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Jones Williams, W., Middlesborough collector
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Dr W. Jones Williams, who was born at Porthmadog, practised for over fifty years as a physician at Middlesborough. He was well known as an ardent lover os his native country, and a collector of Welsh books. Having associations with Eifionydd, he acquired the works and letters of some of the poets of that district.