Rhodri Glyn Thomas AM was born in 1953 at Wrexham, Clwyd, north Wales. Thomas attended Ysgol Bodhyfryd Wrexham, and then Ysgol Morgan Llwyd Wrexham before leaving for the University of Wales, Aberystwyth in 1975 to study for a degree in Welsh. After graduating in 1978, Rhodri studied for a B.D degree in Theology at the University of Wales, Bangor. In 1991 Rhodri studied for a MTh degree at the University of Wales, Lampeter, reading American Theology. Am is the present-tense, first-person, singular form of the verb to be, the copula of the English language. ... 1953 is a common year starting on Thursday. ... Wrexham (pronounced Recsam, and in Welsh spelt Wrecsam) is a town in north Wales. ... Clwyd is a preserved county of Wales, formed from the traditional counties of Denbighshire and Flintshire, and parts of Merionethshire. ... North Wales is the northernmost region of Wales, bordered to the south by Mid Wales. ... The University of Wales, Aberystwyth, a Member Institution of the federal University of Wales, was the first university institution to be established in Wales. ... 1975 was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1975 calendar). ... Welsh redirects here, and this article describes the Welsh language. ... Events January January 1 - The Copyright Act of 1976 takes effect, making sweeping changes to United States copyright law. ... Theology is literally rational discourse concerning God (Greek θεος, theos, God, + λογος, logos, rational discourse). By extension, it also refers to the study of other religious topics. ... The University of Wales, Bangor (UWB) is a constituent institution of the University of Wales based in the small city of Bangor in the county of Gwynedd in North Wales, United Kingdom. ... St Davids College in Lampeter was founded in 1822 by Thomas Burgess, Bishop of St Davids in the small town of Lampeter. ...

In 1992, Thomas fought the old Carmarthen Constituency in a General Election for Plaid Cymru, the Welsh Nationalist Party. In the 1997 General Election he stood for Plaid Cymru in Carmarthen East & Dinefwr. In 1999 he fought the same constituency in the National Assembly Elections, winning by 6,980 votes. 1992 is a leap year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Carmarthen (Welsh Caerfyrddin - caer fort + Myrddin Moridunum, Merlin) is the county town of Carmarthenshire, Wales. ... A general election is an election in which all members of a given political body are up for election. ... Plaid Cymru (literally meaning, Party of Wales) is a left-of-centre (describing itself as socialist and proud of it) Welsh nationalist party. ... 1997 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Reef. ... A general election is an election in which all members of a given political body are up for election. ... Plaid Cymru (literally meaning, Party of Wales) is a left-of-centre (describing itself as socialist and proud of it) Welsh nationalist party. ... Carmarthen (Welsh Caerfyrddin - caer fort + Myrddin Moridunum, Merlin) is the county town of Carmarthenshire, Wales. ... 1999 is a common year starting on Friday of the Common Era, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... The National Assembly for Wales (or NAW) (Welsh: Cynulliad Cenedlaethol Cymru) was established in 1998, following a 1997 referendum in which a small majority of voters (but not the electorate) voted in favour of the Labour Governments plans for devolution. ...