ROBERTS
,
THOMAS ROWLAND
(
Asaph
;
1857?
-
1940
),
biographer
;
b. at
S. Asaph
. He was for some years a
solicitor's clerk
at
Caernarvon
, a
court interpreter
and
official shorthand writer
. In
1901
, for a short time, he was
editor
of
Y Genedl Gymreig
and its associated newspapers. Later he
established an accountant's practice
at
Colwyn Bay
and was the
general secretary of the national eisteddfod
held there in
1910
, and at
Bangor
in
1915
. He d. at
Colwyn Bay
,
16 June 1940
, aged 83, and was buried in
Bron-y-nant cemetery
. He was the
author
of the following biographical works:
Edmwnd Prys
,
1899
;
Y Monwyson
,
1902
;
Eminent Welshmen
,
1908
, a biographical dictionary for the period
1700-1900
; and
Huw Morus (Eos Ceiriog)
,
1910
. His
Edmwnd Prys
includes a convenient collection of
Prys
's poetry, and his
Eminent Welshmen
, with its ample apparatus of reference, has been found very useful. For other works by him, see
Owen
Williams
,
Awduron Sir Ddinbych
.
Bibliography:
-
North Wales Weekly News
,
20 June 1940
;
- personal knowledge.
Author:
Edward Morgan Humphreys, O.B.E., M.A., (1882-1955), Caernarfon
