William Richard Williams

William Richard Williams (4 April 1896 – 18 December 1962) was the Principal of the United Theological College, Aberystwyth from 1949 to 1962, the first Secretary of the Council of Churches of Wales, and later its president.

Biography

Born at Pwllheli in Gwynedd to Richard and Catherine Williams, Williams moved to Aberystwyth with his mother on the death of his father in 1912 after winning a scholarship to University College, Aberystwyth, where he graduated in Greek and Philosophy. He served in the British Army during World War I, after which he studied at Lincoln College, Oxford, graduating with a first class BA degree in Theology. He was ordained in the Presbyterian Church of Wales in 1921, and served as a minister in Gowerton in Glamorganshire from 1921 to 1922 and at Argyle English Church in Swansea from 1922 to 1925.

Publications Arweiniad i Efengyl Ioan, Dolgellau: E. W. Evans, 1930. viii, 102p. N. Cenadwri epistol y Philipiaid, DR, 1949 t. 75–9. Cynhadledd Edinburgh 1933, FFR Mawrth 1933 t. 163–7. Efengyl yn ol Marc, DR, 1941. t. 109–16. Yr Eglwys, Cymdeithas a'r Wladwraeth, EFR II, 3, 1937 t. 54–9. Epistol at yr Effesiaid a'i genadwri, DR, 1949 t. 129–32, 161–5, 216–9, 283–7. Yr Epistol at yr Hebreaid, gyda nodiadau eglurhaol, Caernarfon: Y Gymanfa Gyffredinol, 1932. 264 t. N. C. Epistol Cyntaf Ioan, Y Gymanfa Gyffredinol, 1943. 92t. N. C. Owen Prys. Yn Morris W. : Deg o Enwogion, Llyfrfa'r Methodistiaid Calfinaidd, 1959 t. 45–52. N. C. Y Parch. David Morris Jones, M. C., M. A., B. D., DI 8, 1957 p. 2-3 Y Parch. E. Gwyn Evans: y dyn a'i nodweddion, DR, 1959 t. 6–10. Y Parch. G. Roberts Jones, DR, 1955 t. 49–51. Y Parch. R. J. Rees, M. A., DR, 1954 t. 73–5. Prifathro Howell Harris Hughes, DR, 1939 t. 209–12.