Y Bywgraffiadur Cymreig

THOMAS, JOHN WILLIAM (Arfonwyson; 1805 - 1840), mathematician three months studied at the school kept by Robert Roberts, the almanac-maker (1776-1836), at Holyhead. Then, he himself opened a school at Tre-garth and began work on his book, Elfennau Rhifyddiaeth. At the age of 21 he married, and moved to Bangor; the story goes that he was again engaged for a time in selling books in Anglesey; however, J. H. Cotton obtained for him the mastership of a school at
THOMAS, JOSHUA (1719 - 1797), Baptist minister and historian he published a new translation of the Confession of Faith, issued by the London Assembly of 1689; in 1794 he translated a book by Robert Hall on the doctrine of the Trinity; before 1795 he published sharply-worded Remarks on the work of an author who had belittled the cause and mission of the Baptists. And he left behind at Leominster, in manuscript, two volumes on the story of that church and the
THOMAS, MORRIS (1874 - 1959), minister (Calvinistic Methodist), writer and historian Born 8 July 1874, in Talysarn, Dyffryn Nantlle, Caernarfonshire, the son of Robert Thomas, quarryman, and his wife. The father died when the Nantlle lake burst its banks, and 8 workmen were killed. Morris Thomas was only 12 years old, but at that age the boy had to go to work in the quarry. His minister, William Williams, saw that he was exceptionally able and gave him encouragement and
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, RICHARD (1753 - 1780), cleric, transcriber and collector of manuscripts, and genealogist ; among the latter are Peniarth MS 201 and NLW MS 42B and NLW MS 53B. Robert Williams (Enwogion Cymru: a Biographical Dictionary of Eminent Welshmen) and Isaac Foulkes (Enw.), refer to the fact that some of Richard Thomas's genealogical manuscripts were sold to the College of Heralds, London, by E. Protheroe, M.P.; they also refer to one genealogical manuscript remaining at Rug, near Corwen, and another
THOMAS, ROBERT (bu farw 2 April 1692), Puritan preacher His name is associated with Neuadd Baglan in Glamorgan, and he is probably the Robert Thomas who matriculated from Jesus College, Oxford, August 1658. When the Restoration came and the Act of Uniformity, he was not named among the ministers that were ejected; he was a preacher merely, unordained. In 1669 he was reported as preaching secretly to about twenty followers, those being made up of
THOMAS, ROBERT (1782 - 1860), printer and publisher Robert Thomas, the son of John and Mary Thomas, was born at Rhandregynwen, on 16 November 1782 (Rhandregynwen, Llanymynech, Montgomeryshire, OS Map 118, SJ 2819; various spellings, was and still is a substantial farm on the banks of the river Vyrnwy). He married Mary Harris of Southampton at the Church of the Holy Rood, 8 January 1818 and they had two sons (William Kyffin and Robert George) and
THOMAS, ROBERT (Ap Vychan; 1809 - 1880), Independent minister and tutor, poet and man of letters
THOMAS, ROBERT (bu farw 1774), poet, and sexton of Llanfair Talhaearn Denbighshire
THOMAS, ROBERT (1796 - 1866), Calvinistic Methodist preacher, a 'character' will be of little value unless supplemented by reading that very entertaining biography, Hanes Bywyd Robert Tomos, Llidiardau, by Owen Jones, 1869, in which will be found many of his sayings.
THOMAS, ROBERT DAVID (Iorthryn Gwynedd; 1817 - 1888), Independent minister
THOMAS, ROBERT JERMAIN (1840 - 1866), missionary pioneer of the London Missionary Society Shanghai. He visited Korea in 1865 and gained some knowledge of its language. In 1866 he was given charge of the Anglo-Chinese school in Peking, but later he offered to join in an expedition to Korea, when he and all the passengers and crew were captured by the Koreans and put to death. He succeeded in throwing some of the Bibles on to the shore, and these were read with effect. In 1931 a ' Robert

Canlyniadau chwilio

661 - 672 of 798 for "robert robertsamp"