THOMAS (1821-1875).-Welsh historian and critic, _b._ at Pont Nedd Fechan, Glamorganshire, _s._ of a shoemaker. His works include _The Literature of the Kymry_ (1849), _The History of Trial by Jury in Wales_, and an essay in which he demolished the claim of the Welsh under Madoc to the discovery of America. He also wrote on the life and works o