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RICHARDS, DAVID (1822 - 1900), musician . He died 1 March 1900 and was buried in Groes-wen burial ground near Caerphilly.
RICHARDS, FREDERICK CHARLES (1878 - 1932), artist in Hampstead General Hospital, 27 March 1932. Richards was a true artist, who lived simply in a modest Chelsea flat, was much beloved and extremely generous. He is commemorated by collections of his work in the Newport Art Gallery, the National Museum of Wales, Cardiff, and the Victoria and Albert Museum, London.
RICHARDS, JEDEDIAH (1784? - 1838), hymnist and itinerant bookseller information about Welsh literature. He inaugurated a ' Christian Singing School ' at Llandovery, 29 December 1819. From 1821 to 1823 he kept what he called a ' Free Christian Practice-Schools ' at Carmarthen and other places. He was buried in S. Peter's churchyard, Lampeter, 9 March 1838, aged 54. His first publication was on comparative religion - Hanes Crefyddau'r Byd (Carmarthen, 1820). He described his
RICHARDS, ROBERT (1884 - 1954), historian and politician was characteristic of him that his maiden speech in parliament on 3 March 1923 dealt with the bill that sought to turn the Ceiriog Valley into a reservoir for Warrington. He was a hard worker; in spite of his political duties he continued as tutor in economics at Coleg Harlech. At the end of the war he was prevailed upon to accept the headship of the department of economics at Bangor. He was a
RICHARDS, THOMAS (1754 - 1837), cleric degree. He began to keep school at Berriw, Montgomeryshire, March 1813, and also served as curate of Montgomery. He was in touch with many literary Welshmen of his age, and John Blackwell (Alun) and Evan Evans (Ieuan Glan Geirionydd) were pupils of his. He was local secretary of the Bible Society and a promoter of the publication of Welsh magazines. When his father declined the benefice of Llangynyw
RICHARDS, THOMAS (1710 - 1790), cleric and lexicographer the parish of Coychurch. What became of them is not known, but Iolo maintained that it was in those manuscripts that he 'discovered' many of his fictions, such as the 'Aberpergwm Brut' and some of the cywyddau which he said were written by Dafydd ap Gwilym. According to William Thomas's diary, as printed in Cylchgrawn Cymdeithas Hanes y Methodistiaid Calfinaidd, 1949 (48), Richards died 20 March
RICHARDS, THOMAS (1878 - 1962), librarian and historian Born 15 March 1878 at Maes-glas, a smallholding near Tal-y-bont, Cardiganshire, son of Isaac Richards and Jane (née Mason). The family later moved to Ynystudur, near Tre'rddol. He received his early education at Tal-y-bont and Taliesin schools. He was a pupil-teacher for four years and, from 1897, was for two years a teacher at Alexandra School, Aberystwyth before entering the University College
RICHARDS, WILLIAM (1749 - 1818), General Baptist minister, theological and political controversialist, and antiquary March 1798, and again when from the end of 1799 till the beginning of 1802 he resided at Parc-Nest near Newcastle Emlyn. He was a fair classical scholar, and developed a vigorous English style, but none the less clung to his Welsh, as is proved by his scathing pamphlets in Welsh, not to mention his English-Welsh Dictionary (1798; the Welsh - English section was left in manuscript) - indeed, his
RICHARDSON, EVAN (1759 - 1824), Calvinistic Methodist minister, and schoolmaster Calvinistic Methodist ordination at Bala, 1811. In 1817 his health deteriorated; he was stricken by paralysis, and thenceforth had to limit his preaching activities. He died 29 March 1824, and was buried in Llanbeblig churchyard. He had been twice married.
RIGBY, THOMAS (c. 1783 - 1841), publican and barber George (1824-1844), Alexander (1826-1833), Thomas junior (1829-1844), Elizabeth (1834-1834), William (1838-1892), Jane (1839-1840) and Caroline (1840-1876). Mary Ann became a cook, working in service in a Swansea doctor's family. William became a cabinet maker and moved to Merthyr Tydfil. Thomas Rigby died on 8 March 1841 in Llanelli, where he ran the Union Tavern, and was buried two days later in
RINVOLUCRI, GIUSEPPE (1890 - 1962), engineer and architect on the UK in June 1940 all Italian citizens, Rinvolucri included, were classed as enemy aliens. He was detained, then released two months later due to inadequate medical facilities in the camp. However, he was reinterned in March 1941 in a camp on the Isle of Man. This was because of reports of possible Fascist sympathies. In the years after his wife Anna's death he took to wearing all black
ROBERTS, CARADOG (1878 - 1935), musician composed (or arranged) several hymn-tunes, most of which, e.g. 'Rachie' and 'In Memoriam' (in memory of Harry Evans), are included in Welsh hymnaries. He died 3 March 1935, and was buried in Rhosllanerchrugog cemetery.

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