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PALMER, ALFRED NEOBARD (1847 - 1915), historian his History of … Gresford, and in 1906-10 his History of … Holt, both first published in serial form in Archæologia Cambrensis, to which, and its sister journals Y Cymmrodor and the Transactions of the Cymmrodorion Society, he made numerous other contributions, listed by R. G. Smallwood in Wrexham Advertiser, 13 March 1915; he also edited and placed in the local public library (1887) a collection of
PARRY, CHARLES (1824 - 1894), artist - gweler PARRY, JOSEPH
PARRY, EDGAR WILLIAMS (1919 - 2011), surgeon Surgery at Liverpool University working under the direction of Professor Charles Wells and added the qualification Fellow of The Royal College of Surgeons of England in 1955. In 1956 he was appointed Consultant Surgeon at Bootle, Waterloo and Broadgreen Hospitals in Liverpool. He was appointed as a general surgeon which encompassed a very wide field of surgery. Vascular surgery was in its infancy but
PARRY, GRIFFITH (1827 - 1901), Calvinistic Methodist minister, and author Methodist preparatory department there. He died at Bala 4 September 1897. He was a man of conspicuous refinement and (though his academic career had not been distinguished) of wide culture. He edited (1895) some of the discourses of David Charles Davies, and in 1896 published a biography of Davies, with a selection of his sermons.
PARRY, JOHN (1775 - 1846), Calvinistic Methodist minister, man of letters, and editor same time, assisted Thomas Charles by reading the proofs of the Welsh Bible published by the Bible Society. In 1806 John Parry and his wife settled in Chester, where, after keeping a draper's shop for about four years, they turned to a more congenial form of trade, namely book-selling - a venture which was successful, for he was industrious, methodical, and careful. He was an indefatigable writer all
PARRY, JOSEPH (1744 - 1826), painter and engraver artists' works, especially of Lancashire scenes. There is a portrait of him in the Salford Museum. CHARLES JAMES PARRY was D. H. Parry's youngest son, born in Manchester in 1824; he was educated there and placed in a woollen business. As an amateur he painted from an early period landscapes in oil, for which he found a ready sale. He married Alice Southern of Salford, and died in London, 18 December
PARRY, JOSHUA (1719 - 1776), Nonconformist minister, and writer was a literary (and a social) figure, rather than a theologian, and Edmund Jones in 1770 speaks slightingly of him. He is noticed in D.N.B., in an article based mainly on the Memoir (1872) written by his grandson Charles Henry Parry. Joshua Parry had notable descendants. His eldest son, CALEB HILLIER PARRY (1755 - 1822), was a physician of great repute at Bath [he is repeatedly mentioned in Jane
PARRY, OWEN HENRY (1912 - 1956), jazz musician Dinorwic. He yearned to develop a more swinging musical style and experimented in that direction. His style was heard by some of the B.B.C.'s leading figures as he had by then joined some of England's main bands. Charles Chilton suggested that he should form his own instrumental group and that he should use the vibraphone instead of the trumpet. On 28 September 1940 the sounds of the 'Radio Rhythm' Club
PARRY, RICHARD (1560 - 1623), bishop and biblical translator comportion of Llanelidan, the endowment of Ruthin free school. While master of Ruthin, he proceeded M.A. 4 June 1586, and later, 4 March 1594, became a B.D. On 24 December 1592 he became chancellor of Bangor; 1 January 1593, vicar of Gresford; in 1596, rector of Cilcain; and 11 April 1599, dean of Bangor. Consecrated bishop of St Asaph, 30 December 1604, he retained in commendam the archdeaconry of St
PARRY, Sir THOMAS (1904 - 1985), scholar, Librarian of the National Library of Wales, University Principal, poet of reference' asked for a report, not for recommendations. During his last term as Principal, Aberystwyth was always in the limelight because Charles, then designate Prince of Wales, was there as a student. The most important role he fulfilled outside Aberystwyth was his chairmanship of a committee on the future of university libraries established in 1963 by the University Grants Committee
PETER, JOHN (Ioan Pedr; 1833 - 1877), Independent minister and college tutor, and Welsh scholar Born at Bala 10 April 1833, son of Peter Jones, millwright, and his wife Ellen. He was a pupil at the Bala free school (today the grammar school), then in 1847 began working as a millwright. His tramps across country stimulated his interest in geology and antiquities; he was also interested in poetry, and in 1849 he and his friends, among whom was Thomas Charles Edwards, founded 'Cymdeithas
PETERSON, JOHN CHARLES (1911 - 1990), boxer Jack Petersen was born at 52, Monthermer Road, Whitchurch, Cardiff on 2 September 1911, one of the three children of John Thomas Peterson (1889-1945) and his wife Melinda Laura Rossiter. He was baptized John Charles Peterson, but adopted the spelling Petersen for his professional career. His father came to Cardiff from Cork and his grandfather was originally from Norway. Petersen's father was a

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