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WILLIAMS, ROBERT (1782 - 1818), composer of the hymn-tune 'Llanfair' which appears in all Welsh congregational tune-books and in Songs of Praise and other English hymn-books; Dr. R. Vaughan Williams has composed variations upon it. Robert Williams was born at Mynydd Ithel farm, Llanfechell, Anglesey, son of Owen Williams and Mary (née Davies). He was baptised at Llanfechell on 27 October 1782. He was blind from birth and earned his living by basket-making, but was
WILLIAMS, ROBERT (1848 - 1918), architect, author and social reformer Robert Williams was born on 27 January 1848 in Ystradowen, Glamorgan, the second son of Rees Williams, a carpenter, and his wife Mary (née Evans). Following his education at the Eagle Academy, Cowbridge, Robert worked for a local building contractor, before leaving Wales around 1873 to study architecture and building construction at the South Kensington School of Art, where he won several prizes
WILLIAMS, ROBERT DEWI (1870 - 1955), minister (Presb.), headmaster of Clynnog School and writer . ed. 1948); he is considered to be the pioneer of this type of story in Welsh. He also wrote for periodicals, and some of his articles in Y Drysorfa were collected under the title Dyddiau mawr mebyd in 1973. In 1908 he married Helena Jones Davies, and they had a son. He died 25 January 1955 at Rhuddlan.
WILLIAMS, ROBERT JOHN (PRYSOR; 1891 - 1967), collier and actor national eisteddfod in 1928 he met two people who were to influence his life greatly, namely Daniel Haydn Davies, who became a producer of school programmes for the B.B.C., and also one who became a lifelong friend, namely David Moses Jones, a collier and actor like himself. In 1936 Thomas Rowland Hughes, the novelist and producer, invited both of them to take part in a radio play, and for the next 30
WILLIAMS, ROBERT ROLFE (1870 - 1948), a pioneer of Welsh-medium education Born in 1870 in Llwyn-teg, Llan-non, Carmarthenshire, son of Thomas Williams, minister (Congl.), and his wife Mary. He was educated at Bryndu Elementary School, and the Copper Works School, Llanelli. In 1880 his father accepted the pastorate of Soar Chapel, Clydach Vale, Rhondda, and Robert became a pupil-teacher with Thomas Williams ('Glynfab'), at the local school. He went to the University
WILLIAMS, ROGER (1667 - 1730), Independent minister He was a member of the Cefnarthen church, Carmarthenshire and was probably educated at Rhys Prydderch of Ystradwallter's academy. He was ordained minister of the churches of Cefnarthen and Cwm-y-glo, Merthyr Tydfil, in 1698. He was an Arminian and his tenets caused trouble between him and the Calvinistic element in the churches. After his time, the churches were, in fact, rent asunder (see Davies
WILLIAMS, SAMUEL (c. 1660 - c. 1722), cleric and author . He wrote very little in the classical forms of poetry, but he was the author of the englynion in praise of the writer of Meddylieu Neilltuol ar Grefydd, 1717, and that in praise of his literary friend, Iaco ab Dewi (James Davies, 1648 - 1722).
WILLIAMS, THOMAS (Gwilym Morgannwg; 1778 - 1835), poet Merthyr Tydfil, the first in 1824 and the second in 1826, show how great the literary activity of that district was in the first quarter of the century, what the characteristics and qualities of that literary activity were, and how considerable was the importance of Gwilym Morgannwg; these books are: Llais Awen Gwent a Morganwg … published by J. Davies (Brychan), 1824, and Awenyddion Morganwg, neu
WILLIAMS, Sir THOMAS MARCHANT (1845 - 1914), barrister and writer Born at Gadlys, Aberdare, the son of a coal-miner. His first school was ' Ysgol y Comin,' Aberdare, where Dan Isaac Davies was headmaster, and where he became a pupil teacher. In 1864 he entered the Bangor Normal College; after taking his teacher's certificate he was headmaster of the Amlwch school and afterwards of the Garth school at Bangor. He was also, for a time, on the staff of a school in
WILLIAMS, TOM PUGH (1912 - 1985), university professor promoted to the rank of Professor and occupied the Chair of German until his retirement in 1977. In 1950 he married Catherine Mary Macnab who was at that time matron of Carpenter Hall, Aberystwyth. They had no children. Tom Pugh Williams belonged to a generation of scholars who considered their duty to the students to be more important than their personal commitment to research and publication. He was
WILLIAMS, WATKIN HEZEKIAH (Watcyn Wyn; 1844 - 1905), schoolmaster, poet, and preacher the Aberdare district. In 1870 he married Mary Jones, Y Trap, near Llandeilo; she died within a year leaving a three-weeks old child. Early in 1872 Watcyn Wyn left the mine to attend a school kept by Evan Williams, a relative, at Merthyr Tydfil; he eventually became an assistant teacher. In 1874 he entered a preparatory school, and afterwards spent four years at Carmarthen Presbyterian College with
WILLIAMS, WILLIAM (Ap Caledfryn; 1837 - 1915), portrait painter The son of William Williams (Caledfryn), Congregational minister and poet. He was born at Caernarvon, 24 March 1837. He received his first drawing lesson when he was 6 years old from the Welsh artist Hugh Hughes (1790 - 1863). He married Mary Daniel, daughter of Herbert Daniel, Congregational minister at Cefn-y-crib, and had two children, both of whom inherited their father's love of music. Among

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