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THOMAS, JOHN EVAN (1810 - 1873), sculptor , for instance, we have his statue of the duke of Wellington, while the Priory church (now the cathedral) contains more statuary by him. He was a thoroughgoing Welshman, and took a great interest in everything pertaining to Wales. He took a leading part (with the support of lord Llanover) in the movement to prevent the mis-use of the endowments of Christ College, Brecon. In 1857 he bought Penisha'r
THOMAS, JOSEPH (1814 - 1889), Calvinistic Methodist minister . Indeed, it is his shrewd witticisms which have kept his memory green, and it is probable that his thickness of speech helped to rivet his sayings in the memories of his hearers. So many of his epigrams have been remembered that for some time now it has become customary to father on to him bons mots which he himself was innocent of uttering.
THOMAS, JOSHUA (1719 - 1797), Baptist minister and historian early days of the Olchon Baptists, not to mention other important manuscripts, that eventually found a home at the Bristol Baptist College. But his outstanding contribution as a historian was the Hanes of 1778 [today usually cited in the Welsh version (1885) by Benjamin Davies (1826 - 1905) of a manuscript enlargement in English, now preserved at Bristol Baptist College ]. Thomas died 25 August 1797
THOMAS, MANSEL TREHARNE (1909 - 1986), composer, conductor, BBC Wales Head of Music Players. Audiences were also drawn to the attractive “Six Welsh Dances” and “Breton Suite” (composed for and performed by the BBC Welsh Orchestra), and also to the “Mini Variations on a Welsh Theme” written for Harry Mortimer and his Fairey Brass Band. These works and the “Theme and Variations” are now re-gaining their recognition, not least by younger ensembles, including the Welsh National Youth
THOMAS, MARGARET HAIG (1883 - 1958), suffragette, editor, author and businesswoman work were now being dismissed, she founded the Women's Industrial League and became its president. It sought gender equality in training and in industrial employment opportunities. From 1920 she chaired the Consultative Council on General Health Questions. She had gained vital experience working for her father and, when he died, inherited coalmining, shipping, newspapers and other businesses. By 1919
THOMAS, OLIVER (1598 - 1653?), Puritan cleric, and author There were two near-contemporaries of this name, both Oxford graduates and both hailing from Montgomeryshire, but there is little doubt that the man with whom we have to deal here was the 'gent.' who matriculated from Hart Hall (now Hertford College) in November 1616, aged 18, and was B.A. in 1620 and M.A. in 1628 - the other man held benefices in Pembrokeshire, while the subject of the present
THOMAS, OWEN (1812 - 1891), Calvinistic Methodist minister and author to the religious literature of Wales. He was also a profound theologian and an able commentator. His library, now housed in Bala College, is proof positive of the wide field of his studies, while his own books testify to his ability, industry, and particular genius. He died 2 August 1891 and was buried in Anfield cemetery, Liverpool. He published Cofiant y Parch. John Jones, Talysarn (Wrexham, 1874
THOMAS, Sir PERCY EDWARD (1883 - 1969), architect and planning consultant of Leigh. In addition to these successes he had important commissions which included county offices for Glamorgan, the Temple of Peace - directly commissioned by Lord Davies - both in Cathays Park, Cardiff; county offices for Carmarthenshire and police headquarters and fire station for Worcester. He was now a recognised authority on planning and designing public buildings, and he was appointed
THOMAS, PHILIP EDWARD (1878 - 1917), poet , went to France in February 1917, and was killed at Arras 9 April of that year. Some six months before enlisting he had begun, under the influence of Robert Frost and with the pen name 'Edward Eastaway,' to write the poems on which his fame now rests secure. His Collected Poems appeared in 1920 with a preface by Walter de la Mare. His poems and Helen Thomas's As It Was and World Without End are his
THOMAS, ROBERT (Ap Vychan; 1809 - 1880), Independent minister and tutor, poet and man of letters Oswestry he had the opportunity of getting acquainted with the English language and immediately joined the English church which was then under the ministry of Dr. T. W. Jenkyn. He now set about studying the works of Dr. Edward Williams, Fuller, Jonathan Edwards, and others. There were some who were anxious to see him begin preaching in the English chapel but at the beginning of 1835 he left and went to
THOMAS, Sir ROGER (1886 - 1960), pioneer of modern agriculture 16 and college, he taught as an uncertificated teacher at Pontyberem Primary and Narberth Board Schools, and at a private school in Taunton. After graduating in 1913, he was appointed a member of the Indian Agricultural Service and joined the Agricultural College of Coimbatore, South India, later becoming Deputy Director of Agriculture, Madras. In 1917 he went to Mesopotamia (now Iraq) as Deputy
THOMAS, THOMAS (1805 - 1881), Baptist minister and college principal , London, on 18 July, 1828. In 1836 he accepted a dual call to Pontypool - the presidency of a new Baptist College (transferred from Abergavenny) and the pastorate of a projected English Baptist church (now, since 1847, in Crane Street). In both spheres he wrought magnificently, and exercised an enduring influence. Relinquishing his pastorate in December 1873, and his presidency in December 1876, he

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