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ROBERTS, DAVID (Dewi Ogwen; 1818 - 1897), Independent minister the local newspaper. At the age of 15 he was admitted to membership of the church at Lônpopty (now the Tabernacle) but two or three years later joined the Independents at Ebenezer. He was apparently induced to take this step because, after reading Samuel Bowen's book on the Atonement, he was uncertain about some points of doctrine; it is also probable that Arthur Jones's personal influence had
ROBERTS, EDWYN CYNRIG (1837 - 1893), pioneer in Patagonia campaign. In March 1865, he and Lewis Jones were sent to Buenos Aires to confirm the arrangements with the Government before proceeding to New Bay to prepare for the arrival of the emigrants. They faced further disappointment when Dr. Rawson confessed that he could not keep his promise of financial assistance as the country was engaged in an expensive war against Paraguay. Edwyn and Lewis were now faced
ROBERTS, EVAN (1923 - 2007), research chemist and industrialist friendly relations among peoples of the world". Not long after moving to Llangefni, he renewed links with the Chemistry Department at UCNW (now Bangor University), and he was made an Honorary Fellow by the university in 1997. He endowed two prizes, the 'Peboc Medal and Prize' for the best final year student, and the 'Evan Roberts Prize' for the best second year student. After retiring, he returned to the
ROBERTS, EVAN (1836 - 1918), watch salesman and 'the greatest horological collector of all' , and subsequently at various venues and international exhibitions in London; several catalogues were published (H. G. Abbott, Catalogue of the historic and antique watches from the famous collection of Mr Evan Roberts… Chicago, 1893; H. G. Abbott, The Roberts collection of antique watches… Chicago, 1897; [Evan Roberts] Historic horology, being a catalogue... London, 1912). Now a wealthy man, and
ROBERTS, EVELYN BEATRICE (Lynette) (1909 - 1995), poet and prose writer of Roberts which has continued into the twenty-first century, with a substantial number of her poems, as well as her wartime diaries and selected letters, now in print. Lynette moved to Carmarthen following her first stay in hospital, and moved to a residential home in Ferryside in 1989. Her sister Winifred bought Lynette a cottage in Llandeilo, and while living in the residential home she would
ROBERTS, GRIFFITH (Gwrtheyrn; 1846 - 1915), littérateur of his which are now in the National Library, show his great interest in the older literature. In a totally different field, he published in 1897 Pum Plwy Penllyn, a most useful history of Poor Law administration in Penllyn from 1720 till 1897.
ROBERTS, GRIFFITH (1735 - 1808), physician at Dolgelley, antiquary, and collector of manuscripts as ' Hen Dŷ'r Doctor ' (Plas Isa) and now forming part of the Golden Lion hotel. At Dolgelley he had access to the Hengwrt manuscripts (in Welsh and other languages) which, in his day, were still at Hengwrt. Moreover, he himself owned several manuscripts, many of which now form part of the Hengwrt-Peniarth collection in N.L.W.; for particulars, with references also to other Welsh manuscripts, which
ROBERTS, GWILYM OWEN (1909 - 1987), author, lecturer, minister and psychologist sixties. Roberts's column was certainly a key influence on his important pamphlet Yr Argyfwng Gwacter Ystyr. The pamphlet shares the same central argument as articles by Roberts from the period which preceded it, namely that the language of religion in Wales, above all else, was now meaningless and irrelevant to the vast majority. Roberts believed that meaning could be restored to modern life through
ROBERTS, GWYNETH PARUL (1910 - 2007), doctor and missionary and Craig y Nos in the Swansea Valley. She also studied at the London School of Tropical Medicine after deciding to follow in her parents' footsteps. She gained the degrees of BSc, MB and BCh. She was accepted into the mission of the Presbyterian Church of Wales in June 1938, and arrived at Durtlang Welsh Missionary Hospital on the outskirts of the town of Aizawl, the capital of Lushai state (now
ROBERTS, JOHN (1576 - 1610), Benedictine monk and martyr Born at Trawsfynydd in 1576. It is now believed, on the authority of Peniarth MS 287, that his father was Robert, one of the sons of Ellis ap William ap Gruffydd of Rhiwgoch, and that he was, therefore, a cousin of Robert Lloyd of Rhiwgoch, Member of Parliament for Merionethshire, 1586-7. He was brought up and educated as a Protestant and was admitted to S. John's College, Oxford, 26 February
ROBERTS, JOHN (1767 - 1834), Independent minister and theologian (London) agreed that he should be trained at their Academy free of charge, and he was duly admitted. In 1792 the Academy, now in charge of Jenkin Lewis, was moved to Wrexham where Roberts spent three years. Before finishing his course he was invited to assist Richard Tibbott at Llanbryn-mair; he began his work there January 1795 and was ordained 25 August 1796. On Tibbott's death he was elected in March
ROBERTS, JOHN ASKEW (1826 - 1884), antiquary, journalist, and author founded (1860) The Merionethshire Standard, now known as The Cambrian News. He was also joint-editor, with Edward Woodall, of The Pictorial Itinerary, an Illustrated Guide to the Railways and Coach-Roads of North Wales (Oswestry, 1882). He died 10 December 1884.

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