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ROBERTS, ROBERT (1680 - 1741), cleric Born in 1680, son of Henry Roberts, ' gent., of Llandyssen, Denbighshire ' - presumably Llandysilio, near Llangollen. He matriculated from Jesus College, Oxford, in March 1698/9, 'aged 18,' and graduated in 1702. In 1709 he was appointed vicar of Chirk, remaining there till his death there in 1741, at the age of 61, according to his tombstone. He published, in 1720, a bilingual booklet entitled
ROBERTS, ROBERT GRIFFITH (1866 - 1930), Baptist minister, and writer fell under the spell of Sir Henry Jones, and took eagerly to philosophy. He broke down during his final B.A. (London) examination (1892) and had to return home to regain health; he afterwards put in some terms at Aberystwyth, studying philosophy. In June 1896 he became pastor of the Baptist church at Dolgellau; he moved in June 1902 to the important church at Cefnmawr, Denbighshire, and finally (June
ROBERTS, ROBERT HENRY (1838 - 1900), Baptist minister and principal of Regent's Park College, London
ROBERTS, THOMAS (1884 - 1960), educationalist and scholar Llywelyn Goch - and for the texts of their poems. In the second edition, which appeared in 1935, Thomas Roberts added some poems and revised the introductions. In 1925 he took part in another joint effort, this time with Henry Lewis and Ifor Williams, to produce Cywyddau Iolo Goch ac eraill, in which Thomas Roberts dealt with Gruffudd Llwyd and Ieuan ap Rhydderch. The introductions were amplified and the
ROBERTS, WILLIAM CHARLES (1832 - 1903), Presbyterian minister, principal of colleges, and author moderator of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Connexion (U.S.A.) in 1889. He published about eleven works (list in Henry Blackwell Bibliography of Welsh Americana, published by N.L.W.); he was the translator of Holwyddoreg Byrraf Eisteddfod Westminster, 1864. He died 28 November 1903.
ROBERTS, WILLIAM HENRY (1907 - 1982), actor, broadcaster Born 21 February 1907 at Brynteg, Llanfaethlu, Anglesey, the son of Henry Roberts and his wife, Marged (Jones). He received his early education at Ffrwdwin school, Llanfaethlu, but the family moved to Plas Llandrygarn and then to Llwyn Ednyfed, Llangefni and ' W.H. ', as he was popularly known, attended Llangefni County School in 1921 and then Bangor Normal College, 1926-28. He was appointed
ROBERTSON, EDWARD (1880 - 1964), professor, linguist, and librarian Born 1880, at Cameron, Fife, Scotland, son of John Robertson, the local schoolmaster. After atteding his father's school in Cameron and Madras College, St. Andrews, where he excelled in mathematics, he went to St. Andrew's University, graduated M.A. and B.D., and proceeded to the universities of Leipzig, Berlin and Heidelburg; he also went to Syria for a year to learn Arabic. He returned to St
ROBERTSON, HENRY (1816 - 1888), civil engineer and railway pioneer Born 11 January 1816 at Banff, Scotland, the youngest of the eight children of Duncan Robertson, an Inland Revenue officer. Winning a scholarship, Henry Robertson went to Aberdeen University where he graduated M.A. His father died about this time and the family moved to Glasgow. The son devoted himself to mining engineering, but afterwards decided to take up railway engineering. At a very early
teulu ROBINSON Conway, Monachdy, Gwersyllt, This family was descended from a Cheshire knight, Sir William Norris, who married a sister of Owain Tudor and whose grandson, Henry (son of Robin Norris), took the surname of Robinson. NICHOLAS ROBINSON (c. 1530 - 1585), bishop of Bangor Religion The younger son of John Robinson of Conway (son of the above Henry Robinson) by Elin, daughter of the Rev. W. Brickdale of the Wirral and his wife
ROBINSON, THEODORE HENRY (1881 - 1964), professor, scholar and author
ROGERS, JOHN (bu farw 1738), bookseller and printer Son of Reynold Rogers, grocer, London, and possibly a nephew of Gabriel Rogers (died 1705), to whose bookselling business at Shrewsbury John Rogers may have succeeded. He began to print c. 1706, and it is possible that his first book was A Sermon preach'd at the Funeral of … James Owen, Minister of the Gospel in Shrewsbury. April the 11th, 1706. By Matthew Henry, 1706? In 1707 he printed two
ROWLAND(S), ELLIS (1621 - 1691), early nonconformist .' In 1666 we find Philip Henry sending him copies of Baxter's Call to be distributed. His house was licensed under the 1672 Act of Indulgence, yet, strangely, we find no mention of him in Henry Maurice's report of 1665 nor in Dr. Daniel Williams's report to the Fund Board in 1690. John Pinney (another ejected minister) stayed with Rowland at Caernarvon in January 1688 (Letters of John Pinney, 1929

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