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THOMAS, OLIVER (1598 - 1653?), Puritan cleric, and author reprinted in 1930, may also be confidently ascribed to him; it is so ascribed by Anthony Wood (Athenae Oxonienses, 1691 edn., i, 860) on the authority of Thomas's contemporary, Michael Roberts (died 1679), by Stephen Hughes in Tryssor (1677), and by Moses Williams in his list of Welsh printed books (1717). Oliver Thomas's Welsh prose is excellent.
THOMAS, RACHEL (1905 - 1995), actress Leyshon Williams, with Clydach Thomas, Haydn Davies and Gunstone Jones playing the other main parts. During the 1930s she appeared in various stage plays, including a Welsh version of Jack Jones's novel, Land of My Fathers, directed by Kitchener Davies, in the National Eisteddfod at Cardiff in 1938, and she toured with the Principality Players in 1939 in an English stage version. She was also busy on
THOMAS, RICHARD (1871 - 1950), minister (CM) and writer for orphans from 1904 to 1945 and was a governor until his death on 5 April 1950. His publications include David Livingstone (1912), David Williams, y Piwritan (1928), and Cartre'r Plant (1951). He won a National Eisteddfod prize for translations of legal terms into Welsh, and was for many years editor of the Year-book and Diary of his denomination.
THOMAS, RICHARD (1753 - 1780), cleric, transcriber and collector of manuscripts, and genealogist ; among the latter are Peniarth MS 201 and NLW MS 42B and NLW MS 53B. Robert Williams (Enwogion Cymru: a Biographical Dictionary of Eminent Welshmen) and Isaac Foulkes (Enw.), refer to the fact that some of Richard Thomas's genealogical manuscripts were sold to the College of Heralds, London, by E. Protheroe, M.P.; they also refer to one genealogical manuscript remaining at Rug, near Corwen, and another
THOMAS, ROBERT (Ap Vychan; 1809 - 1880), Independent minister and tutor, poet and man of letters , and the boy was not backward in snatching at every opportunity of acquiring knowledge. By the time he was 14 he could shape an englyn, and on the strength of this ability was admitted a member of the Cymreigyddion Society of Llanuwchllyn. On 1 March 1826, Michael Jones made him a grant from the Dr. Daniel Williams bequest (to enable poor children to learn a trade), and on the strength of this he was
THOMAS, ROBERT (1796 - 1866), Calvinistic Methodist preacher, a 'character' Born 28 August 1796 at Trawsafon, Betws-y-coed, the fifth of nine children born to Thomas Thomas, stonemason, and to Elizabeth (Williams), his wife. He was a farmer' boy for a time, but later took to his father's trade. He had been to some small schools, and was a voracious reader; he wrote verse at an early age and was very friendly with Ieuan Glan Geirionydd (Evan Evans, 1795 - 1856). He began
THOMAS, ROWLAND (c. 1887 - 1959), newspaper proprietor and published a constant supply of Welsh books, periodicals and newspapers, work which was recognized by his election as a member of the Gorsedd of Bards in 1947. He also developed the musical publishing activities of the press; both he and his wife, Elizabeth (née Parry), were organists of Oswald Road Chapel (Presb.), where he was an elder. He was a J.P. and became vice-chairman of the Oswestry
THOMAS, THOMAS (1776 - 1847), cleric and historian at Gloucester for a time and then returned to help his father, upon whose death he was made rector of Aberporth, 18 August, and curate of Llandygwydd, 7 September 1795. He was also curate to John Williams (1745/6 - 1818) of Ystrad Meurig at Blaen-porth, and in 1816 he received the curacy of Llanddewi Aber-arth at the nomination of Eliezer Williams, a living which he held with Aberporth until his
THOMAS, THOMAS HENRY (Arlunydd Penygarn; 1839 - 1915), artist and Penry Williams. He returned to London in 1861, settled down as a painter, and married in 1866. In London he devoted himself chiefly to portraiture, design, and book illustration. He also did some work for the Graphic and The Daily Graphic, going as special artist for these journals to Canada in 1884 for British Association meetings. His father having retired to Cardiff, T. H. Thomas also
THOMAS, TIMOTHY (1694 - 1751), cleric and scholar Presteign he was friendly with Sneyd Davies, incumbent of Kingsland (see the article on the Davies-Cooke family, of Gwysaney), collaborating with him in translating into Latin the Essay on Man by Alexander Pope, a poet with whom he had become acquainted through the Harley connection. John Davies quotes in his biography of Moses Williams part of a Welsh letter written by the latter, 16 April 1719, to
THOMAS, WILLIAM (fl. c . 1685? - c . 1740?), secretary to Robert Harley, 1st earl of Oxford son of Thomas Thomas, Llandovery, who is described as ' gent ' by Foster (Alumni. Oxon.) in his account of the academic career of Timothy Thomas (1694 - 1751), brother of William Thomas. John Davies (Bywyd a Gwaith Moses Williams) suggests that he was self-taught, possibly because of what Thomas Hearne says of him - 'He never had any Academical Education' (T. Hearne, Collections). Nevertheless he
THOMAS, WILLIAM (KEINION) (1856 - 1932), Congregational minister, and publicist Born at Bangor 25 September 1856, elder son of Robert Hughes Thomas, chief smith at the Penrhyn quarry, and of Elinor his wife. He served as pupil-teacher under T. Marchant Williams, but became (c. 1872) an accountant in a Manchester office. He began to preach at Gartside Street chapel, Manchester, and then went to Bala Independent College, under M. D. Jones; there he added 'Ceinion' (later

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