Y Bywgraffiadur Cymreig

EDWARDS, NESS (1897 - 1968), trade unionist and Member of Parliament London in 1919 where his fellow students included Aneurin Bevan and James Griffiths. In 1927 he became the full-time secretary of the Penallta Lodge and in 1932 miners' representative for east Glamorgan. In 1938 he became a member of the council of the British Miners' Federation, representing the South Wales Miners' Federation on that body. A year later, following the death of Morgan Jones, he was
EDWARDS, Sir OWEN MORGAN (1858 - 1920), man of letters Bala College and then (1880-3) to Aberystwyth, where he did very well in English and history in the London University examinations (graduating in 1883), but not so well in philosophy despite his great attachment to Henry Jones (1852 - 1922), an attachment which led him to spend a session (1883-4) at Glasgow at the feet of Edward Caird. At Balliol College, Oxford (October 1884), he reverted to history
EDWARDS, RICHARD (1628 - 1704) Nanhoron, Llŷn, Puritan squire A member of an ancient family, his immediate forebears allied with Abércain and Pénllech, his first wife a daughter of Saethon, it was his second marriage with a niece of Thomas Wynn of Boduan (or ' Bodfean ' - see under Wynn of Rug) that brought him within the orbit of the higher gentry. Proofs of his active Parliamentary sympathies are scanty, but the new Restoration powers definitely placed
EDWARDS, RICHARD FOULKES (Rhisiart Ddu o Wynedd; 1836 - 1870), poet Born 14 January 1836 in the Bodfari district of Denbighshire. At an early age he removed with his parents to Plas Llanychan, Ruthin. He started writing poetry when he was very young, and in 1856 gained second place at the Bangor eisteddfod for his awdl, 'Yr Amaethwr.' In 1858 a volume of his poems, Y Blaenffrwyth, was published by Thomas Gee, Denbigh. He won the chair at the Llandudno eisteddfod
EDWARDS, ROBERT (1796 - 1862), musician -four years, as precentor there, he succeeded John Ellis (1760 - 1839). He composed ' Caersalem,' 8.7.4., one of the most popular hymn-tunes in Wales. Written in 1824, it appeared in Peroriaeth Hyfryd (John Parry), 1837, and became known as ' Tôn Bob y Felin ' (Bob of the Mill's tune). In 1878 it was published in Y Cysegr a'r Teulu (Thomas Gee), and there attributed to E. Roberts, but information
EDWARDS, ROGER (1811 - 1886), Calvinistic Methodist minister Lewis Edwards, a founder-editor of Y Drysorfa, continuing as joint editor (for the last ten years with Owen Thomas) until 1865. His greatest service was perhaps rendered as editor of Cronicl Oes, 1835-9, the first political newspaper in Welsh. He showed audacity and courage in venturing openly to espouse Radical principles, thereby incurring the wrath of John Elias and defying the official
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 (Caerfallwch; 1779? - 1858), lexicographer London to look for work. They were unsuccessful and had to beg their way home. In 1800 or 1801 he married Margaret Jones of Trellyniau, Halkin, and with her dower set up a saddler's business at Northop. The business failed. In 1802 he was appointed secretary to a colliery in the district. In 1803, his first wife having died, he married a Miss Wynne of Northop. In 1806 he was transferred by the colliery
EDWARDS, THOMAS (1652 - 1721), cleric and Coptic scholar New Testament held up by the death of its editor Dr. Thomas Marshall in 1675. Owing to the death (1686) of John Fell, bishop of Oxford, his patron (credited by Schwartze with persuading him to take up Coptic), further publication of the Coptic N.T. was suspended, and he was never able to publish even a specimen of his manuscript Coptic lexicon compiled from various sources and preserved in the
EDWARDS, THOMAS (fl. c. 1824), poet
EDWARDS, THOMAS (Twm o'r Nant; 1739 - 1810), poet and writer of interludes
EDWARDS, THOMAS (Gwynedd; 1844 - 1924), cleric and eisteddfodwr

Canlyniadau chwilio

409 - 420 of 2952 for "thomas jones glan"