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WILLIAMS, ROBERT (1848 - 1918), architect, author and social reformer continued to write (his Notes on the English Bond was aimed at the local masons, translated into French and Arabic). Of greatest interest in a Welsh historical context is the reason that brought Williams to Cairo in the first place - the designing of a shop for John Davies Bryan who had emigrated from Caernarfon, originally setting up a drapery stall within the Gwesty'r Continental. Joined by his brothers
WILLIAMS, ROBERT (1810 - 1881), cleric, Celtic scholar and antiquary reliable. His most important works have been noticed above, but he made other contributions to scholarship to which reference must be made. He published The History and Antiquities of the Town of Aberconway (Denbigh, 1835); he revised many of the notes to the new edition (Oswestry, 1878) of the The history of the Gwydir family by Sir John Wynne; he translated 'The Book of Taliesin' for W. F. Skene's Four
WILLIAMS, ROBERT ARTHUR (Berw; 1854 - 1926), cleric and poet Born 8 April 1854 at Caernarvon, son of John Williams, sailor. His mother died when he was but 3 years old, and he was brought up by his aunt at Pentre Berw, near Holland Arms, Anglesey. He was apprenticed in a shop at Gaerwen, and began to take an interest in poetry. Moving to Bangor to work, he came under the influence of dean H. T. Edwards, and went to S. Aidan's College, Birkenhead, to
WILLIAMS, ROBERT HERBERT (Corfanydd; 1805 - 1876), musician ), 1843. Some doubts were expressed as to who had composed this tune but John Roberts (Ieuan Gwyllt), J. Ambrose Lloyd, William Ambrose (Emrys), and William Evans (under whose conductorship it had been sung first, at Tabernacle chapel, Liverpool) testified that it was the work of Corfanydd. He wrote other hymn-tunes and published a small collection in 1848 under the title of Alawydd Trefriw. For some
WILLIAMS, ROBERT JOHN (PRYSOR; 1891 - 1967), collier and actor
WILLIAMS, ROBERT ROLFE (1870 - 1948), a pioneer of Welsh-medium education of the Geological Society, was made an O.B.E. (1932), and awarded an honorary M.A. degree by the University of Wales (1933). He was an active and valuable officer of many of the county's cultural societies. He married (1) at Cardiff, 7 December 1892, Esther John of Marian Street, Clydach, daughter of Benjamin John, collier; they had a son and two daughters. After their divorce he married (2) Rachel
WILLIAMS, ROGER (1667 - 1730), Independent minister , James, died 1760). He died 25 May 1730 at the age of 63, and John and David Williams were ordained ministers of Cefnarthen. John is known to have been his son and David probably belonged to the same family. The Williamses were a powerful clan in Cefnarthen, and other members of the family were Morgan Williams of Ty'n-coed, the able secretary of the church and one of the most prominent Dissenting
WILLIAMS, Sir ROGER (1540? - 1595), soldier and author Williams, a member of the family of Penrhos, Monmouth (this family bore, later, the surname Addams-Williams - see under Williams, Sir Trevor); and (3) Sir Roger Williams (1540? - 1595), soldier and author; it is with him that this short note will be concerned. Like his namesake, the second Roger Williams named above, Sir Roger Williams was a member of the family of Penrhos, being the son of Thomas
WILLIAMS, ROWLAND (Hwfa Môn; 1823 - 1905), Independent minister, and archdruid of Wales Born at Pen y Graig, Trefdraeth, Anglesey, in March 1823. When he was 5 years of age the family went to live at Rhos-tre-Hwfa, near Llangefni, where he was brought up as a Calvinistic Methodist until he was 14. He was apprenticed to John Evans, a Llangefni carpenter, and later worked at his trade at Bangor, Deiniolen, Port Dinorwic, and other places. In 1847 he returned to Anglesey and shortly
WILLIAMS, SAMUEL (c. 1660 - c. 1722), cleric and author He lived at Abertrosol, Llandyfrïog, south Cardiganshire. He married Margaret, daughter of Thomas John of Nant-yr-ymenyn, Llandysul, by whom he had one son, Moses Williams. As far as is known, he received no formal education, but he had sufficient qualifications to be ordained deacon in 1691 when he was appointed curate of Llandyfrïog, and priest in 1696, when he was made curate of Llanarth and
WILLIAMS, THOMAS (Capelulo; c.1782 - 1855), reformed drunkard, itinerant bookseller, 'character' cause. He became a well-known character, famed for his memorable sayings, his simple-minded attitudes (probably more feigned than real as he revealed a sharp wit when provoked), his humour and his ability to entertain audiences with accounts both of his reformed and his dissipated life. His chief patron was John Jones, the Llanrwst printer (1786 - 1865 who helped him to make a living by selling songs
WILLIAMS, THOMAS (Soranus; 1818 - 1865), physician and scientist Born in 1818, the son of John Williams, vicar of Llandyfrïog, Cardiganshire. He went to London to study medicine, and in 1843 won the R.C.S. prize for an essay on ' The Structure and Functions of the Lungs '; he became a M.D. in 1845. After having spent some time at Guy's Hospital as a lecturer in anatomy, he started to practise at Swansea, where he gained a great reputation. From 1841 to 1858 he

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