Dictionary of Welsh Biography

ANWYL, Sir EDWARD (1866 - 1914), Celtic scholar Born 5 August 1866 at Chester, son of John and Ellen Anwyl, he was educated at the King's School, Chester, and at Oriel and Mansfield colleges, Oxford. He became professor of Welsh at the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth, 1892, and, later, professor of Comparative Philology as well. He was appointed first principal of Monmouthshire Training College, Caerleon, in November 1913, but died 8
ANWYL, JOHN BODVAN (Bodfan; 1875 - 1949), minister (Congl.), lexicographer, and author Born 27 June 1875 in Chester, son of John Anwyl, lay preacher, of the Anwyl family of Caerwys, Flintshire, and his wife Ellen (née Williams), whose family came from Llangwnnadl, Caernarfonshire. He entered the ministry and became minister of Elim (Congl.), Carmarthen in 1899. Owing to deafness he relinquished his church to take charge of the Deaf and Dumb Institute at Pontypridd, 1904-19. In 1914
ANWYL, LEWIS (1705? - 1776), cleric and author April 1767; it is a translation of J. Hammond's Historical Narrative of the Whole Bible; and (g) a translation of John Mabletoft's preface to his book entitled The Principles and the Duties of the Christian Religion (1710). He died at Abergele and was buried in the parish church 27 February 1776.
AP GWYNN, ARTHUR (1902 - 1987), librarian and the third librarian of the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth 1967, a period of over 31 years. 'A story of small beginnings and a slow growth and a somewhat uncertain future.' That is how Arthur ap Gwynn himself described his period as librarian of the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth, between 1932 and 1967. His predecessor, J. D. Williams concluded his account of the College Library in The College by the Sea (edited by Iwan Morgan, 1928) with
APPERLEY, CHARLES JAMES (Nimrod; 1779 - 1843), writer on sport . Apperley's best-known books are The Chace, the Road, and the Turf (1837), Memoirs of the Life of John Mytton (1837), The Life of a Sportsman (1842), and Hunting Reminiscences (1843). While in France he became a member of the staff of the Sporting Review, and, at J. G. Lockhart's request, contributed to the Quarterly Review articles on ' Melton Mowbray,' ' The Road,' and ' The Turf.' In his autobiography he
ARNOLD family Llanthony, Llanvihangel Crucorney, Protestant, and was made chief justice of Ireland in 1564. His career is covered in D.N.B. Supplement, 75. JOHN ARNOLD Sir Nicholas Arnold's second son (wrongly called Thomas in The Transactions of the Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion, 1942, 21), inherited Llanthony (the Gloucestershire estates passing to the children of a former marriage), but later leased it to the Hopton family (retaining the baronial
ARNOLD, JOHN (1634), Whig politician - see ARNOLD
ARTHUR (fl. early 6th century?), one of the leaders of the Britons against their enemies He became in later ages the chief figure of the Arthurian cycle of tales. Nothing definite is known about him as a historical character, although his existence can no longer be denied, nor can he be explained, as he was by Sir John Rhys and others, as a purely legendary figure. He is not mentioned by Gildas, c. 540, in his reference to the victory of the Britons at ' Badon Hill ' ('Mons Badonicus
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
AUBREY, JOHN (1626 - 1697) - see AUBREY, WILLIAM
AUBREY, THOMAS (1808 - 1867), Welsh Wesleyan Methodist minister district meeting. On 6 April 1831 he married Elizabeth, daughter of Robert and Gwen Williams of Ruthin. He died at Rhyl on 16 November 1867. Thomas Aubrey is one of the outstanding figures in Welsh Wesleyan Methodist history. He was first and foremost an eloquent and successful preacher, but he was hardly less successful as an administrator, despite the slight interest he had taken in circuit

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