Dictionary of Welsh Biography

BEVAN, THOMAS (Caradawc, Caradawc y Fenni; 1802 - 1882), antiquary in the shop at the Clydach works, Brecknock (generally known as the Llanelly works). There he met several Welshmen who were interested in Welsh literature and the eisteddfod - David Lewis (son of the Rev. James Lewis, of Llanwenarth), Thomas Williams (Gwilym Morganwg), and John Morgan, the 'Rhifyddwr Egwan' of Seren Gomer. He owed much, however, of his knowledge of literary style to the
BEYNON, ROBERT (1881 - 1953), minister (Presb.), poet and essayist Born 8 October 1881 in The Office, Pontyberem, Carmarthenshire, son of Thomas and Anne Beynon. He began preaching in Soar chapel, and was educated for the ministry in Watcyn Wyn's school (Watkin Hezekiah Williams) in Ammanford; Pontypridd school; University College, Cardiff (where he graduated B.A.); and the Theological College, Aberystwyth. He was ordained in 1911, and was pastor of Carmel
BEYNON, ROSSER (Asaph Glan Tâf; 1811 - 1876), musician Born at Glyn Eithinog in the Vale of Neath, Glamorganshire, son of John and Elizabeth Beynon. The family moved in 1815 to Merthyr Tydfil where the son went to a school kept by George Williams, but only for a short period, as he started work when he was 8 years of age in an iron-works where, later, he was to become an important official. He showed an interest in music at an early age and in 1835
BLACKWELL, HENRY (1851 - 1928), bookbinder and bookseller, bibliographer and biographer the Welsh Language published in the United States'), Y Drych, The Druid, The Cambrian, 1882, and 1884 (a catalogue of his library of books in the English language relating to Wales and the Welsh), and Old Brecknock Chips, 1886 ('Brecknockshire authors and books printed in Brecknockshire'). He had proposed to issue in 1886 an American edition of Jane Williams: A History of Wales… (London, 1869
BLAKE, LOIS (1890 - 1974), historian and promoter of Welsh folk dancing people were aware of the wealth of dances that Wales possessed. Lois Blake was an enthusiastic member of the EFDSS (The English Folk Dance and Song Society), and on moving to Wales she intended to add Welsh folk dances to her repertoire. To her utter disappointment no-one, apart from the Romanies, were either aware of or practised our dances. With the encouragement of Mr David Williams, headmaster of
BODWRDA family Bodwrda, England, of which he was deprived by Parliament in 1646, he was presented in 1651 to that of Aberdaron (near his home), the gift of which had been made over to the college by archbishop John Williams. GRIFFITH BODWRDA, the third son, who left S. John's without graduating, was in 1626, as under-sheriff of Caernarvonshire, exonerated by the Lords on a charge of violating the Parliamentary privilege of
BOSSE-GRIFFITHS, KATE (1910 - 1998), Egyptologist and author the Classics and in Egyptology. They were married in 1939, and moved to Pentre in the Rhondda Valley, where Gwyn had been appointed a teacher at Porth County School. Writers, poets and pacifists began to gather around them to form Cylch Cadwgan (the Cadogan Circle). Members of the group, like William Thomas (Pennar) Davies and Rhydwen Williams, must have been impressed by Kate, who brought an
BOWEN family Llwyn-gwair, the eldest son of James Bowen and Alice, daughter of Robert Rowe and married Easter, daughter of William Thomas, Pentowyn, Carmarthenshire, and they had six sons and six daughters. Anne, one of the daughters, became the wife of the Rev. David Griffiths, Nevern. Llwyn-gwair served as a stepping stone for John Wesley on his journeyings to and from Ireland (see Wesley, Diaries), whilst David Jones
BOWEN, BEN (1878 - 1903), student and poet The sixth child of Thomas and Dinah Bowen, Treorchy, Rhondda, he was educated at Treorchy Board School, Pontypridd Collegiate School, and Cardiff University College. As a young coal miner he was precociously interested in poetry under the influence of local literary societies, eisteddfodau, and the writings of D. W. Jones (Dafydd Morgannwg) in The South Wales Weekly News and Thomas Williams
BOWEN, D.E. (fl. 1840-80), editor, author and Baptist minister in U.S.A. published The Berean; or Miscellaneous Writings of the Reverend D.E. Bowen, Carbondale, Pa. (Carbondale, n.d.); a Lecture on the Life and Genius of the Reverend John Williams, Senior Pastor of the Oliver Street Baptist Church, New York (New York, n.d.).
BOWEN, EDWARD GEORGE (1911 - 1991), developer of radar and an early radio astronomer was impossible in Wales, he provided facts that misproved their claims and Wales had its radio system. He married Enid Vesta Williams of Neath in 1938 and they had three sons. He died 12 August 1991 at Ashley House Nursing Home, Chatswood, Sydney, Australia and his funeral was held in Northern Suburbs crematorium 16 August.
BOWEN, IVOR (1862 - 1934), K.C., county court judge . His publications include The Statutes of Wales, 1908, The Great Enclosures of Common Lands in Wales, 1914, ' John Williams of Gloddaeth, Lord Keeper of the Great Seal of England ' (The Transactions of the Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion 1927-8) and ' Grand Juries, Justices of the Peace and Quarter Sessions in Wales ' (The Transactions of the Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion 1933-4). He left in

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