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LAKE, MORGAN ISLWYN (1925 - 2018), minister and pacifist conscientious objector and joined the Friends Ambulance Unit in Belgium in 1944-5, where he was held captive by the Germans. There were reports at that time of his bravery and his non-violent response, but Islwyn rarely talked of his experiences. While at Bangor University preparing for the Christian ministry his pacifist conviction was deepened further amongst mature age students who had also been in the war
LEWIS, DAVID (Ap Ceredigion; 1870 - 1948), cleric, poet, and hymn-writer Born at Llaethdy, Cilcennin, Cardiganshire, 24 August 1870, son of David Lewis, farmer, and Jane his wife. He was educated first at a private school at Llan-non, Cardiganshire, kept by J. Davies (afterwards vicar of Clynnog Fawr, Caernarfonshire) and subsequently at St. David's College, Lampeter. There he won the Eldon Scholarship, for excellence in Welsh, and a Greek prize, and took the degree
LEWIS, JANET ELLEN (1900 - 1979), novelist, poet and journalist book, conjuring up vivid scenes of the natural world in the landscape surrounding 'the young Severn'. In 1937 she published a non-fiction, topographical book entitled The Land of Wales, co-authored with her brother, Peter, which, again, paints an affectionate portrait of Wales mainly for an English audience. Lewis's later journalism also focuses on the countryside, albeit mostly in rural Surrey where
teulu MORGAN Llantarnam, despite a Protestant wife, and remained a non-juror after the Revolution of 1688. On his death (before 1727) the title lapsed.
MORGAN, CLIFFORD (Cliff) ISAAC (1930 - 2013), rugby player, sports writer and broadcaster, media executive . Gallenkamp & Co as a salesman of laboratory equipment, a job he had never enjoyed, so accepted Davies's offer to, initially, become involved as a non-staff member, to run alongside his sales role. But in 1960, Morgan was appointed to the full-time role of BBC Sports Organiser in Wales, beginning an association with the BBC that would last for much of the next 38 years. Morgan's first broadcasting role was
MORGAN, TREFOR RICHARD (1914 - 1970), company director forebears being among those who established the cause in Croes-y-Parc, Peterston-super-Ely, and a great-grandfather ministered in the Baptist chapel in Penuel, Pentyrch. His sole education was at the local school, and completely non- Welsh as was usual at that time. In later life he tried to correct his lack of education through evening classes in Welsh and Welsh history. He could not take advantage of
MORGAN, WILLIAM (1750 - 1833), actuary and scientist delighted eighteenth century audiences but Morgan's interest went beyond popular entertainment. His paper to the Royal Society in 1785 describes his experiment to test the non-conductivity of a perfect vacuum - a laborious procedure and, given the use of mercury, a hazardous one. As well as his eventual success with the experiment, he recorded his failed attempts when he observed in the partial vacuum a
NAISH, JOHN (1923 - 1963), author and playwright his assisted passage, he set sail for home. He broke the journey with a stopover in Fiji where he was employed as a shipping clerk with the Burns Philp Company. There, in Suva, the first of his plays was performed and subsequently published in Australia. Further plays dated 1957 suggest he was experimenting with both social realism (predominantly sugar country plays and novels) and non-realistic
NELSON, ROBERT (1656 - 1715), non-juror, supporter of the S.P.C.K., and philanthropist
NOAKES, GEORGE (1924 - 2008), Archbishop of Wales served as chaplain to Welsh-speaking prisoners in Cardiff prison, at a time when non-violent protests by the Welsh Language Society were at their height. During this time he also developed his considerable skill as a bilingual broadcaster. After nine happy years he returned to St David's diocese as Vicar of Aberystwyth, became canon of St David's Cathedral 1977-79 and became Archdeacon of Cardigan in
OLLIVANT, ALFRED (1798 - 1882), bishop tradition of episcopal non-residence in Llandaff, restored the cathedral, built or restored 170 churches, and improved seventy parsonage houses in the diocese.
teulu OWEN Bodeon, Bodowen, old order). His son, the first Sir HUGH OWEN, was a man of law, and recorder of the town of Carmarthen; this position enabled him to win the hand of Elizabeth, daughter and heiress of George Wirriott of Orielton in Pembroke. When the Civil War broke out the attitude of the family, both in Anglesey and Pembrokeshire, was indeterminate and non-committal; he would be a clever man who could say whether

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