Roedd{{Infobox person/Wikidata|fetchwikidata=ALL}}''' Thomas Richards ''' ( [[1800]] – [[ July 18|18 GorffennafJuly]] , [[1877]] ) ynwas a Welsh [[ Meddyg|feddygsurgeon]] Cymreigwho aemigrated ymfudoddto i[[Hobart]], Awstralia[[Tasmania]]. lleHe fuwas ynthe uneditor oof sylfaenwyrand newyddiaduraethmain yncontributor yto wladthe ''Hobart Town Magazine'' and came to be seen as one of the founders of journalism in the country. <ref name=":1">{{Cite web|title=RICHARDS, THOMAS (1800 - 1877), llenor Awstralaidd {{!}} Y Bywgraffiadur Cymreig|url=https://bywgraffiadur.cymru/article/c-RICH-THO-1800|website=bywgraffiadur.cymru|access-date=2019-11-11}}</ref> ▼{{Person|fetchwikidata=ALL|onlysourced=no|suppressfields=dinasyddiaeth|nationality={{banergwlad|Cymru}} {{banergwlad|Awstralia}}|dateformat=dmy}}
▲Roedd ''' Thomas Richards ''' ([[1800]] – [[18 Gorffennaf]], [[1877]]) yn [[Meddyg|feddyg]] Cymreig a ymfudodd i Awstralia lle fu yn un o sylfaenwyr newyddiaduraeth yn y wlad.<ref>{{Cite web|title=RICHARDS, THOMAS (1800 - 1877), llenor Awstralaidd {{!}} Y Bywgraffiadur Cymreig|url=https://bywgraffiadur.cymru/article/c-RICH-THO-1800|website=bywgraffiadur.cymru|access-date=2019-11-11}}</ref>
== CefndirChildood ==
GanwydThomas Richards ynwas born in [[Dolgellau|Nolgellau]] ynas blentynthe ichild of Thomas Richards, cyfreithiwrsolicitor, acand Elizabeth ei(neé wraigHighway) his wife. NidThere oesis cofnodno orecord unionof ddyddiadthe eiexact enidate ondof fe'ihis bedyddiwydbirth ynbut Eglwyshe was baptized in St MairMary's Church, Dolgellau aron 10 GorffennafJuly 1800. <ref>Cofrestrau Bedydd 1800 Eglwys St Mair Dolgellau, yng ngofal Gwasanaeth Archifau Gwynedd; Dolgellau; Cyfeirnod: ZM/5835</ref>
== TeuluFamily ==
PriododdHe married Hannah Elsemere, (née Adams) aron 26 TachweddNovember 1828 ynin St Pancras, [[LlundainLondon]]; <ref>Cofrestr Priodasau Parish Chapel, St Pancras, Camden, yng ngofal London Metropolitan Archives; Llundain; Cyfeirnod: p90/pan1/064</ref> cawsantthey fabhad a thairson and three merchdaughters.
== GyrfaCareer ==
CafoddFollowing the death of his father, Richards eiwas addysguenrolled ynat [[Christ's Hospital]], LlundainLondon rhwngbetween 1809 aand 1815. BuHe wedynthen ynbecame brentisa idoctor's feddygapprentice acand ynattended mynychuclinics clinigau yn Ysbytyat St Bartholomew's Hospital. GraddioddHe gydagraduated Thrwyddedwith Cymdeithasa yr[[Licentiate Apothecariaidof ymthe 1823.Society Amof yApothecaries]] nawin mlynedd1823. gyntafUntil wedihis iddoemigration dderbynto eiTasmania, drwyddedhe bu'nworked gweithioas fela meddygdoctor ynin LlundainLondon. BuHe hefydalso yncontributed cyfrannuoccasionally ynto achlysurolseveral i'rliterary cylchgronauand llenyddolantiquarian magazines, such as ''The Cambro-Briton, The Monthly Magazine'' a'rand ''The British Register'' . <ref name=":0">{{Citation|last=Horner|first=J. C.|title=Richards, Thomas (1800–1877)|url=http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/richards-thomas-4472|work=Australian Dictionary of Biography|publisher=National Centre of Biography, Australian National University|access-date=2019-11-11}}</ref><ref name=":2" />
YmIn 1832 cafodd Richards swyddpaid felfor meddyghis llongand arhis longfamily's oeddpassage ynto teithioAustralia iby working as a ship's doctor on an immigrants ship [[Awstralia]]. AethHis eiwife wraigand a'ichild blentynwent gydagwith efhim aron ythe daithtrip ganas fodthe yfamily teuluwanted amto sefydlusettle ynin AwstraliaAustralia arat ddiweddthe yend daithof the trip. CyrhaeddoddHe trefarrived in [[Hobart]] ymtown misin HydrefOctober 1832. SefydloddHe established a meddygfasurgery ynin Elizabeth Town, [[Tasmania]].
YchydigShortly wediafter iddoRichards gyrraeddarrived Tasmania sefydloddin Tasmania[[Henry Melville|, Henry Melville]] (awdur1799-1873) yfounded llyfrthe ''[[Moby Dick]]'') y cylchgrawn ''Hobart Town Magazine]]''. Bu Richards ynwas olygyddthe amain chyfrannwreditor rheolaiddand i'rcontributor cylchgrawnto ynthe ystodmagazine eiduring oesits fershort rhwnglife Mawrthbetween March 1833 acand 1834.<ref name=":1" />
He continued as a medical practitioner until 1836, although he had been working as a clerk for the Hobart Town Surveyor's Department between 1834 and 1837. Between 1837 and 1847 he became the chief reporter of ''[[The Colonial Times]]'' newspaper. After a visit to Britain between 1847 and 1848 he returned to Tasmania working again as a doctor for a while. Later in his life he went back to journalism as a reporter and proofreader for the [[Hobart Mercury|''Hobart Mercury'']], continuing in the post until his death.<ref name=":0">{{Citation|last=Horner|first=J. C.|title=Richards, Thomas (1800–1877)|url=http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/richards-thomas-4472|work=Australian Dictionary of Biography|publisher=National Centre of Biography, Australian National University|access-date=2019-11-11}}</ref>
Parhaodd i fod yn feddyg hyd 1836, er ei fod wedi bod yn gweithio fel clerc i Adran Syrfëwr Tref Hobart rhwng 1834 a 1837. Rhwng 1837 a 1847 bu'n gweithio fel prif ohebydd y papur ''The Colonial Times''. Wedi ymweliad a Phrydain rhwng 1847 a 1848 dychwelodd i Tasmania gan weithio eto fel meddyg am gyfnod. Yn hwyrach yn ei oes aeth yn ôl i newyddiadura fel gohebydd a phrawf ddarllenydd i'r Hobart Mercury, gan barhau yn y swydd hyd ei farwolaeth.<ref name=":0" />
AmFor eihis gyfraniadlong hircontribution ito newyddiaduraethjournalism aron yrthe ynys maeisland Richards ynis caelknown eias adnabod'the felfather ''tadof gwasgthe Tasmania'Tasmanian press'. <ref>[https://cylchgronau.llyfrgell.cymru/view/1386666/1422911/184#?xywh=-1084%2C403%2C4413%2C3913 Trafodion Anrhydeddus Gymdeithas y Cymrodorion ar gyfer 1988; Parch Patric Haldane-Stevenson THE WELSH IN AUSTRALIA].</ref>
== LlenorWriter ==
[[Delwedd:Rob-the-red-hand.jpg|bawd|Clawr Cover of ''Rob the Red Hand'']]
Roedd Richards ynwas feirniadAustralia's dramafirst gyntafliterary Awstraliacritic acand yna arloeswrpioneer yof storithe ferTasmanian short story. <ref>{{Cite web|title=Tasmanian Creativity|url=https://www.utas.edu.au/library/companion_to_tasmanian_history/T/Tas%20creativity.htm|website=www.utas.edu.au|access-date=2019-11-11}}</ref>
CyhoeddwydA ysignificant rhanvolume helaethafof oRichards' waithrecognizable llenyddolliterary adnabyddadwywork Richardswas ynpublished yin the ''Hobart Town Magazine''. RoeddAt oleast leiafhalf hannerof eithe gynnwysmagazine's yncontent gerddiwas poems, traethodauessays, adolygiadaureviews, brasluniausketches aand straeonshort byrionstories ganddoby efhim. Mae'nIt anoddis gwneuddifficult rhestrto gyflawnestimate o'ihis weithiaucomplete lenyddolcritical, ganantiquarian eiand fodliterary ynoutput amlas ynhe ysgrifennuoften owrote danunder ffugenwaupseudonyms, erin mwynorder cuddioto fainthide othe gynnwysextent yof papurauthe oeddcontent wediof dodthe o'ipapers ysgrifbinthat ef.had Roeddcome from his pen. 'Mervinius', 'Edward Trevor Anwyl' aand 'Peregrine' ymysgwere yramong enwauthe byddai'nnames defnyddiohe would use. <ref name=":2">{{Cite web|title=Thomas Richards (1800-1877): A Bibliography in Progress – bydbach|url=https://bydbach.hcommons.org/thomas-richards-1800-1877-a-bibliography-in-progress/|access-date=2023-10-26|language=en-US|last=Singer|first=Rita}}</ref> RoeddThe cefndirmajority Cymreigof ihis fwyafrifshort o'istories straeonhad byriona acWelsh wedibackground gosodand ymwere Meirionnyddset eibetween blentyndod[[Barmouth]] and [[Dolgellau]] in the county of his childhood, [[Merionethshire]]. <ref>{{Cite web|title=Books {{!}} Rob the Red-Hand by Thomas Richards|url=https://www.walesartsreview.org/rob-the-red-hand/|website=Wales Arts Review|date=2018-03-17|access-date=2019-11-11|first=Bethan|last=Jenkins|archiveurlarchive-url=|archivedate=|deadurlarchive-date=}}</ref>
YnIn 2017 casgloddRita aSinger golygoddcollected Ritaand Singeredited nifera oselection of Richards'is straeonWelsh Cymreigstories amfor ythe trofirst cyntaftime a'uand cyhoeddipublished them as fel'' Rob the Red-Hand and Other Stories of Welsh Society and Scenery'' . <ref>{{Cite book|title=Rob the Red-Hand : and other Stories of Welsh Society and Scenery|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1059221513|location=Aberystwyth|isbn=9781891271274|oclc=1059221513|last=Richards|first=Thomas|publisher=Celtic Studies Publications|year=2017|pages=|editor-last=Singer|editor-first=Rita}}</ref>
== MarwolaethDeath ==
BuAccording farwto ynhis death certificate, Richards died of infirmity and old age at Portsea Place, Hobart ynaged 77 mlwydd oed. <ref>Australia, Death Index, 1787-1985, Hobart Tasmania, 1877 rhif 604</ref>
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