Dictionary of Welsh Biography

WILLIAMS, Sir ROGER (1540? - 1595), soldier and author Williams, a member of the family of Penrhos, Monmouth (this family bore, later, the surname Addams-Williams - see under Williams, Sir Trevor); and (3) Sir Roger Williams (1540? - 1595), soldier and author; it is with him that this short note will be concerned. Like his namesake, the second Roger Williams named above, Sir Roger Williams was a member of the family of Penrhos, being the son of Thomas
WILLIAMS, SAMUEL (c. 1660 - c. 1722), cleric and author . He wrote very little in the classical forms of poetry, but he was the author of the englynion in praise of the writer of Meddylieu Neilltuol ar Grefydd, 1717, and that in praise of his literary friend, Iaco ab Dewi (James Davies, 1648 - 1722).
WILLIAMS, TALIESIN (1787 - 1847), poet and author
WILLIAMS, THOMAS (Capelulo; c.1782 - 1855), reformed drunkard, itinerant bookseller, 'character' and ballads, almanacks and books. Most of what is known of 'Capelulo' is found in his autobiography (Hanes bywyd Thomas Williams, yr hwn a adwaenid wrth yr enw Thomas Capelulo. A ysgrifenwyd o'i enau ef ei hun) published by John Jones in 1854. This is a literary version of what the author said 'in his own words' and its honesty is a remarkable feature. Robert Owen Hughes 'Elfyn' based his memoir on
WILLIAMS, Sir THOMAS MARCHANT (1845 - 1914), barrister and writer position which he held till his death. While living in London he took an active part in the revival of the Cymmrodorion Society and the establishment of the National Eisteddfod Association. At the time of his death he was chairman of the Council of the Association. He was also keenly interested in Welsh education. A prolific and caustic writer, he was the author of, amongst other things, The Land of my
WILLIAMS, THOMAS OSWALD (ap Gwarnant; 1888 - 1965), Unitarian minister, author, poet and public figure
WILLIAMS, TOM PUGH (1912 - 1985), university professor anthology, The Harrap Anthology of German Poetry. A second edition of this popular anthology was published in 1969. In 1954 he published a Welsh translation of the long short-story, Romeo und Julia auf dem Dorfe by the Swiss author, Gottfried Keller (1819-1890) under the title, Romeo a Julia'r Pentre. Amongst his interests was the Swedish language and he taught an optional course as part of the Single
WILLIAMS, WILLIAM (fl. 1648-1677), author of Poetical Piety Little is known of this man beyond what he says himself in the dedication to Sir Thomas Pryse, Gogerddan, Cardiganshire, of his book Poetical Piety: or Poetry made Pious …, printed for the author 'at the White Swan in Black-Fryers near the King's Printing-house,' London, 1677. He says that he was then 'near Thirty' years of age, that he had been born in the vicinity of Gogerddan, and that he knew
WILLIAMS, WILLIAM (1817 - 1900), Calvinistic Methodist minister, and author , and was ordained at the Bridgend Association, 1848. In 1851 he went to Bethany (English) chapel, Swansea, where, apart from five years at Crickhowel, he spent the rest of his life. He died 10 November 1900. He was a popular preacher all his life, but it was as an author that he shone. His first book was Y Puritaniaid (Denbigh, 1860); after which appeared A Memoir of Wm. Griffiths, Gower (London
WILLIAMS, WILLIAM (Crwys; 1875 - 1968), poet, preacher, archdruid 1956). His recitation pieces for children and adults were very popular at eisteddfodau in the second quarter of the twentieth century, but he is chiefly remembered as the author of well-known lyric poems such as ' Dysgub y Dail ', ' Melin Trefin, ' Siôn a Siân ', ' Y Border Bach ', and ' Y Sipsi '. He is one of the poets who succeeded in freeing himself from the fetters of the 'New Bard'. He also
WILLIAMS, WILLIAM (1738 - 1817) Llandygái, antiquary, author, prominent official at Cae-braich-y-cafn quarry retirement gave him leisure to indulge his literary tastes: in 1802 was published, at Oxford, his Observations on the Snowdon Mountains, which contains interesting notes on local customs and folk-lore, including (as was natural) a long chapter on the descent of the Penrhyn family (the author of this part of the work was John Thomas, sometime of Beaumaris, 1736 - 1769); five years after his death was
WILLIAMS, WILLIAM (fl. 1853), translator and author Known in his day as the author of a Welsh translation - Caban 'Newyrth Tom (Abertawy, 1853) - of Harriett B. Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin. He also published an attack on Mormonism under the title Dynoethiad Mormoniaeth; yn cynwys Hanes Joseph Smith, Saith Gradd y Deml, Gwreigiaeth Ysbrydol, yn nghyda'r Seremoniau a arferir ar Dderbyniad i'r Urdd hono (Abertawy, 1853). He was living at Ystradgynlais

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