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LEWIS, DAVID JOHN (1893 - 1982), architect and Lord Mayor of Liverpool firm of carpenters, the Edwards Brothers, Trefechan, where he developed skills in draftsmanship. He attended evening classes at the School of Science and Art, Aberystwyth, and received praise from the tutor. In February 1915, convinced of the justice of Britain's cause in the Great War, he joined the army, enlisting with the Royal Engineers where he might use his skills in the field of construction
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, EMLYN EVANS (1905 - 1969), plastic surgeon was an exceptionally talented pioneer and an untiring worker in his chosen field, and was greatly respected throughout the United Kingdom. Furthermore, he was a remarkably capable and determined administrator, and a persuasive lecturer. Lewis was a man of short, stocky physique and an enthusiastic footballer - an activity that determined the shape of his nose. It was the recurrent damage to that
LEWIS, ERASMUS (1670 - 1754), writer of 'news-letters' and holder of posts under the Government lived at various times in Europe, where he held Government posts, e.g. in Paris (1700 or 1701). In June 1702 he was at Carmarthen, possibly as schoolmaster. He became secretary to Robert Harley (afterwards earl of Oxford) in 1704, whilst in 1708 he was a British Government secretary in Brussels; later he was under-secretary of State under the earl of Dartmouth, etc. From 1710 Dean Swift in his Journal
LEWIS, GEORGE (c. 1640? - 1709?), cleric and author September 1709. A translation of An earnest exhortation to Householders, by Robert Nelson, attributed to him by Moses Williams, was published in London in 1704.
LEWIS, GEORGE (1763 - 1822), theologian and Independent minister Born in 1763 at Coed near Tre-lech, Carmarthenshire. He became a member of Graig chapel, Tre-lech. For a time he attended the school kept by John Griffiths of Glandŵr (1731 - 1811), and, later, that kept by David Davis of Castellhywel. When he was 18 years of age he was admitted to Carmarthen Academy, the senior tutor of which at that time was Robert Gentleman. After spending three years at the
LEWIS, JOHN HUW (1931 - 2008), printer and publisher Publishers and Booksellers), and especially in his role as chair of the Union, he was generous in his advice to a new generation of printer-publishers as they began to set up their businesses in Wales. Huw Lewis was very much a people person and he loved to engage in conversation whether on the street in Llandysul or on the National Eisteddfod field. A natural storyteller with great wit, he was a popular
LEWIS, JOHN SAUNDERS (1893 - 1985), politician, critic and dramatist in the University of Wales by-election. For weeks he was the only candidate in the field, but eventually the Liberal Party managed to persuade W. J. Gruffydd to stand as an independent candidate. The election turned into a bitter contest between the supporters of the two candidates. Lewis was accused by Gwilym Davies in the journal Y Traethodydd of representing 'the fascist Party in Wales' and of
LEWIS, LEWIS (Lewsyn yr Heliwr, Lewsyn Shanco Lewis; 1793 - ?), haulier and revolutionary at Swansea), but mainly because of his reprieve. This has variously been attributed to the influence of persons of consequence, generally on account of services in the hunting field, or to his having been the illegitimate son of one of the gentry. The fact that, although found guilty of felony, the charge against him was much less serious than that against Richard Lewis ('Dic Penderyn
LEWIS, OWEN (1533 - 1594), bishop of Cassano, college for training priests for the English mission field. About 1574 Owen Lewis was sent to Rome on some legal business in which the chapter of Cambrai was interested. There, his ability and his industry attracted the favourable attention of the high Vatican officials and he was pressed to remain in Rome. He agreed and, before long, was appointed by Pope Gregory XIII ' referendarius utriusque
LEWIS, ROBERT EDWARD (fl. early 18th century), poet
LEWIS, TIMOTHY (1877 - 1958), Welsh and Celtic scholar appointed so as to secure a 'platform' for about five years from which to publish his theories since the University of Wales was not prepared to acknowledge them, but he was past the age of retirement by then. After retiring he continued to work on early Welsh literature - his favourite field - reading and collecting widely from out-of-the-way books and texts, especially from the works of scholars on the

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