Dictionary of Welsh Biography

EVANS, WILLIAM, Presbyterian minister, and lexicographer Hardly anything is known about him (see the rather confused correspondence in Ymofynydd, December 1887, 268-70, 275-6, January 1888, 19-20, and February 1888 43-4), except that he hailed from Cefn-gwili, Llanedy, Carmarthenshire, and according to W. D. Jeremy was at Carmarthen Academy 1768-72. At the beginning of 1776 he was minister at Sherborne, but in March he accepted a call to
EVANS, WILLIAM EMRYS (1924 - 2004), banker and philanthropist Emrys Evans was born on 4 April 1924, the son of Richard and Mary Elizabeth Evans, Maesglas, Y Foel, Montgomeryshire. On leaving Llanfair Caereinion County School in 1941, he went to work with the Midland Bank (now known as HSBC). A year later, he enlisted in the Royal Navy where he served as a radio operator; he was among a small group of men landed in Normandy, one day before D-Day, to report
FOSTER, IDRIS LLEWELYN (1911 - 1984), Welsh and Celtic Scholar . Brynley F. Roberts, 1988) was dedicated to his memory. He did not, however, succeed in publishing his magnum opus on Culhwch ac Olwen (he was perhaps too much of a perfectionist) but this was completed for him in a series of four volumes by his friends Rachel Bromwich and D. Simon Evans between 1988 and 1997 - an act of extraordinary benefaction not only to Foster's posthumous scholarly reputation but
FRANCIS, GEORGE GRANT (1814 - 1882), business man and antiquary The son of John Francis and Mary Grant and a brother to J. D. Francis, he was born at Swansea in January 1814, was educated at its grammar school, and spent the whole of his active life there. In 1840 he married Sarah, the eldest daughter of John Richardson, a Northumbrian settled in Swansea; they had three sons. He died in London 21 April 1882, but was buried in his native town. He was
GALLIE, MENNA PATRICIA (1919 - 1990), writer Welsh village, it is a deeply political novel masquerading as an innocuous whodunnit. The suspicious death of an unpopular mine manager investigated by a bullying, egoistic police inspector allowed Menna Gallie to expose the uses and abuses of institutionalised authority while disarming her readers by her engaging representations of harmless, often eccentric, Welsh miners. The central character, D. J
GEORGE, THOMAS NEVILLE (1904 - 1980), Professor of Geology Conservation Council; and as president of the Geological Section of the British Association (Liverpool; 1953), Association of University Teachers (1959-60), Palaeontological Association (1962-64), Geological Society of London (1968-70), and other associations. The numerous honours he received include: being elected Fellow of the Royal Society (1963), Hon. D-ès-Sc (Rennes; 1956), Honorary LLD (Wales; 1970
GIBBON, JAMES MORGAN (1855 - 1932), Independent minister bodies in Wales and Monmouthshire (1910). He refused to sign its report, and at the request of the Free Churches, through F. B. Meyer, published a book explaining his point of view: Weighed in the Balance: The Case for Welsh Disestablishment, with a foreword by D. Lloyd George, 1910. He was chairman of the Congregational Union of England and Wales (1913-14). He published: The Epistle to the Galatians
GRENFELL, DAVID RHYS (1881 - 1968), Labour politician magistrate who died in about 1970. Both husband and wife were active members of the Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion. The family lived at 'Ardwyn', Camglas Road, Sketty in Swansea. D. R. Grenfell died on 21 November 1968 aged 87 years, and was buried at Brynteg Cemetery, Gorseinon. His papers are in the custody of the South Wales Coalfield Archive at the Swansea University library.
GRESHAM, COLIN ALASTAIR (1913 - 1989), archaeologist, historian and author an interest in local history and antiquities during his teens. Indeed, he wrote the opening pages of an intended history of Eifionydd in 1928 when he was only fifteen years of age. Soon afterwards he set about learning Welsh, and that mainly (like Ffransis G. Payne) with the help of Welsh Made Easy by A. S. D. Smith ('Caradar'). With the same earnestness he became an accomplished harpist; he had
GRIFFITHS, DAVID ROBERT (1915 - 1990), Baptist minister and Biblical scholar D. R. Griffiths was born in Brynhyfryd, Pentre, Rhondda in 1915. He was the son of the Reverend Robert Griffiths, minister of Moriah Baptist chapel, Pentre, and Mrs Mimah Griffiths, daughter of David Davies, Maes Twynog, Llanwrda. Five very talented children were born to them: Elizabeth Jane, Augusta, John Gwyn (Professor J. Gwyn Griffiths, Swansea University), David Robert and Gwilym. Like his
GRIFFITHS, GRIFFITH (1762 - 1818), Presbyterian minister of unknown antecedents, was at Castellhywel school and went to Swansea Academy in 1784. He was ordained in 1788 as colleague to David Griffiths at Llechryd, Cardiganshire, and after D. Griffiths's death (1794) was sole pastor; he also kept school. Like his colleague, he was far from being an orthodox Calvinist; indeed, throughout his career at Llechryd he also assisted David Davis at Pen-rhiw
GRIFFITHS, JOHN GWYNEDD (1911 - 2004), scholar, poet and Welsh nationalist Born 7 December 1911 in Porth, Rhondda Valley, third of five children of the Reverend Robert Griffiths, minister of Moreia (B), Pentre, and Mrs Jemima Griffiths (née Davies). A younger brother was the Reverend D. R. Griffiths (1915-1990), biblical scholar and hymnist. He was educated at Porth County School for Boys, then at the University College of South Wales and Monmouthshire, Cardiff (1st

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