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ROBERT (fl. 1099-1147), earl of Gloucester favoured the monastic movement : it was under his aegis that Richard de Grenville in 1130 founded Neath abbey, and it was Robert himself, in the last year of his life, who founded Margam. He died 31 October 1147. All that is remembered of his son WILLIAM (died 1183) is the somewhat ludicrous incident of 1158, when he and his family were abducted from Cardiff castle by Ifor Bach of Senghennydd. Of
ROBERTS, KATE (1891 - 1985), author Twm o'r Nant in Denbigh. In 1910, she went to the University College of North Wales, in Bangor, where she was one of a very small number of female students at that time; she was acutely aware of her privilege and of the financial sacrifice her education meant for her parents. She studied Welsh under the charismatic John Morris-Jones and the scholar, Ifor Williams, though again, as in the County
ROBERTS, THOMAS (1884 - 1960), educationalist and scholar based on many MS copies, but the editor did not attempt to produce a definitive text or to list variant readings. This was a busy time for Thomas Roberts, for there also appeared in 1914 Cywyddau Dafydd ap Gwilym a'i Gyfoeswyr, in which he collaborated with Ifor Williams, being responsible for the introductions to the works of the contemporaries - Gruffudd ab Adda, Madog Benfras, Gruffudd Gryg and
ROWLAND(S), DAVID (Dewi Brefi; 1782 - 1820), cleric Llanfihangel-y-Creuddyn, Cardiganshire; he received priest's orders 20 September 1806. On 1 June 1808 he was licensed to the curacies of Llanwnnog and Carno, Montgomeryshire, but after two years, on the recommendation of John Jenkins (Ifor Ceri), he was chosen to go as a missionary to S. John's, Newfoundland, under the auspices of the S.P.G., sailing in June 1810. He remained there till 1816, when, owing to
ROWLAND(S), WILLIAM (1887 - 1979), schoolmaster and author Professor John Morris-Jones, and became a close friend of Ifor Williams, who was an assistant lecturer in the department of Welsh at the time. (It is more than likely that it was his affection for and admiration of his friend that caused him to name his son Ifor.) He was a schoolteacher in Monmouthshire - at New Tredegar (1911-14) and Abersychan (1915-20 (he spent circa 1917-18 in the army); and then at
SYPYN CYFEILIOG (fl. 1340-1390), poet borne the name of Cneppyn Gwerthrynion, for he is mentioned by Gwilym Ddu o Arfon. Sir Ifor Williams suggests that three poets of short physical stature have been confused, namely Cneppyn Gwerthrynion, Bach Buddugre, and Sypyn Cyfeiliog. Sypyn sang a panegyric cywydd to Henry Salusbury of Lleweni (died 1400) and his wife Agnes Courtois, and also the two cywyddau included in Iolo Goch ac Eraill. This
THOMAS, DEWI-PRYS (1916 - 1985), architect married Joyce Ffoulkes Davies (1908-1992), daughter of the Reverend Robert Ffoulkes Parry, Ballarat and Geelong, Australia, on 4 January 1965, at Rehoboth Church, Dolgellau. He was stepfather to Rhiannon, Siani, Ifor and Vaughan. After his retirement he worked as an architectural consultant for Wyn Thomas and Partners, Cardiff, and was commissioned in 1980 to design the new Gwynedd County Council
THOMAS, IFOR (1877 - 1918), geologist and inspector of schools Born at Commercial Place, Glanaman, Carmarthenshire, on 24 November 1877, son of Dafydd Thomas ('Trumor '; 1844 - 1916) and his wife Margaret. His father, who was a miner at Gelliceidrim colliery in the Aman Valley, was a poet, a local historian and a regular contributor to Welsh-language newspapers. His prize-winning essay Hen Gymeriadau Plwyf y Betws was published in 1894 (reprinted 1912). Ifor
THOMAS, IFOR OWEN (1892 - 1956), operatic tenor, photographer and artist honorary bard to the Gorsedd of Bards as ' Ifor o Fôn ', before sailing to the United States. Although he appeared with the Philadelphia Opera Company in 1928 he left the world of opera for the concert platform, broadcasting and recording for H.M.V. and Sanders. He became a great favourite with the American Welsh who dubbed him 'the second Evan Williams with a hint of Caruso '. He also sang with leading
THOMAS, JOHN (Ifor Cwmgwys; 1813 - 1866), poet
WATKINS, THOMAS EVAN (Eiddil Ifor, Ynyr Gwent; 1801 - 1889), eisteddfodwr
WILLIAMS, Sir IFOR (1881 - 1965), Welsh scholar , and took honours in Welsh in 1906. Session 1906-07 he spent as Assistant to John Morris Jones in the Welsh Department and working for his M.A. degree. He was appointed Assistant Lecturer in 1907. In 1920 he was given a personal chair, with the title of Professor of Welsh Literature. On the death of John Morris-Jones in 1929 the personal chair was discontinued, and Ifor Williams became Professor of

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