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WILLIAMS, CHRISTMAS PRICE (1881 - 1965), politician and engineer Born 25 December 1881, the son of Peter Williams and Mary Price his wife, Brymbo Hall, Wrexham, Denbighshire. His father was the managing director of the Brymbo Steel Co. He was educated at Grove Park School, Wrexham, at Mold, and at Victoria University, Manchester, where he graduated B.Sc. (with honours) in science and M.Sc. He earned his living as an engineer at Sheffield, Warrington and South
WILLIAMS, CHRISTOPHER DAVID (1873 - 1934), artist Born at Maes-teg, Glamorganshire, 7 January 1873, the only son of Evan and Mary Williams. Destined for the medical profession, he eventually overcame parental opposition, and after leaving Oswestry high school and attending art classes at Neath was awarded a scholarship at the Royal College of Art, South Kensington. After three years he entered the Royal Academy schools, where he studied under
WILLIAMS, DANIEL (1878 - 1968), minister (Meth.) and author Born 17 June 1878, son of Richard Williams, a worker in the Penmaen Quarries, and his wife Anne, at Bodnant, Llanfairfechan, Caernarfonshire. He was educated at the village National School and spent two years at the Cynffig Davies School in Menai Bridge, before being accepted in 1901 as a ministerial candidate in the Methodist church. He served a pre-college year at Llanbedr, Meironnydd, before
WILLIAMS, DANIEL HOWELL (1894 - 1963), aerodynamicist Born 27 June, 1894 at Ffestiniog, Merionethshire, the son of Griffith J. Williams, schoolmaster, and his wife, Mary Helena. He was registered as Daniel John but later adopted his mother's maiden name, Howell. His father was later H.M. Inspector of Mines for north Wales. He was a nephew of Sir Richard J. Williams, Mayor of Bangor, 1913-20. He was educated at Friars School, Bangor and in October
WILLIAMS, DANIEL JENKINS (1874 - 1952), minister (MC\/Presb.) and official historian of the Welsh Calvinistic Methodist Church of America Born Genesee Depot, Wisconsin, USA, 22 December 1874, the son of Robert H. Williams (born near Gwalchmai, Anglesey, 1844), and Jane Mary (née Jenkins; born Wisconsin, daughter of Welsh immigrants). Education: A.B. (U. Wis.), 1899; M.A. (U.Wis.), 1900; B.D. (Union Theol. Sem.), 1903; Ph.D. (Ohio State University), 1914; D.D. (Carroll Col., Wis.), 1918; student of Celtic Literature, Oxford, 1904-05
WILLIAMS, DAVID (1877 - 1927), Calvinistic Methodist minister and college tutor , Margaret Catherine Owen of Holyhead. who survived him. His early death had precluded his elevation to the upper ranks of the hierarchy; but he was ' Davies Lecturer ' in 1920 - his lecture, on ' The Spiritual Gospel ' (i.e. the Johannine writings) remains unpublished. He had published commentaries on Galatians and 2 Corinthians, and was one of the company which produced revised Welsh versions of
WILLIAMS, DAVID (1709 - 1784), Independent minister up and down Eglwysilan parish, who used to meet in private houses until 1739, when a chapel was built near the mansion of Thomas Price (' Justice Price ') at Watford (also written 'Waterford' and 'Votford' - originally, perhaps, Bodffordd), on the hill-side between Cardiff and Caerphilly. At first, David Williams's ministry was as vigorous as that of his friends James Davies (died 1760) of Merthyr
WILLIAMS, DAVID (1738 - 1816), littérateur and political pamphleteer Street, Chelsea. He was now married, his wife's Christian name being Mary Emilia. On 9 December 1774, a daughter, Emilia, was born to them, and on 20 December the mother died. The child was christened on 12 February 1775, but nothing further is heard of her and she may have died in infancy. Williams abandoned the school on his wife's death. He had, however, already written his Treatise on Education
WILLIAMS, DAVID (Iwan; 1796 - 1823), Baptist minister Born January 1796 in the parish of Llanwnnen, Cardiganshire. He attended the chapel at Aberduar where his step-father, David Davies, ministered. After courses at the Castell-hywel grammar school and Bristol Academy he had charge for a short time of the preparatory school for preachers associated with the Tabernacle, Carmarthen; it was said that he knew Latin and Greek as well as he knew Welsh and
WILLIAMS, DAVID JAMES (1870 - 1951), schoolmaster Mary. He had a daughter and 3 sons. D.J. Williams was an unassuming man whose shyness concealed his great ability and his acquaintance with many prominent figures, but he left his mark heavily on the community in the Ogwen valley. He died 1 October 1951 and was buried in Coetmor cemetery, Bethesda.
WILLIAMS, DAVID JOHN (1885 - 1970), writer English and physical education teacher at Fishguard Grammar School, 1919-36, and then Welsh master there from 1937 until his retirement in 1945. In 1925 he married Siân Evans, daughter of Dan Evans, minister of Hawen (Congl.) church, and Mary his wife, and sister of the poet William Evans, ' Wil Ifan '. They made their home in the Bristol Trader, Fishguard, which became a meeting place for hosts of
WILLIAMS, DAVID PRYSE (Brythonydd; 1878 - 1952), minister (B), writer, and historian Canmlwyddiant Libanus … braslun o'r hanes (1950). From his early days he was active in rescuing the libraries of famous men and contemporaries, and at times using the material as a basis for biographies, e.g. his grandfather ' Gwynionydd '; David James, ' Defynnog ' (1865 - 1928), Lewis Jones, the musician of Treherbert (died 1882), William Evans Davies (1861 - 1945), Dre-fach, Rees Price (died 1896

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