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EVANS, THOMAS (fl. 1596-1633), poet and transcriber of manuscripts He is known as Thomas Evans of Hendreforfudd, a township in the old parish of Corwen, but now lying in the ecclesiastical parish of Llansantffraid Glyn Dyfrdwy. He was the son of Evan ap John ap Robert ap Madoc ap Jenkin ap Griffith ap Bleddyn and Lowri, daughter of Griffith ab Evan ap David Ddu ap Tudur ab Evan ap Llewelyn ap Griffith ap Meredith ap Llewelyn ap Ynyr. The place and time of his
EVANS, TREBOR LLOYD (1909 - 1979), minister (Indepedent) and author the Christian faith and its Nonconformist expression. He persuaded authors like Tecwyn Lloyd, R. E. Jones, R. Tudur Jones, Pennar Davies, Gwynfor Evans, Cassie Davies and others, to publish through Ty John Penri books which were greatly appreciated by Welsh readers. He died July 13 1979, in Swansea, and was cremated in Morriston Crematorium. His ashes were interred in the cemetery nearby. On his
EVANS, WILLIAM (1734 - 1805), early Calvinistic Methodist exhorter . He published at Trevecka in 1786 an elegy upon Mrs. Thomas Charles's mother Jane Foulkes; and in 1789 a small book o hymmns by himself and Edward Parry (1723 - 1786) and others, printed 'for the benefit of a poor man named William Ellis '. According to Robert Jones of Rhoslan, he was ' paralysed for some time before his death.' In 1805, he went to Devonport, to visit two of his sons who lived there
EVANS, WILLIAM (1779 - 1854), Wesleyan minister 1854. He was the secretary of his province, 1812-24 and 1827-32, and editor of the Eurgrawn Wesleyaidd, 1824-5. He wrote Hanes Bywyd a Marwolaeth y Parch E. Jones, Bathafarn, 1850, and some 'controversial' books - Ymddiffynydd y Gwis, 1822; Traethawd yn erbyn yr Athrawiaeth o Barhad Diamoddol Mewn Gras, 1839; Amddiffyniad i Ddysgyblaeth y Methodistiaid Wesleyaidd, 1850, and others, Adam Evans
EVANS, WILLIAM (1869 - 1948) Madagascar, minister (Congl.) and missionary Born 31 October 1869 in Y Meysydd, Landore, Swansea, son of Thomas and Mary Evans. His father owned a small mine in the area. His mother was a member of the same Sunday school as Griffith John, China and he set his mind on serving in that country. His brother David was ordained minister in Rehoboth (Congl.), Brynmawr, in 1871. William was educated at the private school run by his minister, W.S
EVANS, WILLIAM (1795 - 1891), Calvinistic Methodist minister Born 30 June 1795 at Garthgraban-fach, Llantrisant, Glamorganshire, son of David and Elizabeth Evans. He was educated at Eagles School, Cowbridge, was converted in 1814 under the ministry of Evan Jones of Merthyr Tydfil, and joined the Methodists at Pontyrefail. That year he married Margaret Cadwgan of Llandyfodwg and the two made their home at Cae'r Curlas Uchaf. He began to preach in 1818 and
EVANS, WILLIAM CHARLES (1911 - 1988), chemist and biologist honours in chemistry in 1931. Sir Ewart Jones, Wrexham, who also became a Fellow of the Royal Society and was Waynflete Professor of chemistry in Oxford, was a fellow student. Charles Evans completed his MSc under Professor J. Simonsen in 1934 before winning the Plat Scholarship to study for his doctorate (and to follow a substantial part of the medical course) at Manchester School of Medicine. Having
EVANS-JONES, CYNAN ALBERT - gweler JONES, Sir CYNAN ALBERT EVANS
EVERETT, ROBERT (1791 - 1875), Independent ministers preacher as William Williams of Wern (1781 - 1840); he took a prominent part in the theological discussions of his time, and wrote an essay on Redemption for John Roberts (1767 - 1834) of Llanbryn-mair's little book, Galwad Ddifrifol (see Cofiant John Jones, Talysarn, 447) He also published a system of Welsh short-hand and Catecism Cyntaf or Yr Addysgydd. In 1833 he moved from Utica to Winfield, leaving
FAGAN, THOMAS WALLACE (1874 - 1951), agricultural chemist by the college. He became head of the department of agricultural chemistry of the college in 1924, as successor to J. Jones Griffith. He was promoted Professor in 1931 and retired in 1939. In collaboration with the Welsh Plant Breeding Station between 1919 and 1939 Fagan became one of the leading British scientists studying the chemistry of grass and its conservation. He was a pioneer in this field
FARRINGTON, RICHARD (1702 - 1772), cleric and antiquary The son of Robert Farrington of Chester and Elizabeth (Jones) of Cefn Ysgwydd, Llechylched, Anglesey. In 1720 he entered Jesus College, Oxford, where he graduated B.A. in 1724. His first charge as curate may have been at Gresford, whence he removed to Bromfield. In 1739 he became attached to St Asaph Cathedral. In 1741 he was appointed vicar of Llanwnda-cum-Llanfaglan, residing at Dinas. In 1742
FITZGERALD, MICHAEL CORNELIUS JOHN (1927 - 2007), a friar of the Carmelite Order, priest, philosopher and poet Spanish mystic John of the Cross), and from then until 1948 he was a novice in Ireland, taking his first vows as friar in 1943. While there, he went to University College, Dublin, where he continued his Welsh education under Professor John Lloyd-Jones. However, the Professor advised him to switch to Greek and Latin, which he accordingly did at the end of the first year (Welsh may not have been his

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