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EDWARDS, RICHARD FOULKES (Rhisiart Ddu o Wynedd; 1836 - 1870), poet , Denbigh. He went to the Bala Independent College to train for the ministry and received a call to Mynydd-islwyn, Monmouth. He did not accept the call, but in May 1867 sailed to join his parents in the United States, and died there at Oskosh, Wisconsin, 8 March 1870.
EDWARDS, ROGER (1811 - 1886), Calvinistic Methodist minister , traditional, attitude of Calvinistic Methodism. His pioneer work in the Cronicl foreshadowed that of Gwilym Hiraethog in Yr Amserau and of Thomas Gee in Y Faner, and laid the foundation for the political Liberalism which later became so characteristic of North Wales. He also edited Y Pregethwr, 1841-2, Y Dyddiadur Methodistaidd, 1843-86, and Y Salmydd Cymreig (first published in 1840). He was also a poet
EDWARDS, SYDENHAM TEAST (1768 - 1819), botanical and animal draughtsman the Royal Academy between 1792 and 1814. Water-colour drawings by Edwards and engravings after him, mainly of birds, animals, and botanical subjects, are to be found in private hands in Wales and in such public collections as those in the National Museum of Wales, the National Library of Wales, the British Museum, and the South Kensington Museum. Edwards died 8 February 1819 and was buried at
EDWARDS, THOMAS (Cynonfardd; 1848 - 1927), Independent minister and eisteddfodwr health and became minister successively of Mineral Ridge Independent chapel, Ohio, 1871-2, the First Congregational Church, Wilkes-barre, Pennsylvania, 1872-8, Wilkes-barre and Edwardsville, 1878-80, Edwardsville, 1880-91, Ebenezer, Cardiff, 1891-3, and Edwardsville again, 1893-1927. In America he was one of the most successful ministers of his time, and his church was one of the largest in the States
EDWARDS, THOMAS (Gwynedd; 1844 - 1924), cleric and eisteddfodwr Born 8 April 1844 at Glasinfryn, Pentir, Bangor, son of Henry Edwards, schoolmaster, and Jane his wife, and christened at Llandegai. He was educated at S. Bees, and was ordained deacon June 1867 by bishop Campbell of Bangor, and priest in 1868. After serving curacies at Llandegfan 1867-72, and Dwygyfylchi, 1872-6, he was preferred to the livings of Llanfihangel-y-pennant 1876, Llanllyfni 1891
EDWARDS, THOMAS (1649 - 1700) Rhual,, Puritan controversialist Born at Rhual 9 October 1649, son of Thomas and Elizabeth Edwards. On 2 August 1672 he married Jane, fifth daughter of Robert Davies, Gwysaney; they had no issue. Thomas Edwards was a member of the Dissenting church at Wrexham, and in the controversy about the views of Daniel Williams he supported the Independents and High Calvinism. His chief contribution to the controversy was the book, The
EDWARDS, THOMAS DAVID (1874 - 1930), musician 1909; Brynhyfryd, Treharris, 1909-24; Sardis, Pontypridd, 1924-8; and Tabernacle, Portmadoc, 1928-30. He was a skilled organist and much in demand throughout the country as an organ recitalist. He conducted choirs at Treharris, Pontypridd, and Portmadoc; he also conducted singing festivals and served as adjudicator. His compositions, which were numerous, included, ' Dysg i mi Dy ffordd ' (anthem
EDWARDS, WILLIAM (1719 - 1789), Independent minister, and architect Born at Ty Canol, Groes-wen, a farm in Eglwysilan parish, Glamorganshire; christened 8 February 1719, son of Edward Dafydd who died 6 January 1726, after which the family moved to Bryn-tail, another Groes-wen farm. Here Edwards lived until his death, 7 August 1789; he was buried in Eglwysilan churchyard. Edwards began preaching when about 22, having come under the influence of Edmund Jones and
EDWARDS, WILLIAM (Gwilym Callestr, Wil Ysgeifiog; 1790 - 1855), poet Born in a cottage called Plas Iolyn, at Caerwys, Flintshire. He was a millwright, but excessive drinking turned him into a tramp and a beggar - Talhaiarn (Gwaith, ii, 200-2) has an amusing tale about him. He was more than once confined in an asylum, and in fact died in Denbigh asylum. But he was a poet of merit, and in particular a good englynwr. He took the prize at Beaumaris eisteddfod in 1832
EDWARDS, WILLIAM (Gwilym Padarn; 1786 - 1857), poet He was a native of Llanberis, Caernarfonshire, where he worked as a quarryman. Gaining considerable repute as a poet, he published a volume of verse, Eos Padarn, in 1829, including compositions submitted to the provincial eisteddfodau held at Wrexham, Caernarfon, and Brecon (1820-2). Since his reason for taking his work to the press was to ensure 'that some parts of my labour be remembered and
EDWARDS, WILLIAM ROBERT (Glanllafar; 1858 - 1921), Congregational minister, poet, and littérateur , in January 1881, he was pastor of the churches of Sardis and Saron (1881-8) and Braich-y-waen (1882-8), Carmel, Llansadwrn, Carmarthenshire (1889-90), and Bethesda, Brynmawr, Brecknock (1890-6), In 1896 he received a call to be pastor of the Welsh Congregational church at Granville, New York; in 1906 he accepted the pastorate of the Tabernacle church, Scranton, Pennsylvania, and there he spent the
teulu EDWIN Llanfihangel, Llanmihangel, Dissenter, and gave trouble by attending at his meetinghouse in full civic state (see T. Richards, Piwritaniaeth a Pholitics, 39-40, 47-8, 141). He was a Hereford man; attempts to trace his ancestry back to a 13th century ' thane ' are not convincing, still less so his assumption of the 'arms' of the Welsh dynasty of Edwin of Tegeingl (died 1073). According to Ewenny MS. 2 at N.L.W., Sir Humphrey's father

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