Pabo Post Prydain; Penuchel (highbrow) may be a euphemism for Penisel (lowbrow), which is found in another early source. Fragments of an early life were included in the ' Red Book of Asaph,' according to the transcripts of that MS., not one of which has
ASHTON, CHARLES (1848 - 1899), Welsh bibliographer and literary historian Born at Ty'nsarn, Llawr-y-glyn, Montgomeryshire, 4 September 1848, the son of Elizabeth Ashton. When he was about 9 years old he began to receive instruction from one John Jones who kept school for three months at a time in the local Wesleyan and Calvinistic Methodist chapels. At the age of 12 Ashton went to work in the lead mines of Dylife, an occupation which he soon found uncongenial. Leaving
ASHTON, JOHN (1830 - 1896), musician Born in a house called Oleuddu, near Trefeglwys, Montgomeryshire. He was a shoemaker by trade, but meeting with an accident which prevented him from following that occupation, he joined the police force. Hymn tunes composed by him - they include 'Trefeglwys,' composed in 1857 -are found in Llyfr Tonau Cynulleidfaol, Caniadau y Cysegr a'r Teulu, and Cerddor yr Ysgol Sabothol, and there are songs
ATKIN, JAMES RICHARD (1867 - 1944), judge not sufficient means was passed; it is to him that we owe the general sympathy which this movement received. He was made a member of the Privy Council in 1919, and created baron in 1928; he was elected F.B.A. in 1938. He married Lucy Elizabeth (died 1939), the eldest daughter of William Hemmant, Bulimba, Sevenoaks, formerly colonial treasurer, Queensland. Atkin lived for many years at Craig-y-don
ATKIN, JAMES RICHARD (1867 - 1944), lawyer and judge . The couple had eight children - six daughters and two sons. The eldest son was killed in the war in France in 1917. The family lived in Kensington, London, and from 1912 also had a house in Aberdyfi, Craig-y-don, where they spent their summer holidays. As a legal practitioner, Atkin served on the South Wales and Chester circuit, but actually spent most of his time in London, especially once he began

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