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Robert Williams

Born

in Conway, Wales, The United Kingdom

June 29, 1810

Died

April 26, 1881

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Reverend Robert Williams, MA. Rector of Rhydycroesau, Denbighshire; Canon of St Asaph.

WILLIAMS , ROBERT ( 1810 - 1881 ), cleric, Celtic scholar and antiquary ; b. at Conway 29 June 1810 , the second son of Robert Williams , perpetual curate of Llandudno . After receiving his early education at Beaumaris and Shrewsbury schools, he proceeded to Christ College , Oxford , where he graduated B.A. in 1832 and M.A. in 1836 . He was curate of Llangernyw, Denbs. , from 1833 to 1836 . In 1837 he was appointed vicar of Llangadwaladr , and in 1838 perpetual curate of Rhydycroesau , near Oswestry . He remained vicar of Llangadwaladr until 1877 and curate of Rhydycroes Librarian Note: There is more than one author in the Goodreads database with this name.

Reverend Robert Williams, MA. Rector of Rhydycroesau, Denbighshire; Canon of St Asaph.

WILLIAMS , ROBERT ( 1810 - 1881 ), cleric, Celtic scholar and antiquary ; b. at Conway 29 June 1810 , the second son of Robert Williams , perpetual curate of Llandudno . After receiving his early education at Beaumaris and Shrewsbury schools, he proceeded to Christ College , Oxford , where he graduated B.A. in 1832 and M.A. in 1836 . He was curate of Llangernyw, Denbs. , from 1833 to 1836 . In 1837 he was appointed vicar of Llangadwaladr , and in 1838 perpetual curate of Rhydycroesau , near Oswestry . He remained vicar of Llangadwaladr until 1877 and curate of Rhydycroesau until 1879 , when he was appointed rector of Culmington, Herefs. There he remained until his death, becoming also honorary canon of S. Asaph in 1872 . He d., unmarried, on 26 April 1881 . He was buried on 2 May at Culmington , where a memorial stone bearing an inscription in Welsh and Cornish was erected in his memory in 1889 .
In 1831 he won a prize given by the Cymmrodorion Society for biographical sketches of the most famous Welshmen since the Protestant Reformation . The society arranged for a Welsh translation of this work under the title ‘ Enwogion Cymru .’ Later, additions were made to the English original, which was then published — Enwogion Cymru: A Biographical Dictionary of Eminent Welshmen ( Llandovery , 1852 ). His most important contribution to Celtic studies is the Lexicon Cornu-Britannicum ( Llandovery , 1865 ). In it, examples of Cornish words are noted and their cognates in the other Celtic languages given. He made considerable use of the treasures of Peniarth Library , and it was he who discovered there the only extant copy of the Cornish drama Beunans Meriasek (or Ordinale de Vita Sancti Mereadoci ) which was edited, with translation, by Whitley Stokes ( London , 1872 ). In 1876 was completed the first volume of his Selections from the Hengwrt Manuscripts , and in 1878 and 1880 the first two parts of the second volume appeared. This second volume was completed in 1892 by the Rev. G. Hartwell Jones . Neither the texts nor the translations in these two volumes are always reliable.

His most important works have been noticed above, but he made other contributions to scholarship to which reference must be made. He published The History and Antiquities of the Town of Aberconway ( Denbigh , 1835 ); he revised many of the notes to the new edition ( Oswestry , 1878 ) of the History of the Gwydir Family by Sir John Wynne ; he translated ‘ The Book of Taliesin ’ for W. F. Skene 's Four Ancient Books of Wales ( Edinburgh , 1868 ); and he wrote occasional articles for Archaeologia Cambrensis and the Cambrian Journal . He was a member of the editional board of the Cambrian Archaeological Association . ...more

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	The History of Charlemagne: The Translation of "Ystorya De Carolo Magno," With a Historical and Critical Introduction, Volumes 19-20 really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2015 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Biographical Sketch of some of the Most Eminent Individuals which the Principality of Wales has produced since the Reformation 1.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2012 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	A Biographical Dictionary of Eminent Welshmen: From the Earliest Times to the Present, and Including Every Name Connected With the Ancient History of Wales liked it 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2010 — 39 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Sermon [on Acts Xx. 20,21] Preached In The Parish Church Of Beaumaris ... On The 19th Of September, 1821 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2009 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lexicon Cornu-Britannirum, a Dictionary of the Ancient Celtic Language of Cornwall: In Which the Words Are Elucidated by Copious Examples From the Cornish Works Now Remaining; With Translations in Eng 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2010 — 19 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Y Cymmrodor, the Magazine of the Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion. Vol. XX 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Eminent Welshmen, Vol. 1: A Short Biographical Dictionary of Welshmen, Who Have Attained Distinction From the Earliest Times to the Present by Robert Williams, T.R. Roberts 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The History and Antiquities of the Town of Aberconwy and Its Neighbourhood: With Notices of the Natural History of the District 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2011 — 20 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lexicon Cornu-britannicum: A Dictionary Of The Ancient Celtic Language Of Cornwall, In Which The Words Are Elucidated By Copious Examples From The Cornish Works Now Remaining 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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