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EVANS, WILLIAM (1795 - 1891), Calvinistic Methodist minister Born 30 June 1795 at Garthgraban-fach, Llantrisant, Glamorganshire, son of David and Elizabeth Evans. He was educated at Eagles School, Cowbridge, was converted in 1814 under the ministry of Evan Jones of Merthyr Tydfil, and joined the Methodists at Pontyrefail. That year he married Margaret Cadwgan of Llandyfodwg and the two made their home at Cae'r Curlas Uchaf. He began to preach in 1818 and
EVERETT, ROBERT (1791 - 1875), Independent ministers , where, for the greater part of the time, he was under the care of George Lewis who offered to make him joint principal. In 1815 he was ordained minister of Swan Lane, Denbigh. In 1823 he emigrated to the U.S.A. to take charge of the Welsh church at Utica. He achieved an honourable place among the foremost ministers in Wales; Robert Thomas (Ap Vychan, 1809 - 1880) considered him to be as impressive a
FELD, VALERIE ANNE (1947 - 2001), politician was the first ever member of the National Assembly for Wales to die in office. In the by-election held on 27 September 2001 the Swansea East seat was held by Val Lloyd for the Labour Party. Feld's extensive papers are held at the West Glamorgan Archive Service in the Civic Centre, Swansea. After her death a Memorial Fund was set up by the Women's Archive of Wales to provide educational support for
FENTON, RICHARD (1747 - 1821), poet and topographical writer him in a letter of 1779 from Richard Morris to Pennant (N. L. W. Jnl., vi, 193) - 'I am endeavouring to make him a good Welshman, … he is deficient that way, but comes on bravely.' In 1776 Fenton had become also a member of the Gwyneddigion Society (Leathart, Origin … of the Gwyneddigion, 62); he was a friend of William Owen Pughe's; in 1795 and 1796 (in the Cambrian Register) he edited George
FFRANCON-THOMAS, DAVID - gweler THOMAS, DAVID FFRANGCON
FFRANGCON-DAVIES, GWEN LUCY (1891 - 1992), actress Gwen Ffrangcon-Davies was born on 25 January 1891 in north London, the eldest of three children of David Ffrangcon-Davies, son of a foundry supervisor at Bethesda, Caernarfonshire, and his wife, Annie 'Nan' Raynor, the daughter of a Manchester doctor with a holiday cottage in Conwy. Gwen had a sister Marjorie (1893-1964), later a singer, and a brother Geoffrey (1895-1915) who was killed in a
FFRANGCON-THOMAS, DAVID - gweler THOMAS, DAVID FFRANGCON
FINIAN (fl. 6th century), saint monastic house at Clonard. But the 'Life' states that Finian received his education and training in Wales. At the age of thirty, Finian crossed over to S. Davids where he met three Welsh saints - David, Gildas, and Cathmael, the first two of whom were then contending for the primacy of Britain. Finian settled the dispute in favour of S. David. The saint is said to have remained with the British elders
FISHER, FRANCIS GEORGE (1909 - 1970), dramatist and producer
FISON, ANNA (Morfydd Eryri; 1839 - 1920), linguist, poet and educator the instigation of Dr. Charles Williams, principal of Jesus College. In 1871 she married David Walter Thomas, and their children (two sons and three daughters) were brought up good Welshmen and Welshwomen. One of their sons was the priest and scholar Evan Lorimer Thomas. She threw herself into Welsh life, holding night classes for the local quarrymen; she was instrumental in aiding many of them to
teulu FITZ ALAN, lords of Oswestry and Clun, and later earls of Arundel the battle of Shrewsbury, 1403, while in the following year he was placed in command of the campaign in North Wales against Owain Glyn Dwr [see Lloyd, Owen Glendower (index)].
FITZGERALD, DAVID (bu farw 1176), bishop of S. Davids such an appointment. A compromise was reached by the election of David, for he was of both Welsh and Norman stock. He was consecrated bishop by archbishop Theobald on 19 December 1148 at Canterbury, and he undertook to acknowledge the authority of Canterbury as a metropolitan see with power over and above S. Davids. On 3 June 1162, along with Nicholas, bishop of Llandaff, he assisted in the

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