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REES, DAVID (1918 - 2013), mathematician David Rees was born on 29 May 1918 in Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, the fourth of five children of David Rees, a corn merchant (b. 1881), and his wife Florence Gertrude (née Powell, 1884-1970). He was educated in the local Henry VIII Grammar School and at Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, where he gained a first class degree in mathematics. In 1939 he began postgraduate studies at Cambridge on
REES, DAVID JAMES (1913 - 1983), golfer and author Dai Rees was born 31 March, 1913 in the village of Font-y-gary near Barry, Glamorganshire, the son of David Evans Rees (died 1959) and his wife Louisa Alice (née Trow). As his parents were involved in the world of golf - his father was the professional at Leys Golf Club in the Vale of Glamorgan and his mother a steward in the same club - he was brought up to play the game from childhood. He began
REES, DAVID RICE (1787 - 1856), printer - gweler REES
REES, DOROTHY MARY (1898 - 1987), Labour politician and alderman of Howells School, Llandaff, and in 1960 she was appointed to the chair of the Further Education Sub-committee of the Glamorgan County Council. She remained a warm supporter of the right of women to a higher education. She was made a CBE in 1964 and a DBE in 1975. She was married to David George Rees (the eldest son of David F. Rees of Barry) who died 8 November 1938. Their home was 'Morhafren
REES, EBENEZER (1848 - 1908), printer and publisher Born 1848 in Sirhowy, Monmouthshire. He was orphaned and brought up by relatives of his mother- David Clee and his wife in Cwmtwrch. He received little education and commenced work in one of the local collieries when he was seven years old. He left Cwmtwrch aged 18 years and worked in coalmines in Aberdare and Mountain Ash, returning to the Ystalyfera district in 1868 when he married Jane, the
REES, GEORGE (bu farw 1795), Baptist minister He was baptized at Llangloffan 11 July 1741, and it was there that he started to preach in 1745 and was ordained in 1758, but he began to assist the cause at Rhydwilym on the fall of David Thomas in 1769, and to administer ordinances there in 1771. Eventually, in 1775, he received dismission to become pastor of the church, which he served with exceptional success in spite of the fact that he
REES, GEORGE (1873 - 1950), poet and hymnwriter (CM), Williamstown, where his father was an elder. In 1900 he married Kate Ann, daughter of Thomas Roberts, chief accountant at the Oakeley Slate Quarries, Blaenau Ffestiniog and for a time lived at Pont Rhondda, where he was elected an elder of his church. He moved to London to work in the milk trade. Here a milkman with the surname Maycock covered the same round and to avoid confusion George
REES, GEORGE OWEN (1813 - 1889), physician - gweler REES, JOSIAH
REES, HENRY (1798 - 1869), most famous minister among the Calvinistic Methodists in his day Born 15 February 1798 at Chwibren Isaf, Llansannan, Denbighshire, eldest son of David and Ann Rees; a younger brother was William Rees (Gwilym Hiraethog). He attended school at Llansannan for three years, and was in service at Syrior Farm, which belonged to Thomas Jones (1756 - 1820), Denbigh. He visited Bala in 1814 to seek the Geiriadur Ysgrythyrol from Thomas Charles, and met John Elias in
REES, Sir JOHN MILSOM (1866 - 1952), surgeon and laryngologist service to the Royal Family; he was laryngologist to King George V throughout the twenty-six years of his reign, and to Queen Mary, Queen Alexandra and Queen Maude of Norway. He was knighted in 1916, appointed K.C.V.O. in 1923, and promoted to G.C.V.O. in 1934. The University of Wales conferred upon him an honorary D.Sc. in 1931. Milsom Rees was officially associated with many of the leading London
REES, JOHN THOMAS (1857 - 1949), musician the sol-fa notation between 1876 and 1879 under the tuition of D. W. Lewis, Brynaman. At twenty-one he gained some prominence as the composer of a cantata which he submitted for competition at a Treherbert eisteddfod. A modest fund raised by friends enabled him to study with Joseph Parry at Aberystwyth in 1879, but his financial resources were few and the outlook bleak until David Jenkins opened the
REES, JOSIAH (1744 - 1804), Unitarian minister Born 2 October 1744 in Llanfair-ar-y-bryn parish, Carmarthenshire - his father, Owen Rees (1717 - 1768), was at the time pastor of Clun-pentan. Josiah was at Swansea grammar school and afterwards at Carmarthen Academy (1761-6, under Jenkin Jenkins), where he became very friendly with David Davis of Castellhywel. But as early as 1763 he had been ordained as pastor of Gelli-onnen church

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