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1770s In Wales
This article is about the particular significance of the decade 1770–1779 to Wales and its people. Events *1770 in Wales *1771 in Wales *1772 in Wales *1773 in Wales *1774 in Wales *1775 in Wales *1776 in Wales *1777 in Wales *1778 in Wales *1779 in Wales Arts and literature New books *Thomas Churchyard - ''The Worthines of Wales, a Poem'' (1776) *Evan Evans (Ieuan Fardd) - ''Casgliad o Bregethau'' (1776) * Williams Evans - ''A New English-Welsh dictionary: Containing All Words Necessary for Reading an English Author'' (1771) *Elizabeth Griffith - ''The Morality of Shakespeare's Drama Illustrated'' (1775) *Evan Hughes (Hughes Fawr) - ''Duwdod Crist'' (1777) * Jinny Jenks - ''Tour through Wales'' (1772) * Dafydd Jones - ''Marwnad Enoch Ffransis'' (1774) * Hugh Jones (Maesglasau) **''Cydymaith yr Hwsmon'' (1774) **''Gardd y Caniadau'' (1776) * Robert Jones **''Lleferydd yr Asyn'' (1770) **''Drych i'r Anllythrennog'' (1778) *Iolo Morganwg - ''Dagrau yr Awen'' (1772) * Nicholas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1760s In Wales
{, class="infobox" id="toc" , - , align="left" , 1750s in Wales, 1750s , 1770s in Wales, 1770s , List of years in Wales, Other years in Wales , - , , 1760s, Other events of the decade This article is about the particular significance of the decade 1760–1769 to Wales and Welsh people, its people. Events *1760 in Wales *1761 in Wales *1762 in Wales *1763 in Wales *1764 in Wales *1765 in Wales *1766 in Wales *1767 in Wales *1768 in Wales *1769 in Wales Arts and literature New books *1762 **Thomas Edwards (Twm o'r Nant) - ''Tri Chydymaith Dyn'' **Oliver Goldsmith - ''The Life of Beau Nash, Richard Nash'' *1763 **Goronwy Owen (poet), Goronwy Owen et al. - ''Diddanwch Teuluaidd'' *1764 **Evan Evans (poet), Evan Evans (Ieuan Fardd) - ''Some Specimens of the Poetry of the Antient Welsh Bards'' *1766 **David Jones of Trefriw (ed.) - ''Cydymaith Diddan'' **John Roberts (Siôn Robert Lewis) - ''Drych y Cristion'' **Anna Williams (poet), Anna Williams - ''Miscellanies in Prose and V ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elizabeth Griffith
Elizabeth Griffith (1727 – 5 January 1793) was an 18th-century Welsh-born dramatist, fiction writer, essayist and actress, who lived and worked in Ireland. Biography Elizabeth Griffith was born in Glamorgan, Wales, to Dublin theater manager Thomas Griffith and Jane Foxcroft Griffith on 11 October 1727. /sup> “The family settled in Dublin, where they brought up Elizabeth to be a sociable child, cheerful and at ease among the theatrical community”. In addition to giving her access to the theatre-world, Thomas Griffith educated Elizabeth in French and English literature. Her father died in 1744, which led to economic hardship for the family. Her Dublin acting debut took place on 13 October 1749, when she played Juliet to a considerably older Romeo played by Thomas Sheridan at the Smock Alley Theatre. Griffith specialized in tragic roles, such as Jane Shore in Nicholas Rowe's ''The Tragedy of Jane Shore'' and Cordelia in ''King Lear''. Elizabeth met her kinsman and future ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir John Wynn, 1st Baronet
Sir John Wynn, 1st Baronet (1553 – 1 March 1627), was a Welsh baronet, Member of Parliament and antiquary. Life He was the son of Morys Wynn ap John, whom he succeeded in 1580, inheriting Gwydir Castle in Carnarvonshire. John was educated at All Souls College, Oxford (1570, awarded BA 1578) and studied law at Furnival's Inn (1572) and the Inner Temple (1576). He claimed to be directly descended from the princes of Gwynedd through Rhodri ab Owain son of Owain Gwynedd. The male line from his family died out in 1779 (see 'Legacy' section below) and the senior male line passed to the Anwyl of Tywyn family. His mother was Jane (Siân) Bulkeley, daughter of Sir Richard Bulkeley and his wife Catherine Griffith, and sister of Sir Richard Bulkeley, head of the Anglesey branch of a powerful landowning family, who originally came from Cheshire. He was Member of Parliament for this county in 1586 and served as Sheriff of Caernarvonshire for 1587–88 and 1602–03 and Sheriff of Meri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Williams Pantycelyn
William Williams, Pantycelyn (c. 11 February 1717 – 11 January 1791), also known as William Williams, Williams Pantycelyn, and Pantycelyn, is generally seen as Wales's premier hymnist. He is also rated among the great literary figures of Wales, as a writer of poetry and prose. In religion he was among the leaders of the 18th-century Welsh Methodist revival, along with the evangelists Howell Harris and Daniel Rowland. Life Williams was born in 1717 at Cefn-coed farm in the parish of Llanfair-ar-y-bryn near Llandovery in Carmarthenshire, the son of John and Dorothy Williams. John died in 1742 and Dorothy later moved to the nearby farm of Pantycelyn ("Holly Hollow"). William Williams himself is often referred to as Pantycelyn. The family were Nonconformists. He was educated locally and then at a nonconformist academy near Talgarth. He had intended to study medicine, but this changed in 1737–1738, when he was converted by the preaching of the evangelical Methodist revivalist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nathaniel Williams
Nathaniel Williams (born 1656 or 1657 – c.1679) was a Welsh writer. Life Nathaniel Williams was the son of Thomas Williams, from Swansea in South Wales. He studied at the University of Oxford, matriculating as a member of Jesus College in 1672 and obtaining a Bachelor of Arts Bachelor of arts (BA or AB; from the Latin ', ', or ') is a bachelor's degree awarded for an undergraduate program in the arts, or, in some cases, other disciplines. A Bachelor of Arts degree course is generally completed in three or four years ... degree in 1676. He wrote two books: ''A Pindaric Elegy on the famous Physician Dr. Willis'' (published in 1675) and ''Imago Saeculi or the Image of the Age represented in four Characters, viz. the ambitious Statesman, insatiable Miser, atheistic Gallant, and factious Schismatic'' (published the following year). He died in about 1679. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Williams, Nathaniel Alumni of Jesus College, Oxford 17th-century Welsh writers 17th-centu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daniel Rowland (preacher)
Daniel Rowland (also spelt Rowlands, 1713 – 16 October 1790) served as an Evangelist and early on as an Anglican curate. He was one of the foremost figures in the Welsh Calvinistic Methodist revival, along with the evangelist Howell Harris and the hymnist William Williams. For 55 years Daniel Rowland was one of the leading evangelists in Wales. Curacies Rowland was born in Nantcwnlle, Ceredigion, in either 1713 or 1711. For most of his life he was curate in the parishes of Nantcwnlle and Llangeitho. Following his conversion by Griffith Jones, Llanddowror, in 1735, he became renowned as a preacher and made Llangeitho memorable as a centre for Calvinistic Methodism in Wales. The Anglican Church authorities deprived him of his Nantcwnlle curacy in about 1763, an action which was unpopular with parishioners. Following this, he established a Methodist "cause" in Llangeitho, and by 1770 was said to be attracting congregations of over a thousand, making it necessary to preach out ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Powell (Dewi Nantbrân)
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Thomas Pennant
Thomas Pennant (14 June Old Style, OS 172616 December 1798) was a Welsh natural history, naturalist, traveller, writer and antiquarian. He was born and lived his whole life at his family estate, Downing Hall near Whitford, Flintshire, in Wales. As a naturalist he had a great curiosity, observing the geography, geology, plants, animals, birds, reptiles, amphibians and fish around him and recording what he saw and heard about. He wrote acclaimed books including ''British Zoology'', the ''History of Quadrupeds'', ''Arctic Zoology'' and ''Indian Zoology'' although he never travelled further afield than continental Europe. He knew and maintained correspondence with many of the scientific figures of his day. His books influenced the writings of Samuel Johnson. As an antiquarian, he amassed a considerable collection of art and other works, largely selected for their scientific interest. Many of these works are now housed at the National Library of Wales. As a traveller he visited Sco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicholas Owen (priest)
Nicholas Owen (2 January 1752 – 30 May 1811) was a Welsh Anglican priest and antiquarian. Life Owen, who was born in Llandyfrydog, Anglesey (where his father was the rector of St Tyfrydog's Church, Llandyfrydog), was educated at Jesus College, Oxford, obtaining his Bachelor of Arts degree in 1773 and his Master of Arts degree in 1776. He was ordained as a priest in the Church of England and was a curate (possibly also a schoolmaster) in Winslow, Buckinghamshire by 1779, but resigned in 1789. Cantankerous appeals to various bishops and influential layman to be given a parish in north Wales were initially unsuccessful, with Owen having to make a public apology to the Bishop of Bangor. He was given the parish of Llanfihangel Ysgeifiog and Llanffinan in 1790, and became rector of Mellteyrn with Botwnnog in 1800. He died on 30 May 1811 and was buried at Llandyfrydog. Works Owen wrote on various topics from Welsh history. In 1788, his ''British Remains'' covered a number of subje ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iolo Morganwg
Edward Williams, better known by his bardic name Iolo Morganwg (; 10 March 1747 – 18 December 1826), was a Welsh antiquarian, poet and collector.Jones, Mary (2004)"Edward Williams/Iolo Morganwg/Iolo Morgannwg" From ''Jones' Celtic Encyclopedia''. Retrieved 11 June 2009 (only USA, see. He was seen as an expert collector of Medieval Welsh literature, but it emerged after his death that he had forged several manuscripts, notably some of the Third Series of Welsh Triads.Mary Jones (2003)"Y Myvyrian Archaiology" From ''Jones' Celtic Encyclopedia''. Retrieved 11 June 2009 (in US only. Even so, he had a lasting impact on Welsh culture, notably in founding the secret society known as the Gorsedd, through which Iolo Morganwg successfully coopted the 18th-century Eisteddfod revival. The philosophy he spread in his forgeries has had an enormous impact upon neo-Druidism. His bardic name is Welsh for "Iolo of Glamorgan". Early life Edward Williams was born at Pen Onn, near Llancarfan in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Jones (Calvinistic Methodist)
Rob(ert), Bob, or Bobby Jones may refer to: Academics * Bob Jones Sr. (1883–1968), Christian evangelist who founded Bob Jones University * Bob Jones Jr. (1911–1997), Bob Jones, Sr.'s son, and second president of the university * Bob Jones III (born 1939), Bob Jones, Sr.'s grandson, and third president of the university * Bobby Jones (academic) (1932–2001), American academic * Bobi Jones (Robert Maynard Jones, 1929–2017), Welsh Christian academic * Robert B. Jones (linguist) (1920–2007), professor at Cornell University * Robert J. Jones (born 1950/1951), crop physiology scientist Entertainment Music * Robert Jones (composer) (died 1617), English lutenist and composer * Robert Hope-Jones (1859–1914), English inventor of the theater organ * Bobby Jones (saxophonist) (1928–1980), American jazz saxophonist * Robert W. Jones (1932–1997), American classical composer * Bobby Jones (singer) (born 1939), gospel singer * Robert Jones (Welsh composer) (born 1945), Welsh comp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hugh Jones (Maesglasau)
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