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Scholarship is not the preserve of universities and academics alone. Given the opportunity, incentive and will, we all could add to human knowledge and understanding. W. Arvon Roberts exemplifies this possibility. Retired postman become historian and writer, for over 30 years he has researched the little known story of Welsh emigrants to the United States of America and of their descendants. His indexed archive of over 1,200 biographical notes on distinguished Welsh Americans now graces the National Library of Wales (NLW) at Aberystwyth.
From this pioneering collection W. Arvon Roberts has selected 150 biographies which he considers to be of...
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