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ROWLAND, ELLIS (c. 1650 - c. 1730) Harlech, bard Little of his history is known. He wrote poems to some persons connected with Ardudwy, Meironnydd, e.g. a cywydd of farewell to Humphrey Humphreys, bishop of Bangor, after he had become (1689) bishop of Hereford, an elegy on Edward Lloyd, Cwmbychan, 172(8), an elegy on Samuel Poole, Tyddynyfelin, near Talsarnau, and a cywydd welcoming lady Owen to Glyncywarch, also near Talsarnau. He also wrote
ROWLAND, HENRY (1551 - 1616), bishop of Bangor Penmynydd, Anglesey, 1584-93; rector of Aberdaron, 1588; archdeacon of Anglesey, 1588; dean of Bangor, 1593; bishop of Bangor, 1598-1616. As bishop he held 'in commendam' the livings of Trefdraeth, Anglesey, and Llanrhaeadr-yng-Nghinmeirch, Denbighshire He died 6 July 1616. He appears during his lifetime to have repaired Bangor cathedral; he also bequeathed £20 towards its re-roofing. He established
ROWLAND(S), WILLIAM (1887 - 1979), schoolmaster and author district. He lost his mother in May 1889 before attaining his second birthday. He was educated initially at Rhiw board school (1891-1901) and at the old school Botwnnog (1901-05) founded according to the will of Bishop Henry Rowland in 1616. He spent the two years (1905-07) as an uncertificated teacher at nearby Llaniestyn before entering the University College of North Wales, Bangor, in October 1907. He
ROWLANDS, CEINWEN (1905 - 1983), singer Born 15 January 1905 in Holyhead, Anglesey, the only child of William Rowlands and his wife Kate (Jones). Her father, who was a native of Holyhead, kept the Anglesey Emporium, a men's outfitters shop, until his retirement in 1929; her mother, who came from Cerrigydrudion, Denbighshire, was a well known singer. Educated at Morgan Jones's school, Holyhead and Bangor County School for Girls, Ceinwen
ROWLANDS, DANIEL (1827 - 1917), principal of the Normal College, Bangor Born at Llangefni 21 February 1827. He received his elementary training at the National school, Llangefni. He began to preach in 1848, went to Bala C.M. College for three years, and then, in 1852, to Edinburgh University, where he graduated M.A. in 1856. In 1857 he was ordained, and from that time on until 1868, when he moved to Bangor as principal of the Normal College, he was minister of the
ROWLANDS, EDWARD DAVID (1880 - 1969), schoolmaster and author Born 25 November 1880 at Ty'n-y-fron, Llanuwchllyn, Merionethshire, son of Ellis Rowlands and his wife Catrin (née Edwards). He was educated at the board school, Llanuwchllyn, the grammar school, Bala, and the Normal College, Bangor (1899-1901). He began his teaching career at Troed-yr-Allt school, Pwllheli (1901-08) and afterwards became headmaster of the elementary schools in Chwilog (1908-27
ROWLANDS, EURYS IONOR (1926 - 2006), Welsh scholar Eurys Rowlands (Eurys Rolant) was born in Caernarfon, Gwynedd, in 1926, on of the five children of R.J. Rowlands ('Meuryn') and his wife Margaret. Educated at Penrallt primary school and Caernarfon County School, he was a student in the Welsh department, University College of North Wales, Bangor, for a term during the 1944-45 session before being called up to the Royal Air Force where he was a
ROWLANDS, JANE HELEN (Helen o Fôn; 1891 - 1955), linguist, teacher and missionary (with the CM) some of the English churches of the Australian Presbyterian Church. He invented the Leeds Memory Method. The second child was Thomas John (' T.J. '), a scholar of Jesus College, Oxford, who graduated in classics. Though he was ordained in the Presbyterian Church of Wales, he turned to the episcopal church, becoming rector of Llandudno and canon of Bangor cathedral. The influence of her minister in
ROWLANDS, ROBERT JOHN (Meuryn; 1880 - 1967), journalist, writer, poet, lecturer, preacher Born at Ty'n Derw, a smallholding at Aber near Bangor, Caernarfonshire, May 22, 1880, son of William and Mary Rowlands. When he was three years of age he met with an accident; he dislocated his thigh and as a consequence of unsatisfactory treatment he was lame for the rest of his life. His father died when he was six years old. He was educated at Aber National school at a time when the ' Welsh
ROWLANDS, WILLIAM (Gwilym Lleyn; 1802 - 1865), Wesleyan minister, and bibliographer Bangor. He preached for some years as a Wesleyan minister. In the latter capacity he served at Merthyr Tydfil 1831, Amlwch 1834, Pwllheli 1835, Newmarket, Flintshire 1837, Ruthin 1840, Llanidloes 1842, Tredegar 1845, Machynlleth 1848, Bryn-mawr 1850, Llanidloes 1853, Tredegar 1856, Aberystwyth 1858, and Machynlleth 1861. He retired from the circuit service in 1864 and settled at Oswestry, partly to act
ROWLEY, HAROLD HENRY (1890 - 1969), professor, scholar and author ) where he was an Associate Professor at Shantung Christian University. He came to Wales in 1930 as a lecturer in Semitic languages at University College, Cardiff and afterwards was appointed Professor of Hebrew and Semitic Languages at the University College, Bangor (1935-45) and Dean of Bangor School of Theology (1936-45), and was respected as a hard worker and severe disciplinarian. He moved to the
RUCK, AMY ROBERTA (1878 - 1978), novelist , Llanrug. Berta was first educated at home but after a term at a boarding school in Germany, she was sent to St Winifred's School, Bangor. Her first love was for drawing and after a period as an au pair in Germany she moved to London where she attended art school at Lambeth before gaining a scholarship to the Slade; she moved on to Colarossi in Paris in 1904. She had already begun to contribute

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