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LEWIS, ELLIS (fl. 1640-1661), translator . His wife was Ellen, daughter of Robert Anwyl, Parc, Llanfrothen, by Catrin, daughter of Sir John Owen, Clenennau, Caernarfonshire. He is known as the translator of Ystyriaethau Drexelius ar Dragwyddoldeb Gwedi eu cyfieithu yn gyntafyn Saeson-aeg gan Dr. R. Winterton, ac yr awrhon yn Gymraeg gan Ellis Lewis o'r Llwyn-gwernyn Sir Feirion, Wr-bonheddig (Oxford, 1661).
LEWIS, GEORGE (1763 - 1822), theologian and Independent minister Academy he received a call from the Independent church at Caernarvon and remained in that circuit, a highly successful minister, for nine years. Before leaving the district he had toyed with the idea of emigrating to the U.S.A., and entered into correspondence with Dr. Edward Williams (1750 - 1813), of Carr's Lane, Birmingham, on the subject. However, he received a call from the Independent church at
LEWIS, HUBERT (1825 - 1884), jurist second son of Edward Clapham Lewis of Ripon, Yorkshire. Educated at Emmanuel College, Cambridge, he was called to the Bar from the Middle Temple in May 1854. He had an extensive practice as a conveyancer but his reputation was largely based on his legal writings. These included Principles of Conveyancing, 1863; Principles of Equity Drafting, 1865; preceded by an edition of Goldsmith's Equity in
LEWIS, JENKIN (1760 - 1831), Independent minister and tutor he finished his course there, he was acting as assistant to the tutor, Benjamin Davies. He removed, along with the Academy, to Oswestry, as assistant to Edward Williams (1750 - 1813), but in November 1784, accepted a pastorate at Wrexham. When Edward Williams (in 1791) went from Oswestry, Lewis was urged to take his place, and as he declined to leave Wrexham, the Academy was removed (1792) from
LEWIS, JOHN (bu farw 1616?) Llynwene, Llanfihangel Nant Melan, barrister, and author of The History of Britain . The following extract (quoted by Edward Owen in his Catalogue, named below) from the copy (in B.M. Harl. MS. 6840) of the will (dated 14 September 1720) of Hugh Thomas is relevant: 'Whereas I have receiv'd several pounds towards printing my book now in ye press and begun by Mr. John Lewis of Llanwenny …' Like other members of his family, he was a Catholic recusant, and he was excommunicated by the
LEWIS, JOHN DANIEL VERNON (1879 - 1970), scholar, Independent minister, author, tutor and theological college principal honours in Semitic studies. He obtained the degree of B.D. Wales after studying at Brecon Memorial College (1901-04), only the second person to achieve this from one of the Welsh Congregational colleges. Whilst a student there he was awarded the essay prize at the 1903 National Eisteddfod on the subject, ' Perthynas daearyddiaeth Palesteina a hanes y wlad ' under the adjudication of Edward Anwyl and T
LEWIS, JOHN HUW (1931 - 2008), printer and publisher much of his time working on maps. Having completed his apprenticeship in the printing industry in London he returned to Llandysul to join the family business, Gwasg Gomer, also known as Gomer Press. The press - founded by his grandfather John David Lewis, in Market Stores, Llandysul, in 1892 - was now being run by J. D. Lewis's two sons: Rhys Lewis (Huw Lewis's father) and Edward Lewis. John Lewis
LEWIS, JOHN SAUNDERS (1893 - 1985), politician, critic and dramatist petitions and public meetings proved unsuccessful, on 8 September 1936 Lewis and two fellow members of the National Party, David John Williams and Lewis Edward Valentine, went to Penrhos and set fire to workers' huts on the site of the proposed 'Bombing School'. They then went to the police station in Pwllheli to present a letter admitting their responsibility for the action. The 'fire in Llyn' or
LEWIS, LEWIS WILLIAM (Llew Llwyfo; 1831 - 1901), poet, novelist, and journalist ; with 'Caradog' in the national eisteddfod held at Aberdare, 1861; with 'Llewelyn' in the Rhyl eisteddfod, 1863; with 'Dafydd' in the national eisteddfod held at Aberystwyth, 1865; with 'Arthur y Ford Gron' in the Chester national eisteddfod, 1866; with 'Elias y Thespiad' in Ruthin eisteddfod, 1868; with 'Gruffydd ap Cynan' in the Wrexham national eisteddfod, 1888; and with 'Ioan y Disgybl Anwyl' in
LEWIS, ROBERT EDWARD (fl. early 18th century), poet
LEWIS, TIMOTHY (1877 - 1958), Welsh and Celtic scholar years. He was also a deacon of the Independent church in Baker Street, Aberystwyth, from 1914 till he retired in 1929. Although he would have liked to have had a post in the newly established National Library at Aberystwyth, another opening came his way when he was appointed assistant lecturer in Welsh at the University College, Aberystwyth, under Sir Edward Anwyl in January 1910. After Sir Edward
LEWIS, TIMOTHY RICHARDS (1841 - 1886), surgeon, pathologist, and pioneer in tropical medicine Born at Hafod, Llan-gan, Carmarthenshire, 31 October 1841, the eldest child of William Lewis and Britania (Richards), his wife. He was brought up in the parish of Crinow, Pembrokeshire, and received his early education at Narberth National School and at the grammar school kept in that town by Joseph and William Edward Morris. He was apprenticed at the age of 15 to a Narberth pharmacist, but after

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