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  • ROWLAND, JOHN (fl. 1760-1764), printer , op. cit., 59, and Rowlands, op. cit.); possibly also, as already suggested, the Dyfyrwch forms a fifth. In addition, at least three ballads (Y Traethodydd, 1880, 220) came from this press. Amongst the books printed by John Rowland at Bala, where his press was at work from 1761 to 1764, was Cynhwysiad byr o feddyliau'r eglwys a ymgorpholodd o dan y drefn hon yn Sir Fonwy: Pa un sy'n ymgyfarfod yn
  • ROWLAND, Sir JOHN (1877 - 1941), civil servant
  • ROWLAND, THOMAS (1824 - 1884), cleric and grammarian long period, Rowland's was the standard Welsh grammar, and Sir John Morris-Jones, while noting its defects, was yet able to testify that it contained 'a great deal of sound knowledge … about modern Welsh,' and that it was 'an indication of the reaction of common sense against the dominance of Pughe'. Rowland was also, for the last ten years of his life, 'corrector' of Welsh place-names for the
  • ROWLANDS, Sir ARCHIBALD (1892 - 1953), administrator
  • ROWLANDS, DAVID (Dewi Môn; 1836 - 1907), Congregational minister and college principal was a member of the Brecknock Education Committee for many years and was a strong supporter of the University of Wales. He was chairman of the Union of Welsh Independents in 1902. His literary work was varied. He was joint-editor of Y Dysgedydd for a period, collaborated with D. E. Jenkins, Liverpool, to edit a volume of sermons [wrote the English words for 'Blodwen,' an opera by Dr. Joseph Parry
  • ROWLANDS, EURYS IONOR (1926 - 2006), Welsh scholar Welsh and Welsh history in the University College of South Wales and Monmouthshire, Cardiff where he remained for 11 years. During his time in Cardiff it became apparent that he was suffering from a serious and progressive mental illness that led to his resignation. He was awarded the Sir John Williams Fellowship by the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth for 1972 -73 which enabled him to resume
  • ROWLANDS, Sir HUGH (1828 - 1909), general, and the first Welshman to be awarded the Victoria Cross J.P. for the Transvaal). His only son, Hugh Barrow Rowlands, died of wounds received in Somaliland where he was serving as a major in the King's African Rifles in 1903. Sir Hugh Rowlands died on 1 August 1909 and was buried in the parish churchyard at Llanrug.
  • ROWLANDS, JOHN (Giraldus; 1824 - 1891), antiquary secretary to Sir Thomas Phillipps at Cheltenham, for whom he had been copying monumental inscriptions in Wales since August 1863. Giraldus described himself as Welsh librarian to Sir Thomas Phillipps, and there is no doubt that he did assist in this splendid library, but on 4 September 1865 he left Thirlestaine House. Phillipps complained of his inaccuracy; Rowland of low pay. In an article in Yr Haul
  • ROWLEY, HAROLD HENRY (1890 - 1969), professor, scholar and author Relevance of Apocalyptic (1944), The Growth of the Old Testament (1950), The Biblical Doctrine of Election (1950), From Joseph to Joshua (1950). He also published three collections of articles, The Servant of the Lord (1952), Men of God (1963) and From Moses to Qumran (1963), and he was editor of a number of books and of The Jnl. of Semitic Studies (1956-60). His work is characterised by extensive
  • RUSSON, Sir WILLIAM CLAYTON (1895 - 1968), industrialist
  • SALESBURY, WILLIAM (1520? - 1584?), scholar and chief translator of the first Welsh New Testament Llwyd, sister of Dr. Elis Prys of Plas Iolyn. Although Sir John Wynn of Gwydir and others suggest that he lived to about the end of the century, it is practically certain that he died about 1584 or shortly before that. William Salesbury's industry was actuated mainly by two motives: a desire to make the Holy Scriptures available to the Welsh, and a desire to impart knowledge and learning to them in
  • SALISBURY, ENOCH ROBERT GIBBON (1819 - 1890), lawyer and bibliophile Born 7 November 1819, eldest son of Joseph Salisbury of Bagillt, Flintshire. From humble beginnings, he rose (after a period at Liverpool) to become manager of the Chester gas undertaking, and a prominent man in the public life of that city. In 1850 he turned to the law, becoming a member of the Inner Temple; he was called in 1852, and built up a flourishing practice at the Parliamentary Bar. For