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teulu THOMAS Coed Helen (or Alun), Aber, his tenure of the estate (P.R.O., C7/339/71); he died without issue in 1676. The estate then passed to JOHN THOMAS 'next in kin expectant upon the death of the said Gruffydd Thomas, the tenant for life' (ibid.). He would seem to have been a first cousin, the eldest son of Robert Thomas, Gruffydd's uncle. He married Gruffydd's widow, Jane, c. 1678. There is evidence which indicates that he lived at
THOMAS, DAVID (Dafydd Ddu Eryri; 1759 - 1822), man of letters and poet manuscripts and to write them up in a notebook - 'Golwg ar Parnassus a Helicon.' After leaving school he became a weaver and used to go to Caernarvon to visit Robin Ddu yr Ail o Fôn (Robert Hughes, 1744 - 1785), who had retired there after losing his health in London. It was Robin who told him about the meetings of the bards in the London taverns, and this inspired Dafydd Ddu to write a poem (in the metre
THOMAS, DAVID (1880 - 1967), educationalist, author and pioneer of the Labour Party in north Wales , llythyrau a sgyrsiau (1954), a biography of Silyn (Robert Silyn Roberts) 1871-1930 (1956), and Ann Griffiths a'i theulu (1963); also ' Glendid iaith ', a weekly column on grammar in Y Faner (c. 1957-62). As a tribute to him he was presented with the volume, Ben Bowen Thomas (ed.), Lleufer y werin; cyfrol deyrnged i David Thomas, M.A. (1965), and his autobiography was published posthumously, Diolch am gael
THOMAS, DAVID RICHARD (1833 - 1916), cleric and historian articles. Similarly, he was chairman of the committee of the Powysland Club, and for many years editor of Mont. Coll., to which he contributed regularly. In addition to these antiquarian labours (he was by this time a F.S.A.), one should not omit a reference to his edition of Y Cwtta Cyfarwydd, 1883, the work of Peter Roberts, his own History of the Parish of Llandrinio, 1895, and, a book which commanded
THOMAS, DEWI-PRYS (1916 - 1985), architect Dewi-Prys Thomas was born on 5 August 1916 in the Toxteth Park district of Liverpool, the eldest child of Adolphus Dan Thomas (1889-1974), a banking union official, and his wife Elysabeth (Lys) Watkin Thomas (née Jones, 1888-1953). His sister Rhiannon ('Nannon') Prys Thomas was born in 1919. The historian Robert John Pryse ('Gweirydd ap Rhys', 1807-1889) was his great grandfather. Dewi-Prys
THOMAS, DYLAN MARLAIS (1914 - 1953), poet and prose writer stories). The sixteen-year-old schoolboy sent some poems to Robert Graves, who blandly deemed them 'unexceptionable'. But their publication in London periodicals led quickly to his first volume 18 Poems in December 1934. William Empson recalled that 'What hit the town of London was the child Dylan publishing [in October 1933] “The force that through the green fuse” as a prize poem in the Sunday Referee
THOMAS, EBENEZER (Eben Fardd; 1802 - 1863), schoolmaster and poet also learnt his father's craft. On the death of his brother William in 1822, Eben took over the school kept by him at Llangybi, and in the same year he resigned from church membership. His interest in poetry had become evident before he was 15 years of age, and he had come to know Robert ap Gwilym Ddu and Dewi Wyn. His first bardic achievement was at the Powis eisteddfod held at Welshpool in 1824
THOMAS, EVAN (bu farw 1781) Cwmhwylfod, Sarnau, transcriber and owner of manuscripts It was a manuscript transcribed by him (now NLW MS 686B) that E. Stanton Roberts edited and published under the title Llysieulyfr Meddyginiaethol a briodolir i William Salesbury (Liverpool, 1916). Evan Thomas also owned Cwrtmawr MS 1D, NLW MS 642B and (a fact not then known to E. Stanton Roberts) NLW MS 4581B. The latter is a copy made by Roger Morris, Coed y Talwrn, Llanfair Dyffryn Clwyd, of
THOMAS, EVAN ROBERT (1891 - 1964), joiner and leader of the Welsh in Australia Born 8 January 1891 at Yspyty Ifan, Denbighshire, son of Robert E. Thomas and Jane his wife, but the family moved to Trefriw, Caernarfonshire, and he was educated in Llanrwst county school. He emigrated to Australia c. 1908. He was a joiner and a noted craftsman and many of his fine wooden panels are in the public buildings of Melbourne. He knew the problems facing an immigrant and made a
THOMAS, HUGH (1673 - 1720), herald and antiquary other books are, of course, incorrect.) As he had no children, his widow Margaret, daughter of George Wood of Abergavenny, was the sole beneficiary under the will, apart from certain legacies. His collection of pedigrees and other manuscripts was left to Robert Harley, earl of Oxford, and so, ultimately, came to the British Museum. He had a brother who, according to the will, was heavily in his debt
THOMAS, HUGH OWEN (1834 - 1891), orthopaedic surgeon in treating chronic bone disease, whereby many a limb escaped amputation. He married Jane Owen of Tyn-llan, Bodedern, Anglesey, sister of Dr. Owen Roberts, S. Asaph, who later received all their five sons in turn as apprentices before they proceeded to medical schools at which they qualified. Thomas retired in 1863 to Bryn Eglwys, Llanfwrog, Anglesey, where he died in 1884. Ebenezer Thomas (Eben
THOMAS, JOHN (1838 - 1905), photographer (died 1895); they had four children: Jane Claudia, afterwards Mrs. Hugh Lloyd (1863 - 1934), William Thelwall, Robert Arthur (1866 - 1932), and Albert Ivor (1870 - 1911, a medical man). He died 14 October 1905, and was buried in Anfield cemetery, Liverpool.

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