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GRIFFITH, ROBERT ARTHUR (Elphin; 1860 - 1936), author and lawyer position which he held until his retirement in 1935. On the literary side he was a keen eisteddfodwr; he assumed the bardic name of Elphin. He wrote two volumes of Welsh verse (Murmuron Menai and O Fôr i Fynydd) and a Welsh comedy entitled Y Bardd a'r Cerddor. With David Edwards (1858 - 1916) and John Owen Jones (1861 - 1899), he produced the pseudonymous The Welsh Pulpit: divers notes and opinions. By a
GRIFFITH, ROBERT DAVID (1877 - 1958), musician and historian of Welsh congregational singing Born 19 May 1877, in Cwm-y-glo, Caernarfonshire, son of Richard Griffith, a slate quarryman, and Jane (née Williams) his wife. His mother was a cousin of David Roberts ('Alawydd ' and of John Williams ('Gorfyniawc o Arfon'). After moving to Mynydd Llandygái in 1885, the family returned to Bethesda in 1890, where he, too, obtained employment in Penrhyn quarry. Later he became an office clerk, and
GRIFFITH, WALTER (1819 - 1846), advocate of free trade his father was David Griffith of Blowty in Llŷn, who was Independent minister of Tal-y-sarn (1814-30), afterwards shopkeeper at Bethesda till 1840, and then minister at Ruabon (Hanes Eglwysi Annibynnol Cymru, iii, 228, iv, 30); he died in 1843. Walter Griffith was born in August 1819, and apprenticed to a shopkeeper at Bethesda. Removing to Manchester as assistant to a hatter, he was drawn into
GRIFFITH, WILLIAM (1719 - 1782), farmer of Drws-y-coed Uchaf, at the head of Nantlle Vale, from 1744 till his death; known to Goronwy Owen, to Margaret Davies, of Coedcae-du, and to David Thomas (Dafydd Ddu Eryri as a man of literary tastes, is also noteworthy because his house was the centre of the Moravian mission in Northwest Wales from 1768 to 1776 - see under David Williams (1702 - 1779), David Mathias, and John Morgan (1743
GRIFFITH-JONES, EBENEZER (1860 - 1942), Congregational minister and college principal Born 5 February 1860 at Merthyr Tydfil, son of the Rev. E. Aeron Jones and Mary Ann, daughter of David Griffiths (1792 - 1863), missionary to Madagascar. Although he received the best education that was possible at the time he attributed his culture and scholarship mainly to the influence of his father. He went to Carmarthen Presbyterian College, 1875-78, and was an assistant teacher at Swansea
GRIFFITH-JONES, WILLIAM (1895 - 1961), Independent minister and administrator Born at Deiniolen, Caernarfonshire, 2 November 1895, the son of David and Mary Jones, members of Ebenezer Independent Chapel. The ministers at Ebenezer, J. Dyfnallt Owen and E. Wyn Jones, had a great influence on the young Griffith-Jones. When the family moved to Liverpool, he joined the English church in Great George St. During World War I, he served for two and a half years in Salonica, 1916-19
GRIFFITHS, ANN (1776 - 1805), hymn-writer Born April 1776 at Dolwar Fach, Llanfihangel yng Ngwynfa, Montgomeryshire, (baptised 21 April 1776), daughter of John (died c. February 1804) and Jane Thomas (died 1794). Her parents were church-goers. They had five children: (1) Jane, 1767, (2) John, 1770, (3) Elizabeth, 1772, (4) Ann, and (5) Edward, 1779. An extensive study of the children (and their descendants) has been made by David Thomas
GRIFFITHS, ARCHIBALD REES (1902 - 1971), painter
GRIFFITHS, DAVID (1792 - 1863), missionary
GRIFFITHS, DAVID (1756 - 1834), Methodist cleric parish. He was one of the executors of the will of Bridget Bevan, and did a great deal for education after the money left by the will had been made available. He died 18 September 1834 at Berry Hill, Newport, Pembrokeshire, and was buried in Nevern church. JOHN GRIFFITHS, minister Religion David Griffiths' brother, was a student at the countess of Huntingdon's college at Trevecka. In 1795, in Spa
GRIFFITHS, DAVID REES (Amanwy; 1882 - 1953), poet and writer much to it on local matters. He also wrote the column ' O gwm i gwm ' for Y Cymro for some years. He was elected a deacon of Gellimanwydd Congl. church, and published a tribute to his old minister (Rev. Isaac Cynwyd Evans) under the title Gweinidog fy ieuenctid (1945). He broadcast many times and took a leading role in the film David, a portrayal of his life. His poetical works - pryddestau, songs
GRIFFITHS, DAVID ROBERT (1915 - 1990), Baptist minister and Biblical scholar D. R. Griffiths was born in Brynhyfryd, Pentre, Rhondda in 1915. He was the son of the Reverend Robert Griffiths, minister of Moriah Baptist chapel, Pentre, and Mrs Mimah Griffiths, daughter of David Davies, Maes Twynog, Llanwrda. Five very talented children were born to them: Elizabeth Jane, Augusta, John Gwyn (Professor J. Gwyn Griffiths, Swansea University), David Robert and Gwilym. Like his

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