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Dylan Thomas

Dylan Thomas

Poet. Born at 5 Cwmdonkin Drive, Swansea, which is now a themed holiday rental. Died at St Vincents Hospital, in New York City during a lecture tour of the United States. He is buried at Laugharne,...

Person, Poetry, Seriously Famous, Wales

6 memorials
George Thomas

George Thomas

Thomas George Thomas, 1st Viscount Tonypandy, PC, served as a Labour MP and Speaker of the House of Commons 1976-83. Known by the nickname "Tommy Twice" (from his full name). Born in Port Talbot, ...

Person, Gender Issues, Politics & Administration, Wales

1 memorial
Keib Thomas

Keib Thomas

Community worker, inspirational community activist, volunteer, & teacher, devoted to ethnic & inter-faith harmony, justice and equality. Born in Wales, he moved to London and worked for sev...

Person, Community / Clubs, India, Wales

2 memorials
Margaret Haig Thomas, Viscountess Rhondda

Margaret Haig Thomas, Viscountess Rhondda

The Women's Social and Political Union, secretary of Newport branch, founder of Time and Tide and the Six Point Group. Institute of Directors' first female president in 1926. Born as Margaret Haig...

Person, Gender Issues, Wales

1 memorial
Mrs Hester Thrale (Piozzi)

Mrs Hester Thrale (Piozzi)

Writer and good friend to Samuel Johnson. Born near Bwlheli, Caernarvonshire, as Hester Salusbury. In 1763 was married for money to Henry Thrale, a wealthy London brewer. An unhappy marriage, with ...

Person, Gender Issues, Literature, Wales

2 memorials
Albert Keith Toms

Albert Keith Toms

Councillor and former Mayor of the London Borough of Harrow. Albert Keith Toms was born on 1 April 1940 in Cwmbran, Monmouthshire, Wales, the son of Albert E. Toms (b.circa 1904) and Amy Winifred ...

Person, Education, Politics & Administration, Wales

1 memorial
Beatrice May Townend

Beatrice May Townend

Co-founder with her husband of Hill House School. Née Beatrice Lord, she married H. Stuart Townend in 1936 and together they set up and ran Hill House School. Their son, organist Richard Townend, r...

Person, Education, Friend / family, Switzerland, Wales

1 memorial
Alfred Russel Wallace

Alfred Russel Wallace

Explorer and naturalist.  Born Monmouthshire (which, if we can believe Wikipedia, between 1542 and 1974 was not definitively in either Wales or England).  Joined the family surveying business and l...

Person, Paranormal, Science, Malaysia, Singapore, South America, Wales

1 memorial
Elijah Waring

Elijah Waring

Anglo-Welsh writer. Born Alton, Hampshire, the son of Quaker parents. Settled in South Wales in about 1810. Founded an English-language periodical, 'The Cambrian Visitor: a Monthly Miscellany' at S...

Person, Religion, Wales

1 memorial
Peter Warlock

Peter Warlock

Born The Savoy Hotel, as Philip Arnold Heseltine. Peter Warlock was his pseudonym. Journalist, music critic and composer. His music was heavily influenced by Elizabethan and Celtic culture. Influen...

Person, Journalism / Publishing, Music / songs, Wales

2 memorials
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