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teulu PUW, prominent Roman Catholic family Penrhyn Creuddyn, father in 1585, when Y Drych Cristianogawl was being printed. It is also on record that he was persecuted by Lewis Bayly, bishop of Bangor. As far as is known, he spent his life at Creuddyn. He and his wife were buried in Rhos church. They had twelve children, of whom five were girls. The eldest son, Richard, enlisted in Charles I's army in the Civil War; another fact known about him is that he died in
RANKIN, SUSANNAH JANE (1897 - 1989), minister (Cong.) and missionary in Papua Susannah Jane, born 26 November 1897, was the fourth of the nine children born to Frank and Jane Ellis at Pengorffwysfa farm, not far from the town of Llanfyllin, Montgomeryshire, and it was at Pendref Chapel that she was accepted into membership. From Llanfyllin Grammar School, she went to the University College, Bangor, where she remained from 1918 to 1922, gaining her B.A., with Honours in
RATHBONE, WILLIAM (1819 - 1902), philanthropist nationalism of his fellow-members for Wales. He took a leading part in the inception of the University College of North Wales (1884); it is true that he felt at first that Aberystwyth College should have been recognized as the college for North Wales, but as soon as Bangor was fixed upon, it was Rathbone who asked Sir Henry Jones to draft its charter (pp. 350-5 of the biography), and he contributed and
teulu RAVENSCROFT Ravenscroft, Robert Davies of Gwysaney, and three of his sons must be recorded: (1) THOMAS RAVENSCROFT, the eldest son, sheriff Public and Social Service, Civil Administration in 1606-7, died in 1630. Two of his sons were ROBERT RAVENSCROFT (1589 - 1640; Member of Parliament in 1614) and THOMAS RAVENSCROFT, originator of the separate line of ' Ravenscroft of Pickhill ' in Denbighshire (but near Bangor-on-Dee - see
REES, Sir JAMES FREDERICK (1883 - 1967), Principal of the University College at Cardiff History at Lincoln College, Oxford. He became an assistant lecturer in History in the University College at Bangor, 1908-12, a lecturer for a short while in Queen's University, Belfast, and then a Reader in Economic History at Edinburgh University, 1913, until he became Professor of Commerce in Birmingham University in 1925. In 1929 he was appointed Principal of the University College at Cardiff, a post
REES, THOMAS (1869 - 1926), principal of Bala-Bangor Independent College Uchaf, near Brecon. He threw himself into the public life of Brecknock as a whole-hearted Liberal, and was co-opted a member of the county education committee, of which he subsequently became chairman. He was appointed principal of the Bala-Bangor College, 14 April 1909, which appointment he held until his death. He had set his heart on raising the standard of theological studies in Wales and so
REICHEL, Sir HENRY RUDOLF (1856 - 1931), principal of University College, Bangor College of North Wales, Bangor, and held that office until his retirement in 1927. He gathered around him a band of young scholars of high distinction, among whom were Henry Jones and W. Rhys Roberts and continued to build well on sure foundations. The developments which he most prized were the schools of agriculture and forestry, the department of music, and the school of theology, which united in a
RHŶS, ELIZABETH (1841 - 1911), teacher, hostess and campaigner for women's rights promoted by employing a French tutor to live with the family and by visits such as the one in the spring of 1881, when Myvanwy, aged six, was sent to St Cloud convent school to deepen her knowledge of French. This attention was later repaid by the notable successes of both daughters as students at Oxford High School for Girls; Myvanwy at the University College of North Wales, Bangor, and Newnham College
RHYS, Sir JOHN (1840 - 1915), Celtic scholar pupil-teacher. He then went to the Normal College, Bangor, and, after completing his training there, was appointed master at the British school at Rhos-y-bol, Anglesey. He took a keen interest in languages and antiquities, and this brought him to the notice of chancellor James Williams of Llanfairynghornwy and Morris Williams (Nicander) of Amlwch. One of these is said to have introduced him to Charles
RHYS, WILLIAM JOSEPH (1880 - 1967), minister (B) and author leaving school he worked in a grocer's shop in Abergwynfi, but after being urged to enter the ministry, he went to Gwynfryn School, Ammanford, in 1901 and Bangor Baptist College (1903-06), where he came under the powerful influence of the Revival. He became pastor of Horeb, Maenclochog, and Smyrna, Puncheston, Pembrokeshire (1906-25), and Dinas Noddfa, Landore, Swansea (1925-47), finally retiring to
RICHARD, HENRY (1812 - 1888), politician and higher education in Wales and Monmouthshire. He was a strong opponent of State interference in religious matters. In August 1866 he married Matilda Augusta Farley, but they had no children. He died at Treborth, near Bangor, 20 August 1888, and was buried in Abney Park cemetery, London. There is a monument to him there, and a statue on the square at Tregaron.
RICHARDS, GRAFTON MELVILLE (1910 - 1973), Welsh scholar returned to the Welsh department in Swansea where he remained until 1947 when he was appointed lecturer and then Reader and Head of the Celtic Studies Department in Liverpool University. He was elected to the Chair of Welsh at the University College of North Wales, Bangor, in 1965. He was an energetic head of department and an effective dean of faculty and administrator. He gained the degree of PhD

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