Robert wynne parry biography

Born at Caernarvon in December 1827; his mother was sister to Robert Owen (Eryron Gwyllt Walia) and a niece of the famous Calvinistic Methodist preachers Robert Roberts of Clynnog and John Roberts of Llangwm - appropriately enough, Parry was to edit the poems of Robert Owen and the sermons of Robert Roberts.

He went to Bala C.M. College (1847-1851), and began preaching. In 1851, while continuing to preach (he was ordained in 1856), he set up as printer and bookseller at Caernarvon, but at the end of 1861 he took to pastoral charges - at Llanrwst (1861-71), Salford (1871-6), Siloh, Aberystwyth (1876-83), and Carno, Montgomeryshire (1889-1901). He was moderator of the Calvinistic Methodist General Assembly in 1889, moderator of the North Wales Association in 1895, and editor of Y Drysorfa , 1887-91. He was a remarkably polished preacher, a writer of distinction, and a voracious reader. He wrote much in the Traethodydd and the Y Drysorfa , and some of the most important articles in (both editions of) Y Gwyddoniadur were his work - he also published commentaries. He died 22 August 1901 at Carno.

His second son, EDMUND WYNNE PARRY (1855 - 1897), was born at Caernarvon 8 August 1855, and educated at Llanrwst and Manchester grammar schools, at Aberystwyth University College (1877-9), and at Lincoln College, Oxford (1879-83), proceeding M.A. afterwards, and later on (1895) taking a B.D. degree at S. Andrews. He was pastor of the Calvinistic Methodist English churches at Brecon (1883) and Ruthin (1887), but in 1889 became assistant-tutor at Bala, and subsequently head of the Calvinistic Methodist preparatory department there. He died at Bala 4 September 1897. He was a ma

Born 11 March 1842 in Panton Place, Holywell, Flintshire, the daughter of Robert and Harriet Wynne - (her name in the baptismal register is given as Sarah Wynne). She showed a special talent as a singer when a child - she was only 9 when she joined the Holywell choral society. When she was 12 she went on a concert tour to various parts of Wales with a Mr. Hulse, Bangor, her special contribution to the concerts being the singing of Welsh airs. She went to Liverpool at 14 to receive lessons in music from a Mr. Scarisbrook, staying there five years. Her first appearance in London as a soprano was in June 1862, in one of the annual concerts organised by Ellis Roberts (Eos Meirion). In July of the same year she took part in two concerts arranged by John Thomas (Pencerdd Gwalia), the first in the S. James's Hall, the other in the Crystal Palace. She now settled in London and was soon to become one of the best vocalists in the country. In 1862 she sang in the national eisteddfod held at Caernarvon. She toured during 1863-5 with Madam Patti, Santley, and Edward Lloyd, and for eight weeks in 1864 she took the part of ' lady Mortimer ' in Shakespeare's Henry IV at Drury Lane Theatre. She had a successful American tour in 1871. She took courses in Italy (Florence, etc), under Romani and Vancini. She took part in the Crystal Palace and the Three Choirs festivals, and in many of the most important concerts given in the United Kingdom. In 1874 the London Welsh Choral Union presented to her a bronze bust of herself made by Joseph Edwards. Llew Wynne, secretary of the Liverpool Welsh Choral Union, was a brother, and Kate Wynne-Mattieson, voc

Born 11 June 1858, the son of Thomas and Mary Parry, Gwyndy, Carmel, Caernarfonshire. He was a half-brother of Robert Parry, father of the poet R. Williams Parry and of Richard Parry, father of Thomas Parry (1904 - 1985). As a young man he adopted the surname of his paternal grandfather, Henry Williams, in addition to his own. He received his elementary education at Bron-y-foel school, and stayed on for five years as a pupil-teacher. He then attended Holt Academy under James Oliver Jones. He spent the last four months of 1876 as a temporary teacher at Loveston school, near Narberth, Pembrokeshire. In 1877 he entered Bangor Normal College, and on completing the course in 1879 he was appointed schoolmaster at Rhyd-ddu, where he remained until his retirement in 1923.

Parry-Williams's poetry, of which he wrote a good deal, was in accordance with the standards of his age. Three long poems in the free metres won prizes at local eisteddfodau (see Y Geninen Eisteddfodol, 1892, 1893, 1897). He was successful at the national eisteddfod held at Colwyn Bay in 1910 with nine lyrics on the subject ' Y bywyd pentrefol '. His main productions were poems to celebrate various happenings in his own locality, and a few lyrics (see Cerddi Eryri, ed. Carneddog). As schoolmaster he made the study of Welsh literature an integral part of the syllabus, a very unusual initiative in those days, especia

Welsh scholar (died 1714)

David Parry (1682? – December 1714) was a Welsh scholar and assistant to the naturalist Edward Lhuyd. He was Keeper of the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford from 1709 until his death in 1714.

Life

Parry, who was born in Cardigan, Wales, in about 1682, was educated at the grammar school in Cardigan before coming to the attention of Edward Lhuyd in about 1695. Lhuyd took Parry on his travels in Wales, Ireland, Scotland, and Brittany. They were imprisoned as spies for a time in Brittany, but returned to Oxford in April 1701. Parry then matriculated that year at Jesus College, Oxford.

Edward Lhuyd's efforts to obtain a scholarship for Parry were, however, thwarted by John Wynne, one of the Fellows of the college. Parry obtained his Bachelor of Arts degree in 1705 and his Master of Arts degree in 1708, becoming the unpaid under-keeper of the Ashmolean Museum under Lhuyd. He succeeded Lhuyd as Keeper of the Ashmolean in 1709, still unpaid. He was regarded as capable but insufficiently hard-working: one report said that there was nobody more competent than Parry, "if he would set himself to work" and another said that Parry was "always in the tavern, guttling and guzzling". He died in December 1714, with it being said that he had "shortened his days" by being a "perfect sot".

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