Dictionary of Welsh Biography

JONES, ALAN TREVOR (1901 - 1979), health service administrator and Provost, Welsh National School of Medicine he later observed, 'an unnecessary exhibition of patriotism to those of us who were content with the easier and less arduous London Degree' - he proceeded to University College Hospital, London, obtaining the MB BS Lond. in 1924. After being a houseman to the distinguished Welsh physician, Sir Thomas Lewis, Trevor Jones held a series of hospital appointments in London and the provinces which
JONES, ALWYN RICE (1934 - 2007), Archbishop of Wales , he told his clergy that he considered too much had been made of her status, and he was content for individual clergy to decide whether prayers should be said in churches to mark the anniversary of her passing. In 1997, he called for an end to the law requiring schools to include prayer and worship in daily assemblies. He felt assemblies were not effective and that children did not necessarily
JONES, JOHN (c. 1578-1583 - 1658?) Gellilyfdy, Loveday, Ysgeifiog, calligrapher and transcriber of manuscripts can no longer be reproduced or represented because the ink which he used in some of his manuscripts had too high a sulphur content, the result being that the paper has been consumed by the ink. He probably took many of his models, particularly for his initial capitals and head-and-tail-pieces, from 16th century Italian works on penmanship (some, however, are undoubtedly of his own designing); in
LLOYD, JOHN MEIRION (1913 - 1998), missionary and author . He was accepted as a missionary by the Presbyterian Church of Wales in September 1940 and ordained in Swansea in November 1941. Due to difficulty in getting a ship, he was content to fulfill the position of Secretary to the Students' Christian Movement (SCM) in south Wales, and from April 1942 he was minister of the denomination's English Chapel in Catharine Street, Liverpool. There he met the girl
MORYS, HUW (Eos Ceiriog; 1622 - 1709), poet on the well-established free accented metres but also containing perfect cynghanedd. In form and content it appears to be more akin to the strict metres of the cywyddwyr than to the poetry generally called 'free verse.' At first, through the use of internal rhyme and consonance, each stanza of a poem was full of cynghanedd sain. This was further developed until each poem became an intricate
ORMSBY-GORE, WILLIAM DAVID (1918 - 1985), politician, diplomat, media impresario . More significant for the history of Wales, in 1968 the new television consortium Lord Harlech chaired, Harlech Television (later HTV), acquired the contract of the Independent Television Authority (which managed the UK's third TV channel, ITV) to produce content for its Wales and West of England region. The new company's board included a number of significant Welsh figures, including Richard Burton
OWEN, ANEURIN (1792 - 1851), Welsh historical scholar and editor of the Laws of Hywel Dda Archaeological Association published, in 1863, Owen's transcript and translation of the so-called 'Gwentian' Brut, together with the introduction which he had prepared for the 'Monumenta.' In connection with the preparation for the works mentioned above Owen had, naturally, visited several libraries; he was also, as the son of William Owen Pughe, interested in the literary content of such manuscripts as he saw
PAGET, GEORGE CHARLES HENRY VICTOR (7th Marquess of Anglesey), (1922 - 2013), soldier, historian, conservationist advanced DBE in 1983. The combination of their overlapping but also diverse interests meant that, over decades, 'the Angleseys' together made a distinctive contribution to public life in Wales and beyond. Neither was content to rest idly on whatever social or literary advantage heredity had given them but developed their own talents, sometimes unexpected ones, to their own and public benefit. Henry
PHILLIPPS, Sir THOMAS (1792 - 1872), antiquary, bibliophile, and collector of manuscripts, records, books, etc. itself to the Welsh content of what was destined to become the largest private collection (particularly on the manuscripts and records side; the total has been estimated at 60,000) in Britain at the time and, possibly in western Europe also. Periodical auction sales, which began about 1886, continued. In the 1895 sale a good collection of Welsh manuscripts was acquired by the Cardiff Public Library
POWELL, THOMAS (1779? - 1863), coal-owner early the value of railways as an outlet for his trade and was one of the chief promoters of the Taff Vale and Monmouthshire railways. At a time when it was rare for one coal-master to own more than one pit, Powell stands out by the vast scale of his undertakings. Not content with his phenomenal success in the Aberdare valley, where he sought to gain a monopoly, he opened a series of small pits at
PRICE, MARGARET BERENICE (1941 - 2011), singer greatly admired. In an interview with Yehuda Shapiro for Opera magazine, intended as a seventieth birthday tribute but published as a memorial to her, she said that she was content with her career and had sung everything she had wanted. Because of her perfectionism, she was often thought to be a difficult colleague, but she was essentially a sincere and unassuming person who aimed for the best in
RHYS, EDWARD PROSSER (1901 - 1945), journalist, poet and publisher he contributed verses to Cymru'r Plant when he was quite young. In 1924, at the national eisteddfod held at Pontypool, he won the crown for his poem 'Atgof', a poem which was unusual in its form and its content and which caused a stir at the time. He took the surname Rhys when he married Mary Prudence Hughes, of Aberystwyth in 1928; they had one daughter. In 1928 he began to publish books and

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