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THOMAS, MORRIS (1874 - 1959), minister (Calvinistic Methodist), writer and historian . Richard Morris of the college in Bala. She too wrote extensively for children, and contributed regularly to the periodicals Trysorfa'r Plant and Y Gymraes. Morris Thomas retired in 1945, and went to live in Tal-y-bont, in the Conwy Valley. He died there in 1959.
THOMAS, Sir PERCY EDWARD (1883 - 1969), architect and planning consultant career. His father died at sea and was buried at Leghorn. His mother found the boy a place in a ship's office in Cardiff, but the work did not appeal to him. The vicar of Llandough took him to a phrenologist who concluded that he was suited to be an architect. He took articles in the office of E.H. Burton F.R.I.B.A. for five years, but by the fifth year he felt he should be paid, and accepted five
THOMAS, PHILIP EDWARD (1878 - 1917), poet Helen Elizabeth Myfanwy 1910. After a couple of years in London they moved to Bearsted, Kent, in 1901, to the Weald (Sevenoaks), in 1903, and to Ashford, near Petersfield, in 1906. His first book, The Woodland Life, was published in 1897, and from then till early 1915 he was the slave of wholesale reviewing and the commissioned book. Oxford, Beautiful Wales, Richard Jeffries, A Literary Pilgrim in
THOMAS, RACHEL (1905 - 1995), actress Rachel Thomas was born in Gwyn Street, Alltwen, in the parish of Cilybebyll, Glamorganshire, on 10 February 1905, the only daughter of Emily Thomas (1884-1955), a maid. She was brought up by her aunt, Mary Roberts (née Thomas, 1875-1928) and her husband, David Roberts (1866-1928), tinworker and coalminer, together with their own children, Llewelyn (1897-1977?) a merchant, Richard (1899-1970) an
THOMAS, RICHARD (1871 - 1950), minister (CM) and writer
THOMAS, RICHARD (1838 - 1916), industrialist , and in 1877 the Lydbrook colliery. The depression of 1883 forced him to compound with his creditors, whom however, he eventually repaid in full. In 1884 he formed, with his sons, the private company of Richard Thomas and Sons, and in 1888 bought the Melingriffith iron and tinplate works. The firm expanded its activities rapidly, acquiring works at Aberdare (1890), Aber-carn (1895), Cwmfelin (1896
THOMAS, RICHARD (1753 - 1780), cleric, transcriber and collector of manuscripts, and genealogist therefore within easy reach of the library at Peniarth. By May 1779, if not earlier, he had become curate at Ruthin, where he died in 1780. As J. E. Griffith (op. cit.) shows there was a family connection between Richard Thomas and Dr. Griffith Roberts, Dolgelley, a collector of manuscripts who came to own some of Richard Thomas's manuscripts, e.g. Peniarth MS 201. What is more, Richard Thomas was a
THOMAS, RICHARD (1718 - 1807), Methodist exhorter preached in Caergeiliog twenty-five times between 1790 and 1799, and superintended the societies of Llanrhyddlad and Llannerch-y-medd. He was buried at Llanfflewyn from Tŷ'n Llwyn, Llanfechell, 29 January 1807. He has been wrongly identified with RICHARD THOMAS, South Wales exhorter (died 1751).
THOMAS, WILLIAM (bu farw 1554), Italian scholar and clerk of the Privy Council to king Edward VI led him to extol the importance of English as a written language and to advocate the necessity for teaching it for itself alone, not merely as a medium for instruction in Latin or Greek. Hitherto the honour of being the first man to advocate this has been assigned to Richard Mulcaster; William Thomas was advocating the thorough teaching of English in schools thirty years before that.
THOMAS, WILLIAM DAVIES (1889 - 1954), Professor of English articles, full of grace and polish, but, being over-critical of his own work, very few of his writings were published. For many years he held highly successful extramural classes on English literature at Neath and elsewhere. He gave many radio talks on poetry and literature and various other topics. He married Edith Mary, daughter of Richard Edwards, Maesycymer, and died at home, 11 Clarendon Road
teulu TIBBOTT TIBBOTT, RICHARD (1719 - 1798), Calvinistic Methodist exhorter and Congregational minister Religion, Born 18 January 1719 at Hafod-y-pant, Llanbryn-mair. In 1738 he began to preach occasionally with the Congregationalists, but in 1740 he came under the influence of Howel Harris. Soon afterwards he went to Griffith Jones's school at Llanddowror and joined the Calvinistic Methodists. He himself
teulu TOMKINS, musicians connection with Wales. He was a member of a family which had for generations been settled at Lostwithiel, Cornwall. He went to S. Davids as ' Master of the Choristers and Organ-player ' in the cathedral. He married (1) Margaret Poher (or Pore), and (2) Ann, daughter (or sister) of Richard Hargest, Penarthur farm, S. Davids. Later he took holy orders and became a canon in Gloucester cathedral and vicar of S

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