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  • ABDUL-HAMID, SHEIKH (1900 - 1944), architect and Muslim leader become London Central Mosque and East London Mosque (though his plans were never used). In 1940, Abdul-Hamid relocated to Rhyl in north Wales as an employee of the Ministry of Works (likely a wartime commission). The change in circumstances was embraced by Abdul-Hamid. He took an active part in the civic life of Rhyl, organizing charity events for the Red Cross and St John Prisoner of War Fund. He was
  • ABEL, JOHN (1770 - 1819), gweinidog Annibynnol Ganwyd yn Llanybri, Sir Gaerfyrddin, 1770, i William Abel, pregethwr cynorthwyol, un o gychwynwyr (1813) achos y Capel Newydd yno. Honnir iddo fynd 'i Academi Caerfyrddin,' ond yn Abertawe yr oedd yr Academi ar y pryd. Yn 1794 dilynodd David Davies fel gweinidog eglwys fechan Capel Sul, Cydweli, a chadwai ysgol. Nid oedd John Abel yn 'uniongred'; dywed yr Undodwr Wright, a ymwelodd â Chymru yn
  • ABEL, JOHN (1770 - 1819), Welsh Independent minister Born in Llanybri, Carmarthenshire, 1770, son of William Abel, one of the founders of Capel Newydd in that village. It is said that he attended the Carmarthen Academy but this establishment was in Swansea at that time. In 1794 he succeeded David Davies (died 1807) as minister of the small congregation at Capel Sul, Kidwelly and he also kept a school. John Abel was not orthodox, according to the
  • ABLETT, NOAH (1883 - 1935), Glöwr ac arweinydd Undeb Llafur Ganwyd yn Porth, Rhondda, 4 Hydref 1883, mab John a Jane Ablett. Glöwr yn y Rhondda oedd Ablett pan aeth i'r Coleg Llafur. Pan ddychwelodd penodwyd ef yn swyddog mesur glo yn y Maerdy. Etholwyd ef yn aelod o bwyllgor canol Ffederasiwn Glöwyr y De, yn Ionawr 1911, ac yn ddiweddarach o bwyllgor canol Ffederasiwn Glöwyr Prydain Fawr. Yn 1918 penodwyd ef yn gynrychiolydd y glowyr ym Merthyr ac yno y
  • ABLETT, NOAH (1883 - 1935), miner and Trade Union leader Born at Porth, Rhondda, 4 October 1883, son of John and Jane Ablett. As a miner, he went for a period to the Central Labour College; he then became a checkweigher at Maerdy. He was elected a member of the Executive Committee of the South Wales Miners' Federation in January 1911, and subsequently a member of the executive of the Miners' Federation of Great Britain. In 1918 he was appointed a
  • ABRAHAM, RICHARD (fl. 1673-1700), bardd
  • ABRAHAM, RICHARD (fl. 1673-1700), poet
  • ABRAM, RICHARD - see ABRAHAM, RICHARD
  • ABRAM, RICHARD - see ABRAHAM, RICHARD
  • ADAM (d. 1181), esgob Llanelwy Pan bwyswyd yn 1175 ar Godfrey, a fuasai i ffwrdd yn hir o'i esgobaeth (a oedd bellach o dan reolaeth y Cymry), i ddychwelyd, fe ddewisodd yn hytrach ymddiswyddo. Llanwyd ei le trwy ddewis Adam, Cymro a fu'n astudio yn ysgolion Paris ac a ddyrchafesid yn ganon yn yr eglwys gadeiriol yno; fe'i cysegrwyd yn Westminster gan yr archesgob Richard, 12 Hydref. Oherwydd peth tebygrwydd yng ngyrfa'r ddau
  • ADAM (d. 1181), bishop of St Asaph Godfrey, long absent from his see, which was now under Welsh control, was pressed in 1175 to return. Instead, he resigned. His place was filled by the election of Adam, a Welshman who had studied in the schools of Paris and risen to the dignity of a canon of that cathedral; he was consecrated at Westminster by archbishop Richard, 12 October A similarity in the career of the two has led many
  • ADAM 'de USK' (1352? - 1430), gwr o'r gyfraith Richard II a'i gefnogwyr. Pan gafwyd tro ar fyd yn 1399, yr oedd ef gyda'r blaid fuddugol; teithiodd gyda Harri IV a'r archesgob o Fryste i Gaer, ac ar y daith setlodd gweryl rhwng iarll Lancaster a'i gyfeillion ef ei hun yng Nghaerbuga. Yr oedd yn aelod o'r comisiwn a benodwyd i ddarganfod rhesymau cyfreithiol o blaid diorseddu Richard II; a gwelodd a chlywodd Adam y brenin hwnnw pan oedd yn garcharor