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PARRY, JOSHUA (1719 - 1776), Nonconformist minister, and writer was a literary (and a social) figure, rather than a theologian, and Edmund Jones in 1770 speaks slightingly of him. He is noticed in D.N.B., in an article based mainly on the Memoir (1872) written by his grandson Charles Henry Parry. Joshua Parry had notable descendants. His eldest son, CALEB HILLIER PARRY (1755 - 1822), was a physician of great repute at Bath [he is repeatedly mentioned in Jane
PARRY, ROBERT IFOR (1908 - 1975), minister (Cong.) and school teacher ordained in June 1933, as the successor of the Revs. David Price (1843-78) and D. Silyn Evans (1880-1930). In 1940, he married Mona, the only daughter of Richard Morgan, a deacon at Siloa. The author of these words remembers staying in September 1959 at their home in Newlands, Aberdare, during a Collecting Journey towards the Bala-Bangor College – as was the custom in those days. The vicar of Aberdare
PARRY, ROBERT WILLIAMS (1884 - 1956), poet, university lecturer ', ' Mae hiraeth yn y môr ', ' Cysur Henaint ', ' Gadael Tir ', and those which deal directly with the war, like ' Y Cantîn Gwlyb ' and ' Y Ddrafft '. But he retained his love of cynghanedd, as can be seen in the memorial englynion to friends and acquaintances, and especially to those who fell in battle, like the famous sequence to Hedd Wyn (Ellis Humphrey Evans). The years between the wars were very
PARRY, Sir THOMAS (1904 - 1985), scholar, Librarian of the National Library of Wales, University Principal, poet Emrys Evans as Principal of Bangor, a man with whom he'd worked 'closely and most amicably' for many years, and one who had shown him much sympathy and help when 'he was a conscientious objector during the war'. No doubt the governors at Bangor didn't want to show him that sympathy. In Aberystwyth he had to reshape the ship after Goronwy Rees's unorthodox captaincy; he had to preside over the
PARRY-WILLIAMS, DAVID EWART (1900 - 1996), musician Evans: one of his contemporaries was the composer Grace Williams. He taught at the Cathedral School in Llandaff and at Lewis School, Pengam before being appointed a lecturer in the Education Department of the University College in Cardiff. He continued his music studies, gaining an LRAM diploma in piano playing, studying conducting under Adrian Boult in London, and graduating D.Mus. (Wales) in 1941
PERROTT, THOMAS (bu farw 1733), Presbyterian minister, and academy tutor Born it is believed, at Llan-y-bri, Carmarthenshire; he had a brother, John, who was successor-elect to him as schoolmaster at Trelawnyd (T. A. Glenn, Newmarket Notes, ii, 20), and a nephew who went to Carmarthen Academy. David Peter says that Perrot was taught by William Evans (died 1718) at Carmarthen - this would seem (as Perrot's name does not appear in the Academy lists) to refer to Evans's
PETER, DAVID (1765 - 1837), Congregational minister and academy principal Born 5 August 1765 at Aberystwyth. He was educated at Troed-y-rhiw and Castellhywel schools, Cardiganshire. Under the influence of Benjamin Evans, Tre-wen, he leaned towards Congregationalism. He became a member at Penrhiwgaled, was at Carmarthen Academy (at Rhyd-y-gors) in 1783, and kept school in S. Ismael's, Pembrokeshire - in 1783. He decided to join the Congregational ministry and began to
PETER, JOHN (Ioan Pedr; 1833 - 1877), Independent minister and college tutor, and Welsh scholar his scientific study of Welsh philology. He was a disciple of Edward Lhuyd's, and a fellow-worker with such men as Thomas Stephens and Daniel Silvan Evans and John Rhys in this country, and Gaidoz and Schuchardt (both of whom visited him at Bala) abroad. When Y Cymmrodor was founded, Peter was one of its editors, and some of his work appeared in it and in the Revue Celtique. His manuscripts are
PETROC (fl. 6th century), saint The most complete ' Life of S. Petroc ' was recently found at Gotha, Germany. Though he accomplished his main work in Dumnonia and Brittany, Petroc was born in Gwent. According to the ' Life of S. Cadoc ' (Preface) and the genealogy at the end of his own 'Life,' Petroc was one of the sons of Glywys. But ' Bonedd y Saint ' (Wade-Evans, below) makes him son of Clement, a Cornish prince. According
PHILLIPPS, Sir THOMAS (1792 - 1872), antiquary, bibliophile, and collector of manuscripts, records, books, etc. ; for details see J. Gwenogfryn Evans, Repts. on MSS. in the Welsh Language, Cardiff, and the annual reports of that period of the Cardiff Public Libraries Committee. One of the most famous early Welsh manuscripts, viz., the ' Book of Aneirin ' (now in Cardiff), had found its way to the Phillipps collection, via Thomas Price (Carnhuanawc) and others (Bulletin of the Board of Celtic Studies, xi, 109-12
PHILLIPS, DAVID (1751 - 1825), Unitarian minister Phillips of St Clears and William Thomas of Llangyndeyrn. But in 1816, when the missioner Wright visited the church, Phillips had a coadjutor, a John Evans, who may possibly have been the man named on p. 500 of David Jones's Hanes Bed. Deheubarth, but is more likely to have been the John Evans who, at that time (1816-25), had charge of the Unitarians who then used Dark Gate chapel at Carmarthen. Phillips
PHILLIPS, EDGAR (Trefîn; 1889 - 1962), tailor, school-teacher, poet, and Archdruid of Wales, 1960-62 Rowland, took an interest in him and arranged for him to borrow Cymru and other Welsh periodicals. His father and stepmother tried to wean him from his interest in the Welsh language, but his Welshness was reinforced when he had the company of Owen Morgan Edwards on a train journey to Pembrokeshire. When he was 14 years old he returned to Tre-fin as an apprentice tailor to his uncle J.W. Evans, and as

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