Name: Lewis ab Edward Gender : Male Occupation: poet Area of activity: Eisteddfod; Poetry Author: David James Bowen He hailed from Bodfari, Denbighshire. Wiliam Thomas ab Edward, the scribe mentioned in Peniarth MS 122: Poetry, &c. (509), is also associated with Bodfari. Lewis ab Edward was also known as Lewis Meirchi ...
Name: Hugh Hughes Pseudonym : Cadfan Gwynedd, Hughes Cadfan Date of birth: 1824 Date of death: 1898 Gender: Male Occupation: one of the Welsh pioneers in Patagonia Area of activity: Travel and Exploration Author: Richard Bryn Williams Born 20 August 1824 in Anglesey, the eldest of twelve children. In 1850 he was a ...
Name: William Lloyd Date of birth: 1637 Date of death: 1710 Child: Lloyd Child: John Lloyd Parent: Edward Lloyd Gender: Male Occupation: bishop of Llandaff Area of activity: Religion Author: Thomas Richards son of Edward Lloyd, rector of Llangower in Merioneth, who was ejected from his living by the Puritan autho ...
Name: Evan Dafydd Evan Gender : Male Occupation: early Methodist exhorter Area of activity: Religion Author: Gomer Morgan Roberts who lived at Tŷr-clai (or Tir-y-clai), Llanfynydd, Carmarthenshire. He was celebrated in his day because of his remarkable appearance and his unconventional method of preaching; he was respons ...
Name: Dafydd ap Harri Wyn Gender : Male Occupation: poet Area of activity: Poetry Author: Evan David Jones a native of Edeirnion. It is said that he produced work of greater excellence than any poet who graduated at the Caerwys eisteddfod but he refused to graduate and destroyed all his work, describing it as vanity. ...
Name: Moses Williams Date of birth: 1685 Date of death: 1742 Spouse: Margaret Williams (née Davies) Parent: Margaret Williams (née John) Parent: Samuel Williams Gender: Male Occupation: cleric and scholar Area of activity: History and Culture; Religion; Scholarship and Languages Author: Geraint Bowen ...
Name: Robert Owen Hughes Pseudonym : Elfyn Date of birth: 1858 Date of death: 1919 Spouse: Elizabeth Hughes (née Roberts) Parent: Elizabeth Hughes Parent: Charles Hughes Gender: Male Occupation: journalist and poet Area of activity: Eisteddfod; Literature and Writing; Poetry; Printing and Publishing Author ...
Name: George Williams Date of birth: 1879 Date of death: 1951 Spouse: Margaret Williams (née Jones) Parent: Mary A. Williams Parent: Frederick Williams Gender: Male Occupation: company director and Lord Mayor of Cardiff Area of activity: Business and Industry; Public and Social Service, Civil Administration Au ...