Y Bywgraffiadur Cymreig

MORRIS, JAN (1926 - 2020), writer 2006, Ned Thomas wrote, 'Re-reading Pax Britannica now, I am struck by how just and balanced most of its judgements are, on both the colonizers and colonized.' Others are less enthusiastic. In a 2019 LRB essay, James Wood calls Pax Britannica 'glitteringly nostalgic', writing that 'Morris doesn't exactly hide the racism and genocidal violence of the imperial enterprise, but they're somehow swept up
MORRIS, LEWIS (Llewelyn Ddu o Fôn; 1701 - 1765), poet and scholar Meyricks upon Thomas Corbett of the navy office, he was, from 1737, employed to make a survey of some of the Welsh ports, and though this project was temporarily suspended, it was resumed in 1741 - it was in 1748 that his Plans of Harbours, Bays, and Roads in St. George's and the Bristol Channels was published (2nd ed. by his son William in 1801). Meanwhile, Morris had visited Cardiganshire (as early as
MORRIS, PERCY (1893 - 1967), politician and trade unionist Born 6 October 1893 at Swansea, the son of Thomas and Emma Morris. He was educated at Manselton elementary school and Dynevor secondary school, Swansea. He became involved in Labour politics in his youth, and was much sought after as an eloquent public speaker even during his schooldays. In 1908 he was appointed to an administrative post on the Great Western Railway and immediately became a
MORRIS, RICHARD (1703 - 1779), founder of the Cymmrodorion Society 'four very hard years,' but things were beginning to improve - Meyrick of Bodorgan had made him a small loan and had promised to do something for him; indeed, he had a four months' job as parliamentary clerk; we know also (Llawysgrif Richard Morris o Gerddi, cxx) that he was a Welsh interpreter in the law-courts. In 1742, his brother William's friend Thomas Ellis (1711/12 - 1792) got the bishop of
MORRIS, RICHARD ROBERTS (1852 - 1935), Calvinistic Methodist minister, and poet eisteddfodau - among others, Corwen (1889), Dolgelley (1893), and the Wrexham Young Men's eisteddfod (1894). He was adjudged second best in the competition for the crown at the Llanelly national eisteddfod (1895) when the subject was ' John the Beloved Disciple '; and his pryddest was published the same year at Caernarvon. Several of his hymns are to be found in Cân a Moliant (H. Haydn Jones) and one
MORRIS, ROGER (fl. 1590) Coed-y-talwrn, Llanfair Dyffryn Clwyd, transcriber of manuscripts the orthography of Dr. Gruffydd Robert, and under-dotted letters instead of doubling them. A number of his manuscripts had come into the possession of Thomas Evans, Hendreforfudd, by 1607.
MORRIS, THOMAS (1786 - 1846), Baptist minister written by Ll. Jenkins and T. Thomas in 1847.
MORRIS, THOMAS (1761 - 1831), bootmaker - gweler MORRIS, WILLIAM
MORRIS, WILLIAM (1705 - 1763), botanist, antiquary, letter-writer , and went to live at Holyhead. The daughter, JANE (1749 - 1833), born 12 February 1749, married twice: (1) John Jones, exciseman at Caernarvon, (2) Thomas Jones, customs officer at Beaumaris (J. E. Griffith, op. cit., 41). She died, a widow, 21 February 1833 (Camb. Quart. Mag., v, 311). To her we owe the preservation of the letters written to her father by Goronwy Owen (see J. H. Davies's preface to
MORRIS, WILLIAM (1783 - 1861), Calvinistic Methodist minister Born in Church Street, Kilgerran, Pembrokeshire, in 1783, son of Thomas and Margaret Morris. THOMAS MORRIS (1761 - 1831) was the superintendent of the C.M. society which met in his house and, when he was getting on for middle age, began to preach in west Wales, while continuing to follow his trade as a country boot-maker. He died 17 October 1831. His son was also a boot-maker; he joined the
MORRIS-JONES, Sir JOHN (MORRIS) (1864 - 1929), scholar, poet, and critic Born 17 October 1864 at Trefor, Llandrygarn, Anglesey. In 1868 his family moved to Llanfair-pwll, where he received his elementary education, proceeding in 1876 to Friars School, Bangor. When the headmaster, Daniel Lewis Lloyd was appointed to Christ College, Brecon, in 1879, Morris-Jones accompanied him. He matriculated from Jesus College, Oxford, as a scholar, in 1883, and graduated with
MORRIS-JONES, JOHN HENRY (1884 - 1972), Liberal\/National Liberal politician He was born at Waunfawr, Caernarfonshire on 2 November 1884, the son of Captain Morris Jones and Ann Jones his wife. He received his education at Caernarfon Grammar School, Menai Bridge Grammar School and St Mungo's College, Glasgow. He was a general medical practitioner from 1908 until 1929. He was a captain with the Royal Army Medical Corps from 1914 until 1919 and served in France with the 2nd

Canlyniadau chwilio

1861 - 1872 of 2965 for "thomas jones glan"