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DAVIES, MORRIS (Moi Plas; 1891 - 1961), quarryman, local historian and researcher . He was to spend the remainder of his life conscientiously collecting material and researching into the subject. He wrote occasionally to Welsh newspapers like Y Cymro, Y Dydd, Y Rhedegydd, Y Seren, Yr Herald Cymraeg a'r Genedl, etc. He was regarded as the authority on the history of Trawsfynydd and vicinity. All his MSS., in accordance with his wishes, are lodged in the National Library of Wales
DAVIES, WILLIAM (bu farw 1593), Roman Catholic missioner and martyr , were Frs. William Robins, Caernarvon (ordained from Valladolid, 1602) and possibly Robert Edmonds of Denbighshire (born 1583, admitted to Valladolid 1603, believed to have died in the Gatehouse 1615). Fr. Davies is described by Gwilym Pue as ' Syr William, seren ei wlad,' and by T. P. Ellis as 'one of the most appealing of all the Welsh martyrs.'
EAMES, MARION GRIFFITH (1921 - 2007), historical novelist with the known figures upon its fringes. In Y Seren Gaeth (1985) and Y Ferch Dawel (1992) the setting is more contemporary, each revealing that an author of deep compassion and faith in the inherent goodness of others was by no means unable to confront the harsh realities of marital relations or the discomforting complexities of incestual relationships. There is throughout her work a robustness that
EDWARDS, JOHN (Meiriadog; 1813 - 1906), poet and editor Born at Llanrwst, he was educated at the local grammar school, and afterwards apprenticed as a printer. He revealed much literary talent while still young, and between 1835 and 1860 in particular many of his poems were published in Seren Gomer, Y Dysgedydd, Y Diwygiwr, Y Gwladgarwr, and Y Drysorfa. In turn he lived at Cefn-mawr, Llanfaircaereinion, Cardiff, and Merthyr Tydfil, before finally
EDWARDS, JOHN (1799 - 1873?), musician also regarded as a good player on the clarinet. A hymn-tune which he composed earned for him a prize awarded by the Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion. His first tune, ' Grongar,' appeared in Seren Gomer, 1824, other hymn-tunes by him being published in Haleliwia, Haleliwia Drachefn, Telyn Seion (Rosser Beynon), and Caniadau Seion (R. Mills); he also composed some anthems. He reviewed Gramadeg (John
EDWARDS, RICHARD (fl. 1840-1884), Baptist minister and editor of Welsh-American periodicals Born at Tre-donfaen in the parish of Llanfabon, Glamorganshire. He emigrated to the U.S.A. in 1841, stayed for some time in Utica, N.Y., and proceeded to Pottsville, Pennsylvania, where he lived from 1845 to 1884. He had charge of a Baptist church at St. Clair for a while, but took up printing; he also acted as secretary to a shipping company. He started, in 1842, Y Seren Orllewinol, which had a
EDWARDS, ROBERT (Robin Ddu o Feirion; 1775 - 1805), poet and antiquary a native of Trawsfynydd, Meironnydd. Examples of his work are to be found in Corff y Gainc, 1810, namely his englyn, ' Cyffes y Bardd ' and ' Cywydd Marwnad Rowland Huw, bardd o'r Graienyn gerllaw'r Bala, 1802.' [= Rolant Huw ] Seren Gomer for the year 1835, 275, contains his stanzas ' Gofal Duw.' Memorial stanzas to him by Gutyn Peris (GRIFFITH WILLIAMS, 1769 - 1838) are contained in Corff y
EDWARDS, THOMAS (Caerfallwch; 1779? - 1858), lexicographer accounts of some of the princes. For this service he was awarded £1,000 by the firm. He died in London, 4 July 1858, and was buried in Highgate cemetery. All his life he was interested in the Welsh language and in music. He contributed many articles to such periodicals as Y Gwyliedydd, Seren Gomer, and Cymro Llundain under the pseudonyms T. ap Edwart ap Eurgain, Zabulonun, and Caerfallwch. Y Gwyliedydd
EDWARDS, WILLIAM (Gwilym Callestr, Wil Ysgeifiog; 1790 - 1855), poet for an awdl (Seren Gomer, 1832, 312), and at Mold, 1823, for an englyn. His elegy on Thomas Price (Carnhuanawc) in 1853, printed in Golud yr Oes, 1863, 112-3), was written in the asylum. Much of his work is scattered through the pages of Seren Gomer, Y Gwladgarwr, Yr Eurgrawn, Y Geninen, and Cymru (O.M.E.). He published a volume, Cell Callestr (Trefriw, 1815), of his own poetry and that of others
ELIAS, THOMAS (Bardd Coch; 1792 - 1855), Calvinistic Methodist minister and hymn-writer appeared in Seren Gomer, 1821, 214, and a collection of his hymns, with a memoir, was published at Merthyr Tydfil in 1856.
ELLIS, ROBERT (Cynddelw; 1812 - 1875), Baptist minister, preacher, poet, antiquary, and commentator , between Oswestry and Llanrhaeadr, when he was on a preaching and lecture tour. He was a man of many parts. He was an exegetical, doctrinal, and practical preacher, a considerable master of the pulpit Welsh of his day, speaking roundly, clearly, and with a natural fluency. He carried weight in bardic and eisteddfodic circles. It was his awdl 'Yr Adgyfodiad' in Seren Gomer, 1849, which brought him to
teulu EVANS, printers respect, very different from his father, who had not been trained as a printer. There was some measure of competition between John Evans and his neighbour John Daniel. Both printed Bibles - John Evans, e.g., being responsible for printing four editions of the 'Peter Williams' Bible.' In 1825 on the death of Joseph Harris (Gomer) John Evans acquired the printing and publishing rights of Seren Gomer. He

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