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WILLIAMS, WILLIAM (Crwys; 1875 - 1968), poet, preacher, archdruid Born 4 January 1875 at 9 Fagwr Road, Craig-cefn-parc near Clydach, Glamorganshire, son of John and Margaret (née Davies) Williams. His father was a shoemaker and for some years the son learned the craft, but decided to change the course of his life and become a minister. He began preaching in Pant-y-crwys (Congregational) church, and after two years in the school of Watcyn Wyn (Williams, Watkin
WILLIAMS, Sir WILLIAM (1634 - 1700), lawyer and politician WILLIAMS, 2nd baronet (died 1740) His elder surviving son was the father of the first Sir Watkin Williams Wynn. JOHN WILLIAMS (died 1738) His younger son. He entered Gray's Inn in 1679, was called to the Bar in 1686, and was appointed attorney-general of Denbighshire and Montgomery, 1702, and of Chester and Flint, 1727. On his marriage to Catherine, daughter of Sir Hugh Owen, bt., of Orielton, his
WILLIAMS, WILLIAM (1738 - 1817) Llandygái, antiquary, author, prominent official at Cae-braich-y-cafn quarry Gwyneddigion Society; he had also struck up an acquaintance with William Morris of Holyhead. The great turning-point of his life was his father's interview with Richard Hughes, the agent of the Penrhyn estate (and a squire in his own right, of Bodrwyn and Tre'rdryw in Anglesey). William Williams was given work as occasional clerk in the estate office, filling up his spare time as a saddler. As time went on
WILLIAMS, WILLIAM (Gwilym Cyfeiliog; 1801 - 1876), poet and hymn-writer Born 4 January 1801 at Winllan, Llanbryn-mair, son of Richard Williams (Calvinistic Methodist exhorter) and Mary Williams (one of the descendants of Henry Williams of Ysgafell, and sister of the Rev. John Roberts (1767 - 1834) of Llanbryn-mair), and elder brother of the Rev. Richard Williams (1802 - 1842) of Liverpool. He was educated at the school kept by his uncle and at the school of William
WILLIAMS, WILLIAM (Gwilym Peris; 1769 - 1847), poet he describes the Llanberis district and Cwmglas Mawr, the home of Abraham Williams, who taught him and Gutyn the rudiments of prosody; then comes a description of Dafydd Ddu, 'their second teacher,' and then there is a reference to John Morgan (1743 - 1801), the curate, ' yn y lle yn gweini llan.' Gwilym Peris died in 1847, and was buried in Llanllechid churchyard.
WILLIAMS, WILLIAM (Gwilym ab Iorwerth; 1800? - 1859), poet
WILLIAMS, WILLIAM (1832 - 1900), veterinary surgeon Born in the parish of Cefn Meiriadog near S. Asaph, the son of William Williams, and grandson of Thomas Williams, a well-known farrier in his day. At the age of 17, he took up his grandfather's profession, but his health broke down when he was 20, and he went to Australia for three years. On his return, he entered Dick's Veterinary College, Edinburgh. In 1857 he embarked on a very successful
WILLIAMS, WILLIAM (Gwilym Twrog; 1768 - 1836), poet
WILLIAMS, WILLIAM (Creuddynfab; 1814 - 1869), poet and literary critic Born 20 August 1814 at Tŷ Du, Creuddyn, Llandudno, the son of Enoch and Ellin Williams. His father was a stone-mason. As the eldest of a large family, Creuddynfab had very little education but worked at an early age on neighbouring farms, later moving to live with an aunt at Kenyside, near Knutsford, and to assist on a farm there. Afterwards he worked for a while in a warehouse in Manchester.In
WILLIAMS, WILLIAM (1732 - 1799), Baptist minister, and justice of the peace even more strongly the Welsh edition of ' John Canne's Bible,' which was the joint production of Peter Williams and the Baptist David Jones (1741? - 1792), and which led to the excommunication of Peter Williams by the Methodists. There are some who believe (but without much foundation) that it was he who wrote Dialogous [ sic ] which was printed in 1791. In 1793 he published in Y Cylchgrawn Cynmraeg
WILLIAMS, WILLIAM (Caledfryn; 1801 - 1869), Congregational minister, poet, and critic Born 5 or 6 February 1801 at Bryn y Ffynnon, Denbigh, eldest son of Thomas and Mary Williams. His father, a weaver, also kept a shop. He was educated at a number of schools in the town but c.1814 his father became financially embarrassed; the shop was sold and the family removed to Henllan-street where the father continued his work as a weaver. The son was sent to his grandfather and uncle at
WILLIAMS, WILLIAM (Gwilym ab Ioan; 1800 - 1868), Welsh-American poet

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