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WILLIAMS, ABRAHAM (1720 - 1783), Independent minister Born in 1720 in the parish of Pant-teg, Monmouthshire - perhaps at Pontyfelin, where his brother was born. He was a musician and travelled the countryside to teach psalmody. It was probably Morgan John Lewis who interested him in religion. He started exhorting with the Methodists, and was accepted as an exhorter at the Association held at Trevecka in 1744. When the New Inn society was formed into
WILLIAMS, BENJAMIN (Gwynionydd; 1821 - 1891), cleric and author Llanover, Monmouth. He published (a) two volumes of poems - Caniadau (Aberystwyth, 1867) and Briallen Glan Ceri (Carmarthen, 1873), (b) a short essay on Lewis Glyn Cothi (Carmarthen, 1866), (c) Enwogion Ceredigion (Carmarthen, 1869), a biographical work which is still consulted. He also contributed to Y Brython, Yr Haul, and Archaeologia Cambrensis. He was a successful competitor at eisteddfodau, being
WILLIAMS, DANIEL HOWELL (1894 - 1963), aerodynamicist Born 27 June, 1894 at Ffestiniog, Merionethshire, the son of Griffith J. Williams, schoolmaster, and his wife, Mary Helena. He was registered as Daniel John but later adopted his mother's maiden name, Howell. His father was later H.M. Inspector of Mines for north Wales. He was a nephew of Sir Richard J. Williams, Mayor of Bangor, 1913-20. He was educated at Friars School, Bangor and in October
WILLIAMS, DAVID (1717 - 1792), Methodist exhorter, afterwards Independent minister of Evan Prichard of Collennau. On the advice of Daniel Rowland, it is said, he was ordained minister at Aberthyn, in the same manner as Morgan John Lewis and Thomas William. That was probably during the Methodist Disruption (1750-62). For all that, he maintained his connection with the Methodists, attended their Associations and societies, and preached to them regularly. At Aberthyn he was troubled
WILLIAMS, DAVID (Alaw Goch; 1809 - 1863), coal-owner and eisteddfodwr becoming a coal-owner was in partnership with Lewis Lewis (of Cefn Coed) at Ynyscynon, Cwm-bach, where they began sinking a pit in 1847, and entered into a lease of a coal-mine, dated 31 December 1844, for 48 years (N.L.W. Ewenny MS. 374). After Lewis gave up, David Williams carried on alone. After being successful here, he soon opened another colliery at Aberaman, obtaining a lease from Crawshay Bailey
WILLIAMS, DAVID JAMES (1870 - 1951), schoolmaster Born 18 February 1870 in Caerphilly, Glamorganshire, one of the 13 children of Thomas Williams, collier, and his wife. Though he began work as a boy in the mines he showed early ability and in 1882 he won the Gelligaer Scholarship to Lewis' School, Pengam. The register of that school notes Bargod Board School as his previous school and his father's address as Greenfield Terrace, Bargoed. He was
WILLIAMS, DAVID JOHN (1885 - 1970), writer being a pupil-teacher at Llandrillo school, Edeyrnion, Meironnydd, 1908-10 he entered the Old College School, Carmarthen, 1910-11. In 1911 he went to the University College at Aberystwyth and after graduating and winning a Meyricke Scholarship in 1916 he proceeded to Jesus College, Oxford, where he graduated in 1918. After a term as temporary Welsh teacher at Lewis' Grammar School, Pengam, he became
WILLIAMS, DAVID PRYSE (Brythonydd; 1878 - 1952), minister (B), writer, and historian Canmlwyddiant Libanus … braslun o'r hanes (1950). From his early days he was active in rescuing the libraries of famous men and contemporaries, and at times using the material as a basis for biographies, e.g. his grandfather ' Gwynionydd '; David James, ' Defynnog ' (1865 - 1928), Lewis Jones, the musician of Treherbert (died 1882), William Evans Davies (1861 - 1945), Dre-fach, Rees Price (died 1896
WILLIAMS, EDMUND (1717 - 1742), early hymnist of the Methodist revival He was a native of Cwmtillery, Monmouth, and one of the converts made by Howel Harris on his first preaching visit to Monmouthshire in March-April 1738. A churchman of good family and well-to-do, he was educated and devout, and under Harris's influence became a ' much respected exhorter among the Methodists.' He and Morgan John Lewis, his friend and fellow-convert, published a collection of Welsh
WILLIAMS, EDWARD (1750 - 1813), Independent divine and tutor system' represented by George Lewis. Moreover, as is clear from the biographies of Evan Evans (Ieuan Glan Geirionydd) and of John Jones (1796 - 1857) of Tal-y-sarn, the study of the Equity was not confined to his own denomination. During the 19th century three men were responsible for a new theological approach within three denominations in Wales : they were Edward Williams of Rotherham the Independent
WILLIAMS, EDWARD (Iolo Morganwg; 1747 - 1826), poet and antiquary his father cutting the inscriptions on gravestones. His mother was an able woman and it may be gathered that it was she who taught him in his early youth. He relates that it was a bard named Edward Williams of Llancarfan who taught him the elements of the bardic craft, but he also came, when quite young, into touch with the bards of upper Glamorgan, such as Lewis Hopkin, Siôn Bradford, and Rhys
WILLIAMS, Sir GLANMOR (1920 - 2005), historian , but his plans for MA research were thrown into confusion by the sudden death of his supervisor, Professor E. A. Lewis. He decided to struggle on with his research unsupervised, though with some help from Professor David Williams, while taking a job teaching history and other subjects at Merthyr Intermediate School. In 1945 he was appointed to a temporary lectureship in history at the University

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