Samuel Breeze (1772–1812) was a Welsh

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minister. He grew up in the Llandinam area. He began his career as schoolmaster of Dolau School, Radnorshire, but left in 1794 to take charge of

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School, near Aberystwyth. In 1795 he also began to preach. He was ordained a

minister on 12 June 1803, serving as one of two ministers in the Aberystwyth district for a number of years, before relocating to

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in March 1812. He died in 1812, and was buried at Cilfowyr, Pembrokeshire.

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