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817 - 828 of 5812 for "john richard hughes"

  • DAVIS family, perchnogion glofeydd 1867 a bu farw Frederick Davis yn 1876. Parhawyd y gwaith gan y ddau frawd arall. Yr oedd David Davis, ieu. (1821 - 1884) yn fwy o ddyn cyhoeddus na'i dad. Bu iddo ran amlwg ym mherswadio Henry Richard i sefyll etholiad seneddol ym Merthyr Tudful ac Aberdâr (1868) ac fel Lewis ei frawd cafodd wahoddiad i ddyfod yn ymgeisydd seneddol yno pan ymddeolodd Richard Fothergill (III) yn 1880. Yr oedd yn
  • DAVIS family, coalowners father had been. He took a prominent part in inducing Henry Richard to seek election as Member of Parliament for the Merthyr Tydfil and Aberdare district (1868) and, like his brother, Lewis, was invited to contest the second seat there when Richard Fothergill ('III ') retired in 1880. A good employer, he kept the Davis collieries open throughout the ' lock-out ' of 1875, and subsequently became vice
  • DAVIS, DAVID (Dafis Castellhywel; 1745 - 1827), gweinidog Ariaidd, bardd, ac ysgolfeistr athro drwy Gymru gyfan; ordeinid offeiriaid o'i ysgol am flynyddoedd. Ceir enwau rhyw 111 o'i hen ddisgyblion fel tanysgrifwyr i Telyn Dewi. Cyfathrachai â'r Dr. Richard Price, Edward Williams ('Iolo Morganwg'), Thomas Roberts, Llwyn'rhudol, 'Glanygors,' Thomas Evans ('Thomas Glyn Cothi'); a throes lu o wŷr ei ardal yn bleidwyr y Chwyldro Ffrengig. Yn 1801-2 bu anghydfod a rhwyg yn ei eglwysi, a
  • DAVIS, DAVID (Dafis Castellhywel; 1745 - 1827), Arian minister, poet, and schoolmaster vale of Cletwr, and from that time on was known as 'Dafis Castellhywel.' Here he kept a school for over thirty years and his reputation as a teacher spread throughout Wales; for many years candidates for Anglican orders were ordained direct from the school. The names of 111 of his former pupils are to be found in the list of subscribers to Telyn Dewi. He was a friend of Richard Price, Edward Williams
  • DAVIS, ELIZABETH (1789 - 1860), nyrs a theithwraig . Boddodd Harris ddau ddiwrnod cyn eu priodas pan ddrylliwyd ei long y tu allan i borthladd Lerpwl. Diweddïodd Betsi sawl tro ar ôl hynny, yn gyntaf gyda James B___, peintiwr tai o Gaer, ond ffôdd i Lundain ddau ddiwrnod cyn y briodas, gan aros yn nhŷ John Jones (Jac Glan-y-gors), perthynas bell iddi. Yn ystod y cyfnod dilynol yn Llundain, lle bu'n gweithio fel morwyn tŷ, diweddïodd am amser byr â
  • DAVIS, ELIZABETH (1789 - 1860), nurse and traveller London two days before their wedding, where she stayed in the house of John Jones (Jac Glan-y-gors), with whom she claimed distant kinship. During the following period in London, where she worked as a domestic servant, she briefly became engaged to an upholsterer whom the Autobiography designates only as H___. In November 1820, she was hired as maid to the wife of the captain of a merchant ship sailing
  • DAVIS, RICHARD (1658 - 1714), gweinidog Annibynnol
  • DAVIS, RICHARD (1658 - 1714), Independent minister
  • DAWKINS, MORGAN GAMAGE (1864 - 1939), gweinidog gyda'r Annibynwyr, bardd, ac emynydd Aberafan, 1932, a'i delynegion a'i gywydd yng Nghastell Nedd, 1934. Cyfrannodd yn helaeth i'r Tyst a'r Darian ac i'r papurau lleol. Yr oedd yn aelod o'r Orsedd. Efe yw awdur emyn 1049 yn y Caniedydd Cynulleidfaol Newydd. Cyhoeddodd ailargraffiad o'r Lloffyn Addfed (John Davies, Mynydd-bach, 1850) yn 1914, a hunangofiant dwyieithog, Hogyn o Lannau Ogwr, yn 1934.
  • DAWKINS, MORGAN GAMAGE (1864 - 1939), Congregational minister, poet, and hymnist easy writer of prose. He won the 'Tir Iarll' eisteddfod chair in 1913, his lyrics were awarded the prize at the Port Talbot national eisteddfod, 1932, and his lyrics and cywydd at Neath, 1934. He contributed much to Y Tyst and Y Darian, and to local newspapers. One of his hymns is included in Y Caniedydd Cynulleidfaol Newydd (no. 1049). In 1914 he issued a second edition of Lloffyn Addfed (John
  • DAWKINS, Syr WILLIAM BOYD (1837 - 1929), daearegwr a hynafiaethydd Ganwyd yn Buttington, gerllaw y Trallwng, 26 Rhagfyr 1837, yn fab Richard Dawkins, ficer Buttington. Cafodd ei addysg yn ysgol Rossall a Choleg Iesu, Rhydychen. Bu'n swyddog o dan y ' Geological Survey of Great Britain,' 1861-9, yn bennaeth y Manchester Museum, 1869, ac yn athro daeareg yn Owens College, Manceinion (sef Prifysgol Manceinion wedi hynny), 1874-1909. Fe'i hetholwyd yn F.G.S. (1861
  • DAWKINS, Sir WILLIAM BOYD (1837 - 1929), geologist and antiquary Born at Buttington, near Welshpool, 26 December 1837, the son of Richard Dawkins, vicar of Buttington. He was educated at Rossall School and Jesus College, Oxford [where he reached class II in classical moderations (1859) and class I in natural science (1860)]. He became an officer of the Geological Survey of Great Britain, 1861-9, curator of the Manchester Museum, 1869, professor of geology at