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Thomas Richards (other)
Thomas Richards may refer to: * Thomas Richards (priest) (c. 1687–1760), Welsh priest and writer * Thomas Richards (cricketer) (1855–1923), Australian cricketer * Thomas Richards (film editor) (1899–1946), American film editor * Thomas Richards (historian) (1878–1962), Welsh historian, author and librarian * Thomas Richards (mayor) (born 1943), mayor of Rochester, New York * Thomas Richards (Tasmania) (1800–1877), Welsh surgeon and journalist who emigrated to Australia * Thomas Richards (Welsh politician) (1859–1931), Welsh Labour Party Member of Parliament * Thomas Richards of Coychurch (c. 1710–1790), Welsh curate and lexicographer * Thomas C. Richards (1930–2020), United States Air Force general * Thomas R. Richards (born 1947), United States Navy admiral * Thomas Frederick Richards (1863–1942), British Member of Parliament for Wolverhampton West, 1906–1910 * Thomas Addison Richards (1820–1900), American landscape artist * Thomas F. Richards, a victim of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Richards (priest)
Thomas Richards (c.1687–1760) was a Welsh Church of England, Anglican priest and writer. Life Richards was born in about 1687 in Llanychaearn, Cardiganshire, south Wales and educated at Jesus College, Oxford, where Joseph Trapp, the Oxford Professor of Poetry, described him as the best Latin poet since Virgil. Richards was ordained and was appointed as Rector (ecclesiastical), rector of Newtown, Powys, Newtown in 1713. He became a canon (priest), canon of St Asaph's Cathedral in 1718, and Rector (ecclesiastical), rector of Llansannan in 1720 (a sinecure appointment). From 1718 until he died, he was additionally the rector of Llanfyllin Powys, Mid Wales. His literary contributions included translations of popular songs (from English to Welsh language, Welsh), an elegy on the death in 1737 of Caroline of Ansbach, Queen Caroline (the wife of George II of Great Britain, King George II), sermons and satires (including one called ''Hogland: or a description of Hampshire'', in respon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |