INDEX OF CONTENTS FOR '100 GREAT WELSHMEN'
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Introduction
1.
John Adams - The First Occupant of the White House
2. John
Quincy Adams - The Diplomat President
3. Samuel
Adams - The Father of the American Revolution
4. Yr
Arglwydd Rhys, The Lord Rhys, Rhys ap Gruffydd ap Rhys ap Tewdwr
5. Saint
Armel - The Real Arthur?
6. Arthur
- Arthmael ap Meurig ap Tewdrig, Europe's Greatest
Legend
7. Saint
Beuno - The Patron Saint of Computer Technicians
8. Aneurin
Bevan - The Founder and Architect of the National
Health Service
9. Llywelyn
Bren - Llywelyn the Ugly
10. Richard
Burton - Film Superstar
11. Saint Cadog
- Founder of Llancarfan
12. Saint
Cadwaladr - Cadwaladr the Blessed, High King of
Britain
13. Caractacus
- An
Eternal Memory to the Mercy of Rome
14. William
Cecil - The Architect of Elizabethan England, The
Man Who Does Everything
15. John
Charles - Il Gigante Buono
16. Tommy
Cooper - The Comedian's Comedian
17. Oliver
Cromwell - Lord Protector
18. Dafydd ap
Gwilym - Wales' Greatest Poet, The Nightingale of
Dyfed
19. Saint David
- The Waterdrinker, The Patron Saint of Wales
20. Donald
Davies - The Computer Engineer Who Made Possible the
Internet
21. Idris
Davies - The Miner-Poet
22. Howel Davis
- The Cavalier Prince of Pirates
23. Jefferson
Davis - The President of the Confederate States of
America
24. John Dee - Black Jack, The Magus of His Age
25. Saint
Deiniol - Deiniol the Blessed
26. Saint
Dyfrig - The High Saint, Chief of All the Church in
Britain
27. Gareth
Edwards - The Greatest Rugby Player of All Time
28. Geraint
Evans - World Opera Star
29. Gwynfor
Evans - Wales' Greatest Living Patriot
30. John Evans
- The Man Who Opened Up America
31. Bill Frost
- The First Man To Fly
32. John Frost
- Pioneer of British Democracy
33. Gildas - The First British Historian
34. Giraldus
Cambrensis - Gerald of Wales
35. Owain
Glyndwr - Wales' Greatest Hero
36. D.W.
Griffith - The Pioneer of Cinema, The Father of Film
37. Gruffudd ap
Cynan - The Possessor of Britain
38. Gruffudd ap
Llywelyn - The Head, Shield and Defender of the
Britons
39. Howell
Harris - The Father of Methodism in Wales, The
Greatest Welshman of his Day
40. Henry VII -
First King of the Tudor Dynasty
41. William
Herbert - William ap William ap Thomas, The First
Statesman of a New Era
42. Anthony
Hopkins - Hollywood Superstar
43. David
Hughes - The First Man to Transmit and Receive Radio
Waves
44. Llywellyn
Morris Humphreys - Murray the Camel, Murray the
Hump
45. Hywel Dda -
Hywel the Good
46. Saint
Illtud - Abbot Illtud the Warrior
47. Iolo
Morganwg - Edward Williams, Saviour of Welsh Culture
48. Thomas
Jefferson - President, and Author of the Declaration
of Independence
49. Augustus
John - Society Painter, 'Supreme Draughtsman' and
Bohemian
50. Bobby Jones
- The Greatest Amateur Golfer Ever
51. David Jones
- Poet-Painter
52. Griffith
Jones - The Man Who Made Wales the Most Literate
European Nation
53. Inigo Jones
- The Founder of Classical English Architecture
54. Michael D.
Jones - The Greatest Welshman of the 19th
Century
55. Tom Jones -
Jones the Voice
56. Meriwether
Lewis - The Greatest Pathfinder America Has Ever
Known
57. Saunders
Lewis - The Greatest Figure in Welsh Literature in
the 20th Century
58. Owain
Llawgoch - Yvain de Galles, Warlord
59. David
Lloyd-George - The Man Who Won The War
60. Llywelyn ap
Gruffudd - Our Last Prince
61. Llywelyn ab
Iorwerth - Llywelyn the Great
62. Prince
Madoc - The Discoverer of America?
63. Billy
Meredith - Football's First Superstar
64. Merlin - Arthur's Wizard
65. The Miner -
The Welsh Hero
66. James
Monroe - The Era-of-Good-Feeling President
67. Captain
Henry Morgan - The Greatest Buccaneer
68. John
Pierpoint Morgan - 'The Most Powerful Man in America
69. Bishop
William Morgan - The Translator of The Bible
70. John Nash -
The Architect of the Regency Period
71. Richard
'Beau' Nash - The King of Bath
72. Nennius - The Historian of the Britons
73. Ivor
Novello - Filmstar and Musical Playwright
74. Owain
Gwynedd - The Bulwark of All Wales
75. Robert Owen
- The Founder of Socialism, The Most Popular Man in
Europe
76. Saint
Padrig - The Apostle of Ireland, 'The Most Famous
Welshman in the World'
77. Pelagius - Morgan, The True Christian
78. Thomas
Picton - The Hero of Waterloo
79. Richard
Price - The Most Original Thinker Ever Born in Wales
80. Dr William
Price - Chartist Free-Thinker and Republican Doctor
81. Robert
Recorde - The Mathematician Who Revolutionised
Algebra and Invented the = Sign
82. Rhodri Mawr
- The Greatest of All the Kings of Wales
83. Henry
Richard - The Apostle of Peace, The Member for Wales
84. Bartholomew
Roberts - Black Bart, The Last and Most Lethal
Pirate
85. Charles
Rolls - Aviation Pioneer and Founder of Rolls-Royce
86. Bertrand
Russell - The 20th Century's Most
Important Liberal Thinker
87. Richard
Salesbury - The Most Learned Welshman of His Day
88. H.M.
Stanley - John Rowlands, The Man Who Found
Livingstone
89. Taliesin - One of the Greatest Bards
90. Saint Teilo
- Bishop of Llandaff, Founder of Llandeilo
91. Dylan
Thomas - Wales' Best-Known Poet
92. Edward
Thomas - War-Poet, The Poet's Poet
93. Frederick
Hall Thomas - Freddie Welsh, The Welsh Wizard
94. R.S. Thomas
- The Poet-Priest, The Solzhenitsyn of Wales
95. Sidney
Gilchrist Thomas - The Man Who Created the Modern
Steel Industry
96. Jimmy Wilde
- The Mighty Atom, The Ghost with the Hammer in his
Hand
97. David
Williams - Founder of the Literary Fund, French
Citizen
98. William
Williams - Pantycelyn, Wales' First Romantic Poet
99. Richard
Wilson - The Founder of British Landscape Painting
100. Frank Lloyd Wright - The Greatest American Architect of All Time
APPENDICES
The Language Problem - Excerpts from 'An A-Z of Wales and the Welsh'
The Language Problem - Excerpts from 'The Book of Welsh Saints'
The Death and Defeat of Llywelyn ap Gruffudd, Prince of Wales,
December 1282 by Anthony Edwards
Notes on Llywelyn ap Gruffudd's Death by T.D. Breverton
'Chalice' - a poem by David Jervis (T.D. Breverton)
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