Dictionary of Welsh Biography



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O'NEILL, BRYAN HUGH ST. JOHN ( 1905 - 1954 ), archaeologist

OLIVER, DAVID ( fl. 1785-1814 ), Baptist minister .

OLIVER, EDWARD ( 1720 - 1777 ), early Methodist and Moravian, a carpenter

OLIVER, JOHN ( 1838 - 1866 ), poet

OLIVER(S), THOMAS ( 1725 - 1799 ), Wesleyan preacher

OLLIVANT, ALFRED ( 1798 - 1882 ), bishop

ORMSBY-GORE, WILLIAM GEORGE ARTHUR ( 1885 - 1964 ),

OSBWRN WYDDEL (‘ Osborn the Irishman ’) , living in 1293 ,

OWAIN ab EDWIN (d. 1105 ), a landowner in Tegeingl (modern Flints.).

OWAIN ap CADWGAN (d. 1116 ), prince of Powys .

OWAIN ap GRUFFYDD, or OWAIN GOCH , ( fl. 1260 ), a prince of Gwynedd ,

OWAIN ap GRUFFYDD (d. 1236 ), prince of Deheubarth ,

OWAIN ap THOMAS ap RHODRI (‘ Owain Lawgoch d. 1378 ), a soldier of fortune and pretender to the principality of Wales

OWAIN BROGYNTYN ( fl. 1160-1188 ), prince of Powys .

OWAIN CYFEILIOG ( c. 1130 - 1197 ), prince and poet ,

OWAIN, ‘Syr ’ DAFYDD ( DAVID ),otherwise Dafydd ap Owain , cleric and poet .

OWAIN FYCHAN ap MADOG ap MAREDUDD (d. 1187 ), prince of Powys .

OWAIN GLYNDWR ( c. 1354 - 1416 ), ‘Prince of Wales' ,

OWAIN GWYNEDD ( fl. c. 1550-1590 ), a poet

OWAIN GWYNEDD ( c. 1100 - 1170 ), king of Gwynedd

OWAIN, OWAIN LLEWELYN ( 1877 - 1956 ), litterateur, musician and journalist

OWAIN TUDOR ( c. 1400 - 1461 ),

OWEN family of Orielton, Pembs.

OWEN family of Plas-du, Caerns.

OWEN family of Peniarth , Llanegryn, Mer.

OWEN family of Cefn-hafodau and Glangynwydd in Llangurig , later of Glansevern in Berriw, Mont.

OWEN family, of Bodeon ( Bodowen ), Anglesey .

OWEN, ANEURIN ( 1792 - 1851 ), Welsh historical scholar and editor of the Laws of Hywel Dda

OWEN ap SION ap RHYS ( fl. second half of 16th cent. ), poet , of Trefeilir , Anglesey ,

OWEN,Sir ARTHUR DAVID KEMP ( 1904 - 1970 ), international administrator

OWEN, ATHELSTAN ( 1676 - 1731 ), of Rhiwsaeson , Llanbryn-mair, Mont. ,

OWEN, CHARLES (d. 1746 ), Dissenting minister and tutor ,

OWEN, DANIEL ( 1836 - 1895 ), novelist

OWEN, DAVID (‘ Dafydd y Garreg Wen ' 1711/12 - 1741 ), harpist

OWEN, DAVID (d. 1765 ), Baptist minister , Felin-foel (Llanelly), Carms.

OWEN, DAVID ( Dewi Wyn o Eifion 1784 - 1841 ), farmer and poet

OWEN, DAVID ( Brutus 1795 - 1866 ), editor and littérateur

OWEN,Sir DAVID JOHN ( 1874 - 1941 ), docks manager

OWEN, DAVID SAMUEL ( 1887 - 1959 ), minister (Presb.)

OWEN, EDWARD ( 1729? - 1807 ), cleric and schoolmaster

OWEN, EDWARD ( 1853 - 1943 ), journalist, barrister, and antiquary

OWEN, EDWARD HUMPHREY ( 1850 - 1904 ), of Tŷ Coch , Caernarvon , book-collector and local historian

OWEN, EDWARD PRYCE ( 1788 - 1863 ), cleric and artist

OWEN, ELIAS ( 1833 - 1899 ), cleric and antiquary

OWEN, ELLIS ( 1789> - 1868 ), farmer, antiquary, and poet

OWEN, FOULKE ( fl. 1686 ), poet

OWEN, GEORGE ( c. 1552 - 1613 ), historian, antiquary, and genealogist

OWEN, GORONWY ( 1723 - 1769 ), cleric and poet

OWEN,Sir GORONWY ( 1881 - 1963 ), politician

OWEN, GRIFFITH ( 1647 - 1717 ), Quaker and medical man

OWEN, GWILYM ( 1880 - 1940 ), physicist

OWEN, HENRY ( 1716 - 1795 ), cleric, physician, and scholar

OWEN, HENRY ( 1844 - 1919 ), antiquary

OWEN,Sir (HERBERT) ISAMBARD ( 1850 - 1927 ), medical man, scholar, and architect of universities

OWEN, HUGH ( 1575? - 1642 ) of Gwenynog , translator

OWEN, HUGH ( 1639 - 1700 ), Puritan minister, Independent ‘apostle of Merioneth’ .

OWEN, HUGH ( 1761 - 1827 ), cleric and local historian

OWEN,Sir HUGH ( 1804 - 1881 ), educationist

OWEN, HUGH ( 1832 - 1897 ), musician

OWEN, HUGH ( 1880 - 1953 ), historian

OWEN, HUGH JOHN ( 1880 - 1961 ), solicitor, author and local historian

OWEN, HUMPHREY ( 1702 - 1768 ), principal of Jesus College, Oxford, and Bodley's librarian

OWEN, IFAN (IEUAN) TUDUR (d. 1625? ), a bard

OWEN, JAMES ( 1654 - 1706 ), Dissenting divine and tutor

OWEN, JEREMY ( fl. 1704-1744 ), Presbyterian minister and writer

OWEN, JOHN ( 1564? - 1628? ), epigrammatist

OWEN, JOHN (d. 1759 ), poet, harpist, letter-writer ,

OWEN,Sir JOHN ( 1600 - 1666 ), royalist commander ,

OWEN, JOHN ( 1616 - 1683 ), Puritan (Independent) divine ,

OWEN, JOHN ( 1698 - 1755 ), chancellor of Bangor

OWEN, JOHN ( 1733 - 1776 ), the first Methodist exhorter in Flintshire

OWEN, JOHN ( 1757 - 1829 ), writer on religious topics

OWEN, JOHN ( 1788 - 1867 ), cleric and author

OWEN, JOHN ( 1790 - 1846 ), founder of Owens College, Manchester ,

OWEN, JOHN ( 1808 - 1876 ), known as ‘ John Owen of Tyn-llwyn ’, Calvinistic Methodist minister, and writer on agriculture

OWEN, JOHN ( Owain Alaw 1821 - 1883 ), musician

OWEN, JOHN ( 1833 - 1896 ), cleric and author

OWEN, JOHN ( 1836 - 1915 ), Calvinistic Methodist minister and author of the popular ballad ‘Cân y Mochyn Du’ (‘the Ballad of the Black Pig’)

OWEN, JOHN ( 1854 - 1926 ), bishop ,

OWEN, JOHN ( 1864 - 1953 ), minister (Presb. C.W.) and author

OWEN, JOHN DYFNALLT (‘ Dyfnallt ’ 1873 - 1956 ), minister (Congl.), poet, writer, journalist and Archdruid of Wales

OWEN, JOHN JONES ( 1876 - 1947 ), musician

OWEN, LEONARD ( 1890 - 1965 ), administrator in India, treasurer of the Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion

OWEN, LEWIS (‘ Baron Owen ’ d. 1555 ), judge

OWEN, LEWIS ( 1572 - 1629? ), anti-Romanist propagandist

OWEN, MARGARET (‘ Peggy ’ 1742 - 1816 ),

OWEN, MARY ( 1796 - 1875 ), hymn-writer

OWEN, MATTHEW ([ 1631 - 1679 ), poet , of Llangar , in Edeirnion, Mer.

OWEN, MORFYDD LLWYN ( 1891 - 1918 ), composer, singer, and pianist

OWEN, MORGAN ( 1585? - 1645 ), bishop

OWEN, MORRIS BRYNLLWYN ( 1875 - 1949 ), minister (B), college professor, church historian

OWEN, NICHOLAS ( 1752 - 1811 ), cleric and antiquary

OWEN, OWEN ( 1806 - 1874 ) divine and physician

OWEN, OWEN ( 1850 - 1920 ), first chief inspector of the Central Welsh Board for Intermediate Education in Wales

OWEN, OWEN GRIFFITH ( Alafon 1847 - 1916 ), Calvinistic Methodist minister and poet

OWEN, OWEN JOHN (‘ John Owen y Fenni ’ 1867 - 1960 ), printer and publisher, choir conductor and eisteddfod compère

OWEN, RICHARD ( fl. 1552 ),

OWEN, RICHARD ( 1839 - 1887 ), revivalist, Calvinistic Methodist minister

OWEN, RICHARD GRIFFITH ( Pencerdd Llyfnwy; 1869 - 1930 ), musician

OWEN, RICHARD JONES ( Glaslyn , 1831 - 1909 ), more commonly called Richard Owen , poet and prose-writer

OWEN, RICHARD MORGAN ( 1877 - 1932 ), Wales and Swansea Rugby scrummage halfback

OWEN, ROBERT (d. 1685 ), Quaker ,

OWEN, ROBERT ( 1771 - 1858 ), Utopian Socialist

OWEN, ROBERT ( Eryron Gwyllt Walia 1803 - 1870 ), Calvinistic Methodist minister, and poet

OWEN, ROBERT ( 1820 - 1902 ), cleric and author

OWEN, ROBERT ( 1834 - 1899 ), Calvinistic Methodist minister, and author

OWEN, ROBERT ( 1858 - 1885 ), schoolmaster and poet

OWEN, ROBERT ( BOB OWEN , Croesor 1885 - 1962 ), historian, bookworm and genealogist

OWEN, ROBERT LLUGWY ( 1836 - 1906 ), Calvinistic Methodist minister, author, and schoolmaster

OWENS, OWEN ( 1792 - 1862 ), Independent minister, and schoolmaster

OWENS, OWEN ( 1794 - 1838 ), leader of the ‘Little Wesleyan’ movement .

OWEN, THOMAS ( 1748 - 1812 ), cleric and translator

OWEN, THOMAS ELLIS ( 1764 - 1814 ), cleric

OWEN, WILLIAM ( fl. c. 1486-1574 ), lawyer

OWEN, WILLIAM ( Gwilym Alaw; 1760? - 1842? ), a farmer

OWEN, WILLIAM ( 1750 - 1830 ), Evangelical cleric ,

OWEN, WILLIAM ( 1785 - 1864 ), antiquary

OWEN, WILLIAM ( Gwilym Ddu Glan Hafren; 1788 - 1838 ), schoolmaster and musician

OWEN, WILLIAM ( Philotheoros 1789 - 1841 ) Baptist preacher, schoolmaster, and almanacmaker

OWEN, WILLIAM (‘ William Owen of Prysgol ,’ 1813 - 1893 ), musician

OWEN, WILLIAM ( 1830 - 1865 ), musician

OWEN, WILLIAM (‘ Gwilym Meudwy ’, or ‘ Gwilym Glan Llwchwr ’ 1841 - 1902 ), rhymester and tramp

OWEN, WILLIAM DAVID ( 1874 - 1925 ), lawyer and journalist

OWEN, WILLIAM HUGH ( 1886 - 1957 ), civil servant