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ROBERTS, SAMUEL (S.R.; 1800 - 1885), Independent minister, editor, Radical reformer Born 6 March 1800, eldest son of John and Mary Roberts (née Breese), of Llanbryn-mair, where his father John Roberts (1767 - 1834) was Independent minister, 1794-1834. He received his early education at the local school kept by his father, and at Shrewsbury, 1810-12. It is claimed that he was one of the earliest in Wales to master shorthand. In 1819 he entered the Academy at Llanfyllin, soon to
ROBERTS, THOMAS (1765-6 - 1841) Llwyn'rhudol, pamphleteer Poultry, and in 1805 in the firm of Thomas and R. J. Roberts of 40 Poultry. Later, however, he was in the service of another firm, and in 1820 he visited Jersey as its representative. On this occasion he visited Brittany at the expense of Richard Edmunds, treasurer of the Welsh School, London. In the next year he went as the firm's representative to Ghent, and stayed until the beginning of 1823. It is
ROBERTS, THOMAS FRANCIS (1860 - 1919), principal, University College, Aberystwyth Born at Aberdyfi, 25 September 1860, eldest son of Thomas Roberts, sergeant of police, and Anne his wife. He was educated at Towyn and the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth. From there he went, in 1879, as a scholar to S. John's College, Oxford, where he obtained 1st classes in classical honour moderations (1881), and litterae humaniores (1883). He took his B.A. in 1883, and in the same
ROBERTS, WILLIAM (Nefydd; 1813 - 1872), Baptist minister, printer, author, eisteddfodwr, South Wales representative of the British and Foreign Schools Society Born 8 March 1813 in Bryngoleu, in the parish of Llanefydd, Denbighshire, son of Robert Roberts, shoemaker, and Anne his wife (see NLW MS 7000E for the names of some of the ancestors of the parents). He received but little education in his boyhood. He was taught his father's craft, and after a while went to Llanddulas to work for one Humphrey Jones. He was baptised in 1832 by John Evans
ROBERTS, WILLIAM (Gwilym Eryri; 1844 - 1895?), poet and editor in the 1880s a volume of the works of Mary Davies (1846 - 1882), the Portmadoc poetess, under the title Blodeu Eifion, sef Gwaith Barddonol Mair Eifion. Three of his own poems, which he had submitted in the competition for the chair at the national eisteddfod in 1884, 1887, and 1894 respectively, were published, viz., Awdl ar Gwilym Hiraethog, 1884; Y Frenhines Victoria, 1887; and Hunan Aberth
ROBINSON, GILBERT WOODING (1888 - 1950), professor of Agricultural Chemistry, world authority on soils Born at Wolverhampton, 7 November 1888, son of John Fairs and Mary Emma Robinson. He was educated at Wolverhampton grammar school and Cambridge University where he was a scholar of Caius College (B.A. 1910). For two years he acted as demonstrator in the School of Agriculture at Cambridge and completed a survey of the soils and agriculture of Shropshire (1913). In 1912 he was appointed adviser in
ROCH, WALTER FRANCIS (1880 - 1965), politician and landowner rather than Lloyd George, a decision which put an end to his political career. Roch was the author of Mr. Lloyd George and the War (1920). In 1934 he was appointed J.P. for Monmouthshire. He married in 1911 the Hon. Fflorens Mary Ursula Herbert, the only daughter of Sir Ivor Herbert, M.P. for South Monmouthshire, 1906-17, and the first and last Baron Treowen. Roch and his wife spent the last 25 yrs of
ROOS, WILLIAM (1808 - 1878), portrait painter and engraver The son of Thomas and Mary Roose, Bodgadfa, Amlwch, he was christened at Amlwch 30 April 1808. His paintings of 'The Death of Owen Glyndwr' and 'The Death of Captan [sic] Wynn at Alma' were awarded second place at the national eisteddfod held at Llangollen in 1858. He was a popular portrait painter and the N.L.W. holds his portraits in oils of Christmas Evans, John Cox, Thomas Charles, John Jones
ROWLAND, DANIEL (1713 - 1790), Methodist cleric , in 1761, and curate of Clive, 1783-1810. He was a master at Shrewsbury school, 1771-98. He died 28 November 1815. His wife was Mary, daughter of the Rev. William Gorsuch of Shrewsbury. Two of his sons may be mentioned: WILLIAM GORSUCH ROWLAND (1770 - 1851) Religion vicar of S. Mary's, Shrewsbury, and prebendary of Lichfield. DANIEL ROWLAND (1778 - 1839) History and Culture Philanthropy Art and
ROWLANDS, JOHN (Giraldus; 1824 - 1891), antiquary By his own testimony, he was born at Nanteos Arms, Llanbadarn Fawr, Cardiganshire. He was baptized in the parish church, 20 March 1824, by William Herbert, curate, as the son of Lewis Rowland, Tynewydd, and Anne his wife, daughter of John Griffiths, steward of Nanteos estate. His grandfather, Thomas Rowland, Ffynnon-wen, was a well-known huntsman and on friendly terms with the Pryse family of
ROWLANDS, ROBERT JOHN (Meuryn; 1880 - 1967), journalist, writer, poet, lecturer, preacher Born at Ty'n Derw, a smallholding at Aber near Bangor, Caernarfonshire, May 22, 1880, son of William and Mary Rowlands. When he was three years of age he met with an accident; he dislocated his thigh and as a consequence of unsatisfactory treatment he was lame for the rest of his life. His father died when he was six years old. He was educated at Aber National school at a time when the ' Welsh
ROWLANDS, ROBERT PUGH (1874 - 1933), chief surgeon of Guy's Hospital exceptionally hard during the war years and this affected his health. During one air raid he walked from Queen Anne St to Chelsea, and having arrived at the hospital, he worked throughout the night. Having finished his work there, he walked back, and performed twenty-seven operations the following day. In July 1918, aged only 44 years, he was promoted to become a full surgeon at Guy's Hospital and a lecturer

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