William Owen Pughe [SEP] date of death
William Owen Pughe
William Owen Pughe (7 August 1759 – 4 June 1835) was a Welsh antiquarian and grammarian best known for his "Welsh and English Dictionary", published in 1803, but also known for his grammar books and "Pughisms" (neologisms).
Biography.
He was born William Owen at Llanfihangel-y-pennant, Merionethshire, but the family moved to Ardudwy when William was about seven. He relocated to London in 1776. It was here that he got to know Owen Jones.
, mathematician (d. 1807)
- "date unknown" - Thomas Jones of Denbigh, minister and author (d. 1820)
1757
- "date unknown" - Sir Thomas Foley, admiral (d. 1833)
1758
- August - Sir Thomas Picton, soldier (d. 1815)
1759
- 16 March - Sir John Nicholl, politician and judge (d. 1838)
- 7 August - William Owen Pughe, lexicographer (d. 1835)
- 18 October - Theophilus Jones, historian (