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THOMAS, EVAN CAMBRIA (1867 - 1930), doctor and public health pioneer Evan Cambria Thomas was born at Tŷ Coch, Llanarth, Cardiganshire, on 28 March 1867, the last of six children of Captain Evan Thomas (1825-1900), a seaman in the merchant service, and his wife Emma Jones (1824-1871), innkeeper of the Red Lion, Llanarth. He attended Llanarth School from 1872 under the tuition of John Edward Rees (1854-1912), a Certified School Master. In 1883 he was accepted to
THOMAS, HUGH (1673 - 1720), herald and antiquary Harleian manuscripts in the British Museum; see Edward Owen, Cat. of Welsh MSS. in the British Museum, ii (full index). Other papers in the same collection include letters addressed to him by Edward Lhuyd, William Lewes of Llwynderw, and other antiquaries. By 1703 he had become deputy to Garter King-at-arms, and it appears from a letter sent to him (1710-11) by William Lewes that he had the sole right of
THOMAS, IFOR (1877 - 1918), geologist and inspector of schools . He was among the first to discuss in Welsh the geological interests of Edward Lhuyd. Among his principal published works are: The British Carboniferous Orthotetinae (1910); The British Carboniferous Producti (1914); The Trilobite Fauna of Devon and Cornwall (1909); A New Devonian Trilobite and Lamellibranch from Cornwall (1909); A Note on Phacops (Trimerocephalus) Laevis (Münst) (1909); Neue
THOMAS, SIR JAMES WILLIAM TUDOR (1893 - 1976), ophthalmic surgeon the MB BCh degree of the University of Wales in 1916. After house appointments at Swansea he undertook war service with the RAMC in Africa, encountering young men blinded in action, and resolved, on his return to civilian life, to address this distressing condition in his clinical practice. Following short appointments in London in 1921 he became assistant ophthalmic surgeon at the King Edward VII
THOMAS, JENKIN (Siencyn Pen-hydd; 1746 - 1807), Methodist exhorter throughout the country because of his odd pulpit mannerisms, his uncouth appearance, and his harshness as a preacher. He was immortalised when Edward Matthews wrote his biography, which was read by generation after generation of Welsh people.
THOMAS, JOSEPH (1814 - 1889), Calvinistic Methodist minister Born 17 September 1814 in Llangynog toll-house, Montgomeryshire, the son of Edward Thomas (of Nantlle Vale), quarryman, and Mary (Morris), his wife. Joseph had very little schooling before he was sent to work in the quarry. He became keenly interested in the temperance movement, and lectured on this subject in various places. Towards the end of 1840, Lewis Edwards heard him speaking at a
THOMAS, LOUIE MYFANWY (Jane Ann Jones; 1908 - 1968), novelist . Davies, Director of Education, and his successor Edward Rees. At this time she lived at Arwynfa, Borthyn, Ruthin, and by 1935 she is registered as living at Llwyni, Llanfair Road, Ruthin. The occupants are noted as Emily, Louie Myfanwy, Mary and William Henry Davies. W.H. Davies, a Meth. lay-preacher, was her father's brother, his wife was Mary and their daughter Emily. Myfanwy lived there for some
THOMAS, MARGARET (1779 - ?), hymnwriter daughter of William Llwyd of Vaenol, near Bangor, Caernarfonshire. As a young woman she married one Edmund Williams; her second marriage (c. 1817) was with Edward Thomas of Tal-y-bont Uchaf, Llanllechid, an elder at Gatws church (Calvinistic Methodist), near Bangor. Her hymns are found written on the blank pages of an old edition of the Bible, T. Charles's Geiriadur, and an old copy of the Book
THOMAS, Sir PERCY EDWARD (1883 - 1969), architect and planning consultant Born in South Shields, 13 September 1883, the third son and fifth child of Christmas and Cecilia (née Thornton) Thomas. His father was a farmer's son from the Narberth district of Pembrokeshire who went to sea, and by the time Percy Edward was born he was captain of a sailing vessel. His mother came from Wedmore, Somerset. When the son was ten years old the family moved to Cardiff, attracted
THOMAS, PHILIP EDWARD (1878 - 1917), poet England, Feminine Influence on the Poets, Borrow, Swinburne, Marlborough, are a few titles from these years. Overwork and literary frustration increased his melancholy and told on his health. Among his friends were 'Dad' Uzzell, W. H. Davies, Gordon Bottomley, Gwili (John Jenkins, 1872 - 1936), and Edward Garnett. In July 1915 he enlisted in the Artists' Rifles, was transferred to the Artillery later
THOMAS, ROBERT (bu farw 2 April 1692), Puritan preacher , in his report of 1675, assigns him an important place as Dissenting leader in Glamorgan. His name often appears in the Margam manuscripts as a person who refused to attend the parish church. In 1687 he was one of the few Welsh Nonconformists who believed in the sincerity of James II's declaration of that year; on 15 April he gave intimation to Sir Edward Mansell of Margam that he intended holding a
THOMAS, ROBERT (Ap Vychan; 1809 - 1880), Independent minister and tutor, poet and man of letters apprenticed to Simon Jones, a local blacksmith. After serving his apprenticeship he went to Tŷn Cefn, near Corwen, where he remained for six months before turning his face, in September 1829, towards South Wales. Here, he worked at Tredegar and Dowlais but returned the following year to his old master at Lôn. He did not stay with him long for, in May 1830, he moved to Oswestry to work for Edward Price. At

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