Dictionary of Welsh Biography

AUGUSTUS, WILLIAM, a prescientific weather forecaster and translator He lived at Cil-y-cwm, near Llandovery, Carmarthenshire, at the close of the 18th century. The precise dates of his life are unknown, but he was living in 1794 when John Ross of Carmarthen printed The Husbandman's Perpetual Prognostication. This work is a curious collection of weather lore written partly in Welsh and partly in English. The source of the Welsh portion (which is largely a
BACON family, iron-masters and colliery proprietors iron-works at Pen-y-darren. Before Tanner had transferred his lease (in or about March, 1786) to Richard Crawshay of London, later the celebrated iron-master, Anthony Bacon had died at Cyfarthfa (21 January 1786) at the age of 67. He had left 'the extensive Works of Cyfarthfa, Plymouth and Hirwaun, all in full operation, guided by his single will,' together with an estate called ' Banklands ' in the
BADDY, THOMAS (d. 1729), Independent minister and author Song of Solomon (1725), and some hymns appended to Pasc y Christion (1703), deserve mention, in spite of their literary defects, as the earliest known attempts at hymnody among Welsh Dissenters.
BAILEY family Nant-y-glo, their rich uncle's iron-works. He was one of the witnesses to his uncle's will (26 September 1809), and was bequeathed the sum of £1,000. It is probable that he remained for some time at Cyfarthfa after his uncle's death, but it is uncertain whether he left with his brother when the latter, with the assistance of Matthew Wayne, commenced work at Nant-y-glo in 1811. In any case, he took over
BAILEY family Glanusk Park, , and had appointed his son, William Crawshay II, as the manager, and neither welcomed so powerful a personality as Joseph Bailey either as co-proprietor or co-manager. Joseph sold his quarter share in Cyfarthfa in January 1813 for £20,000. Accompanied by Matthew Wayne, an experienced Cyfarthfa agent, he bought the Nant-y-glo works (which had immense natural advantages, but which had been at a stop
BALLINGER, Sir JOHN (1860 - 1933), first librarian of the National Library of Wales example, chosen as the president of the Library Association in 1922. He served for a time as chairman of the Press Board of the University of Wales; that body arranged for him to prepare new editions of Rhann o Psalmae Dafydd Brophwyd … 1603, Basilikon Doron … 1604, Y Llyfr Plygain … 1612, Yr Ymarfer o Dduwioldeb … 1630, and Carwr y Cymru … 1631. He prepared the introduction for a new edition (1927) of
BARDD BACH, Y - see RHYS FARDD
BARDD BYDDAR, Y - see HOPE, WILLIAM
BARDD CLOFF, Y - see JONES, THOMAS
BARDD Y BRENIN - see JONES, EDWARD
BARDD Y GWAGEDD - see WILLIAMS, RICHARD
BARDD Y NANT - see JONES, WILLIAM

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