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NICHOLSON, WILLIAM (1844 - 1885), Independent minister Born at Holyhead in April 1844. He was educated by his minister, William Griffith (1801 - 1881). In due course, he went to the Normal College, Bangor, to be trained as a school teacher. In 1862, at the end of his course, he became a teacher at Llwydcoed, Aberdare, and began to preach in Horeb chapel. He then moved to Llanengan school in the Llŷn peninsula, received a call to take charge of the
OWEN, GEORGE (c. 1552 - 1613), historian, antiquary, and genealogist Lordshippe Marcher ' (in ' Baronia de Kemeys ' in Archæologia Cambrensis, supplement, 1862), ' Pembrock and Kemes ' (partly published), and several tracts on the barony of Cemais, ' A Pamphelett conteigninge the description of Milford havon,' … 1595, and other writings on the same subject. There is a transcript of the ' Treatise of Marie ' (1599) in the ' Vairdre Book ' in N.L.W. (Bronwydd collection). He
OWEN, HENRY (1844 - 1919), antiquary Born 12 March 1844, youngest son of William Owen J.P., D.L., (1796-1879), contractor and cabinet maker of Haverfordwest and Withybush, and Martha Hall Owen, (1806-1885). He was educated at Cowbridge grammar school and Corpus Christi College, Oxford (1862-6), taking the degree of B.A. in 1866, B.C.L. in 1869, and D.C.L. in 1900. Joining the legal profession, he became partner, and later sole
OWENS, OWEN (1792 - 1862), Independent minister, and schoolmaster Born at Maes Angharad, Dolgelley, 21 August 1792. He was admitted to membership of the church by Cadwaladr Jones at Dolgelley in 1811. He kept a school, first in his own neighbourhood and later at Dinas Mawddwy, where he began to preach. In 1821 he was ordained minister of Rhes-y-cae and Salem churches, Flintshire, where he spent the rest of his life. He died 13 October 1862, and was buried in
PARRY, DAVID (1794 - 1877), cleric in November 1821, was preferred to the vicarage of Llywel, Brecknock, where he remained for over forty years. In May 1862 he was collated to the living of Defynnog with Ystradfellte. He held this until his death at Defynnog on 22 October 1877. He was buried at Defynnog. He married Mary, daughter of David Herbert. Parry was a devoted parish priest and one of the most famous preachers of his day. He
PHILIPPS, LEONORA (1862 - 1915), campaigner for women's rights Leonora Philipps was born on 4 November 1862 to a Jewish family in Camberwell, London. Her father, Isidore Gerstenberg (1821-1876), the son of a schoolteacher from a Russian area of Poland, was the founder and chair of the Council of Foreign Bond-holders; her mother, Fanny Alice (died 1877), was the daughter of Abraham Bauer of Hamburg and London. Leonora was made a ward of Chancery following the
PHILLIPPS, Sir THOMAS (1792 - 1872), antiquary, bibliophile, and collector of manuscripts, records, books, etc. have reached the National Library afterwards. With a view to making the contents of his manuscripts more generally accessible, Sir Thomas Phillipps established, c. 1822, a private printing press in Broadway Tower on the Middle Hill estate; in 1862 the library and printing press were removed to Thirlestaine House, Cheltenham. From this press issued a large number of publications, including several of
PHILLIPS, DAVID RHYS (1862 - 1952), librarian Born 20 March 1862 at Beili Glas, Pontwalby, Glynneath, Glamorganshire, his grandfather's farm, the son of David and Gwenllian (née Rees) Phillips, but he was brought up at Melincourt, Resolven, in the Neath valley. He was educated at the National School, Resolven and at private schools - Burrows School, Arnold College - in Swansea. After a period as a miner he became a compositor and proof
PIERCY, BENJAMIN (1827 - 1888), civil engineer Severn, the Mawddach, and Traeth Bychan estuaries, the fine stations at Oswestry and Welshpool, and the Talerddig cutting. He prepared plans for a viaduct from Ynys-las to Aberdovey, but it was abandoned in favour of the deviation to Dovey Junction. In 1862 he began a long term of work in connection with the Royal Sardinian Railway Company, involving the resurveying and planning of the standard and
POWELL, THOMAS (1779? - 1863), coal-owner Llantwit Fardre for the house-coal trade, and later sank a large pit at New Tredegar. He finally owned sixteen pits and, in 1862, when he exported over 700,000 tons of coal, he was probably the largest coal exporter in the world. He died at his home, the Gaer, near Newport, on 24 March 1863. According to the Bassaleg bishops' transcripts he was then aged 83; if this was so, Bradney is wrong. Powell was
PRICE, THOMAS (1820 - 1888), Baptist minister . William Edwards's book, Bapto a Baptiso (1857), Jiwbili Eglwys Calfaria, Aberdar (1862), and Trem (1885-6), together with many addresses, etc. But he was better known as the co-editor of Y Gwron (1855-60), Y Gweithiwr (1859-60), and Seren Cymru (1860-76); he also served as finance secretary to Seren Gomer (1853-59), and edited Y Medelwr Ieuanc and Y Gwyliedydd. No minister in Wales took such a prominent
PRICHARD, JOHN (1796 - 1875), Baptist minister and tutor ordained at Llangollen, where he remained for the rest of his life, John Jones (Mathetes) and Hugh Jones being successively joint ministers with him. Before his retirement from the ministry in 1866 he had been responsible for starting a number of new churches in the district. In 1862 the Baptist College was established at Llangollen and John Prichard was invited to be its principal and divinity tutor

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