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PIERCE, ELLIS (Elis o'r Nant; 1841 - 1912), author of historical romances and bookseller guardians and rural district council, and represented his district for many years on the Arfon Liberal Association, being a staunch supporter of William Rathbone and William Jones. W. J. Roberts (Gwilym Cowlyd) appointed him recorder of ' Arwest Glan Geirionnydd.' About 1891 he married Gwen, daughter of Owen Jones, Hafodfraith, Penmachno. He died at his home, Willoughby House, Dolwyddelan, 31 July 1912
PRICHARD, JOHN WILLIAM (1749 - 1829), man of letters probable. He married twice: (1) in 1775, Catherine, daughter of David Roberts of Llan-dyfrydog - she died in 1779, leaving a daughter; (2) in 1785, Gwen, daughter of William Owen of Crafnant near Harlech (afterwards of Fronolau, Penmorfa) - she died in 1797, leaving five children. Though his father had been an Independent, Prichard was a zealous Methodist. He farmed Boteiniol in Llantrisant parish, but
PRYS, EDMWND (1544 - 1623), archdeacon of Merioneth, and poet Protestant religion - but his best poetry is found in those cywyddau which are based on his observation of life, and more particularly in his cywydd 'against the unruliness of the great.' Prys was not a romantic poet but he is entitled to be called a contemplative poet. He died in 1623. Edmund Prys was twice married: (1) to Elin, daughter of John ap Lewis of Pengwern, Ffestiniog, and (2) to Gwen, daughter
REES, FLORENCE GWENDOLEN (1906 - 1994), helminthologist (one who studies worms, particularly parasitic ones), Professor of Zoology Gwendolen (Gwen) Rees was born 3 July 1906, in Abercynon, Glamorganshire, the younger daughter of Ebenezer Rees (1865-1948) and Elizabeth Agnes (née Jones), of Cilybebyll (1877-1921). The family soon moved to 4 Elm Grove, Aberdare when her father was appointed Superintendent of Police. She was educated at the Girls' Grammar School, Aberdare, and University of Wales, Cardiff, where she graduated
REES, WILLIAM (Gwilym Hiraethog; 1802 - 1883), Independent minister, writer editor, and political leader Born at Chwibren-isaf, a farm nestling at the foot of Mynydd Hiraethog, in the parish of Llansannan, Denbighshire, 8 November 1802, the second son of Dafydd and Ann Rees - his elder brother being Henry Rees. His paternal grandfather was a native of Llandeilo who came as an exciseman from Wenvoe, Glamorganshire, to Llansannan, where he married Gwen Llwyd, a descendant of Hedd Molwynog, who had
RHYS CAIN (bu farw 1614), herald bard . His younger children were christened there - Ann in 1579, Dorithie in 1587, Roger in 1589, and Elizabeth in 1592. There, too, his wife, Gwen, was buried 19 April 1603. He married again, Catherine verch Dafydd, who survived him. His bardic teacher, Wiliam Llŷn, left him, by the name of ' Rice ap Rinald alias Kain ', his books and rolls in his will, 1580, and Rhys composed an elegy upon his death in
RHYS, WILLIAM JOSEPH (1880 - 1967), minister (B) and author last one which he wrote, namely the history of Noddfa, Treorchy, where he was a member. He married (1), in 1910, Bessie Gwen Morris (died 6 March 1960), Treorchy; and (2), 1961, Annie Lydia Williams, the widow of David Pryse Williams, minister (B), Treherbert. He died 22 October 1967 at his home, Y Wenallt, 14 Bute St., Treherbert.
RICHARD, EDWARD (1714 - 1777), schoolmaster, scholar, and poet Born at Ystradmeurig, Cardiganshire, March 1714, son of Tomos Richard, tailor and inn-keeper, and Gwenllian ('Auntie Gwen' as she was commonly called), his wife. Edward was taught Latin and Greek by his brother, Abraham; then went to the Queen Elizabeth grammar school, Carmarthen, and afterwards to Pontygido to a clergyman of the name of Pugh who was a distinguished Greek scholar. About 1735 or
ROBERTS, GWEN REES (1916 - 2002), missionary and teacher Gwen Rees Roberts was born on 2 March 1916 in Morfa Nefyn, Llŷn, the daughter of Hugh Griffith Roberts (died c.1940) and his wife Gwen Rees Roberts. Her mother died aged 31 within a few days of her birth, and approximately three years later, her father remarried a widow whose daughter, Emily, was eight years older than Gwen. The family was further expanded by the birth of a son, Hugh Wilson
ROBERTS, GWYNETH PARUL (1910 - 2007), doctor and missionary Nurse Gwladys M. Evans (1905-1963) from Aberbargoed who, like Dr Roberts, was gifted with extraordinary energy. They both prepared textbooks and translated questions and answers for each exam. They were assisted with the diagrams of the textbooks by the missionary Gwen Rees Roberts who arrived in Aizawl in December 1944. She firmly believed that the Welsh Mission should be handed over to the religious
ROBERTS, JOHN (1910 - 1984), preacher, hymnist, poet to preach at preaching festivals, and he had already been called to be minister of Carneddi Chapel, Bethesda, Caernarfonshire. On 23 August 1938 he married Jessie Martin (born 1914), from Kingsland, Holyhead, a nurse whom he had met three years previously. Their two eldest daughters, Elisabeth and Judith, were born in Carneddi, the youngest, Gwen, in Porthmadog. All his ministerial work was carried
RUCK, AMY ROBERTA (1878 - 1978), novelist and contraception. She herself had a relationship with a young Austrian between the wars, and supported friends like Rebecca West and Gwen Ffrangcon-Davies in their unconventional private lives. Berta Ruck enjoyed the friendship of both sexes, but her women friends were crucial to her. They included the authors Muriel Ménie Dowie, one of the 'New Women' of the turn of the century, and the Austrian

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