LEWIS
,
WILLIAM MORTIMER
(
1840
-
1880
),
Baptist college principal
;
b.
July 1840
at
Mydrim, Carms.
He received his early education at the village school and under
Alcwyn C.
Evans
(q.v.)
at
Carmarthen
. When he was 13 years of age he was
apprenticed to a draper
in
Carmarthen
for five years, during which time he adopted
Baptist
principles. He entered
Carmarthen Presbyterian College
in
1860
, and after four years there, went to
Glasgow University
. In
1870
he entered
Regent's Park College
, but in
Feb. 1871
was appointed
tutor
at the
Baptist College
at
Pontypool
. He was elected
principal
of that college in
1877
, but lost his health and d. in
Switzerland
18 Oct. 1880
.
Bibliography:
-
Eminent Welshmen
, 1908
;
-
Y Greal sef Cylchgrawn Misol at wasanaeth y
Bedyddwyr
,
March 1871, June 1877, Nov. 1880
;
-
National Library of Wales Manuscript
9264;
-
E. P. Jones
,
Oriel Coleg Caerfyrddin
, 1909
;
-
The Baptist Magazine
, 1809–1904
,
1883
.
Author:
Griffith Milwyn Griffiths, M.A., Aberystwyth
