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THOMAS, PERCY GORONWY (1875 - 1954), professor of English reign (1907); Greene's Pandosto (1907); Introduction to the history of the English language (1920); Middle English section in the Year's Work in English studies (1923 and 1924); English literature before Chaucer (1924); Aspects of literary theory and practice, 1550-1870 (1931); and articles in Modern Language Review, and other learned periodicals. He married, 22 August 1918, Mary Pugh Jones, daughter
THOMAS, PHILIP EDWARD (1878 - 1917), poet Born 3 March 1878, at Lambeth, son of Philip Henry Thomas, Tredegar, clerk in the civil service, and Mary Elizabeth (née Townsend). He was educated at S. Paul's School and Lincoln College, Oxford, 1898-1900, and early showed his love of the countryside, unspoiled people, and literature. He married Helen Berenice Noble, 20 June 1899; there were three children: Mervyn, born 1900, Bronwen 1904, and
THOMAS, RACHEL (1905 - 1995), actress Rachel Thomas was born in Gwyn Street, Alltwen, in the parish of Cilybebyll, Glamorganshire, on 10 February 1905, the only daughter of Emily Thomas (1884-1955), a maid. She was brought up by her aunt, Mary Roberts (née Thomas, 1875-1928) and her husband, David Roberts (1866-1928), tinworker and coalminer, together with their own children, Llewelyn (1897-1977?) a merchant, Richard (1899-1970) an
THOMAS, RICHARD (1871 - 1950), minister (CM) and writer for orphans from 1904 to 1945 and was a governor until his death on 5 April 1950. His publications include David Livingstone (1912), David Williams, y Piwritan (1928), and Cartre'r Plant (1951). He won a National Eisteddfod prize for translations of legal terms into Welsh, and was for many years editor of the Year-book and Diary of his denomination.
THOMAS, RICHARD (1753 - 1780), cleric, transcriber and collector of manuscripts, and genealogist ; among the latter are Peniarth MS 201 and NLW MS 42B and NLW MS 53B. Robert Williams (Enwogion Cymru: a Biographical Dictionary of Eminent Welshmen) and Isaac Foulkes (Enw.), refer to the fact that some of Richard Thomas's genealogical manuscripts were sold to the College of Heralds, London, by E. Protheroe, M.P.; they also refer to one genealogical manuscript remaining at Rug, near Corwen, and another
THOMAS, ROBERT (bu farw 2 April 1692), Puritan preacher meeting for religious worship at his own house (Pen y Gisla was the name given) and at the house of Mary Thomas in Cilfwnwr. He saw the Toleration Act coming into operation, and towards the end of his life he is described as a man moderately well off, of undoubted piety, who had served his Lord for over forty years. By 1692 his congregation was definitely Independent, though he himself was son to one of
THOMAS, ROBERT (1782 - 1860), printer and publisher Robert Thomas, the son of John and Mary Thomas, was born at Rhandregynwen, on 16 November 1782 (Rhandregynwen, Llanymynech, Montgomeryshire, OS Map 118, SJ 2819; various spellings, was and still is a substantial farm on the banks of the river Vyrnwy). He married Mary Harris of Southampton at the Church of the Holy Rood, 8 January 1818 and they had two sons (William Kyffin and Robert George) and
THOMAS, ROBERT (Ap Vychan; 1809 - 1880), Independent minister and tutor, poet and man of letters , and the boy was not backward in snatching at every opportunity of acquiring knowledge. By the time he was 14 he could shape an englyn, and on the strength of this ability was admitted a member of the Cymreigyddion Society of Llanuwchllyn. On 1 March 1826, Michael Jones made him a grant from the Dr. Daniel Williams bequest (to enable poor children to learn a trade), and on the strength of this he was
THOMAS, ROBERT (1796 - 1866), Calvinistic Methodist preacher, a 'character' Born 28 August 1796 at Trawsafon, Betws-y-coed, the fifth of nine children born to Thomas Thomas, stonemason, and to Elizabeth (Williams), his wife. He was a farmer' boy for a time, but later took to his father's trade. He had been to some small schools, and was a voracious reader; he wrote verse at an early age and was very friendly with Ieuan Glan Geirionydd (Evan Evans, 1795 - 1856). He began
THOMAS, THOMAS (1776 - 1847), cleric and historian at Gloucester for a time and then returned to help his father, upon whose death he was made rector of Aberporth, 18 August, and curate of Llandygwydd, 7 September 1795. He was also curate to John Williams (1745/6 - 1818) of Ystrad Meurig at Blaen-porth, and in 1816 he received the curacy of Llanddewi Aber-arth at the nomination of Eliezer Williams, a living which he held with Aberporth until his
THOMAS, THOMAS (1839 - 1888), Wesleyan minister, and miscellaneous writer Born in 1839 at Caernarvon, one of the eight children of Owen and Mary Thomas. He was apprenticed to the well-known Caernarvon printer, Hugh Humphreys, and afterwards worked in printing offices at Pwllheli and in South Wales. At Cardiff, while working there, he offered himself for the Wesleyan ministry - at first, for the foreign mission-field, but was rejected on medical grounds; he was accepted
THOMAS, THOMAS (1805 - 1881), Baptist minister and college principal retired to Cardiff, where he died 7 December 1881. He was buried at Pen-y-garn, Pontypool. Thomas was president of the Baptist Union of Great Britain and Ireland, 1872-3 - the first Welsh -speaking Welshman to be thus honoured. He married Mary David, Cardiff, in 1830. She died in March, 1881. One son survived him - T. H. Thomas (Arlunydd Penygarn).

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