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RICHARDS, DAVID MORGAN (1853 - 1913), journalist and eisteddfodwr to the town, and especially to its Welsh cultural movements; he published an annual almanac which contained much information on the history of Aberdare. But he is best remembered for his Rhestr Eisteddfodau, a list of eisteddfodau down to 1901, which was published posthumously in 1914, with a biographical introduction by J. Morgan Jones, on which the present note is based. The book is very useful
RICHARDS, GRAFTON MELVILLE (1910 - 1973), Welsh scholar nurtured by Henry Lewis and he revealed his ability very early in his career. His first area of research was the syntax of the sentence in Medieval Welsh and he published his work in a series of articles in academic journals. He served in the army, mainly in intelligence, between 1939 and 1945, the experience which he used in his only novel, Y gelyn mewnol (1946), an espionage story set in west Wales. He
RICHARDS, HENRY BRINLEY (1819 - 1885), musician Born 13 November 1819 in Lower Market Street, Carmarthen, the son of Henry and Elizabeth Brinley Richards. The father was organist of S. Peter's church, Carmarthen; he also kept a music shop. His mother was the daughter of John Brinley, Swansea (see F. Jones, God Bless the Prince of Wales, Carmarthen, 1969). Intended for the medical profession, the son showed that his inclination was towards
RICHARDS, ROBERT (1884 - 1954), historian and politician , but for some reason he did not take his degree. He spent the next two years at St. John's College, Cambridge, where he graduated with honours in economics. He was appointed lecturer in political economics in the University of Glasgow where he remained until, on the urging of Sir Henry Jones, he moved to Wales as a first full-time lecturer in the department of extra-mural studies at the University
RICHARDS, WILLIAM (1749 - 1818), General Baptist minister, theological and political controversialist, and antiquary Born about the end of 1749 at Pen-rhydd, Pembrokeshire, near Cardigan. His parents were Baptists, the father (Henry) a member of Rhydwilym, and the mother of Cilfowyr. Their son was baptized (1769) at Rhydwilym; but in 1758 the family had removed to Pen-coed, Meidrym, Carmarthenshire, and it was Henry Richards who sold the land for building Salem Baptist chapel near Meidrym (1769); in that chapel
ROBERT (fl. 1099-1147), earl of Gloucester Natural son of king Henry I of England; born before his father's accession to the throne. The legend (found in the 'Gwentian Brut,' The Myvyrian Archaiology of Wales, ii, 540) that his mother was Nest, daughter of Rhys ap Tewdwr, is one of Iolo Morganwg's fabrications, though Henry did, indeed, have a son by Nest later on. Robert has a great and honourable place in English history (see D.N.B
ROBERTS, ABSALOM (1780? - 1864), poet and collector of penillion telyn Born at Trefriw, Caernarfonshire. He was a shoemaker by trade. He was married twice and had twelve daughters and two sons; it is said that his second wife was related to the family of Sir Henry Jones, Old Memories). He went to live at Eglwys-bach, Denbighshire; it has been said that it was in his house there that the Wesleyan Methodists began to preach in that part of Wales. He wandered from
ROBERTS, EDWARD (1886 - 1975), minister (Bapt.) and college principal Edward Roberts was born in Llanelli on 20 March 1886, the son of David and Jane Roberts (née Davies). He was one of nine children with four brothers (John, Thomas, William and Henry) and four sisters (Ann, Mary, Elizabeth-Jane and Gertrude). His parents were members of the Baptist church that met in Seion, Llanelli. The minister there was the renowned preacher, E.T. Jones, and it was he who
ROBERTS, EDWYN CYNRIG (1837 - 1893), pioneer in Patagonia , by the Welsh businessman Henry Libanus Jones). As well as opening a path through the tall thorny bushes for the cohorts of shepherds and builders that would follow, their main responsibility was to cut trees for 'house' building. The boys collapsed one by one and only completed the journey when rescued by Edwyn late on the third night. The following day, they surrounded the fortress with the
ROBERTS, ELEAZAR (1825 - 1912), musician Welsh the two volumes of the work by Dr. Dick on The Solar System and frequently lectured on astronomy in various parts of Wales; he wrote a life of Henry Richard ('Apostle of Peace'), and an English novel, Owen Rees, which describes life in the Welsh community in Liverpool. He was a pioneer of the Tonic Sol-fa system in Wales, travelling throughout the country to expound it and to establish music
ROBERTS, EMRYS OWEN (1910 - 1990), Liberal politician and public servant Liberal candidate for the Caernarfon Boroughs constituency (Lloyd George's old seat) in the 1945 by-election. He was soon to be elected Liberal MP for Merionethshire in the general election of 1945 as successor to Sir Henry Haydn Jones MP, and he continued to serve until defeated by the Labour candidate, T.W. Jones, in the general election of October 1951. He held a large number of directorships in
ROBERTS, EVAN (1923 - 2007), research chemist and industrialist Evan Roberts was born on 18 November 1923 in Penygroes, Caernarfonshire, the son of William Henry Roberts (1899-1974), a baker, and Mary Jones Roberts (née Smith, 1899-1980), a laundress. He secured a scholarship to Penygroes County School in 1934, and in 1940 he won a State Bursary to study at the University College of North Wales in Bangor, where he graduated with a first class honours degree

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