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JONES, OWEN GLYNNE (1867 - 1899), mountaineer and schoolteacher Born 2 November 1867 in 110, Clarendon St., Paddington, fourth of the six sons of David Jones, stonemason, and his wife Eliza (née Griffiths), both of Barmouth, Meironnydd. His mother died in 1882 (his father in 1890) and Owen and his only sister Nellie (Margaret Ellen) made their home with a cousin and her husband, Alderman John Evans, 11 Brogyntyn, Barmouth, where Welsh was the language of the
JONES, OWEN THOMAS (1878 - 1967), Woodwardian Professor of Geology in the University of Cambridge
JONES, OWEN VAUGHAN (1907 - 1986), obstetrician and gynaecologist Owen Vaughan Jones was born at Pengwern, Llanwnda, Gwynedd, on 27 December 1907, the second son of John Edmund Jones (1874-1965), farmer, and his wife Mary (née Jones, 1877-1960). After primary school in Llanwnda he attended Caernarfon County School, and went on to Liverpool University to study medicine, graduating in 1931. He became a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh in 1934
JONES, OWEN WYNNE (Glasynys; 1828 - 1870), cleric, antiquary, story-writer, and poet
JONES, RHYS (1713 - 1801), antiquary and poet additions, by Cynddelw (Robert Ellis, 1812 - 1875). It should be observed that Rhys Jones was living at Tyddyn Mawr and not at Blaenau when he published his Gorchestion, which is a selection of the works of Aneirin, Taliesin, Llywarch Hen, and other poets; Rhys Jones wrote his awdl in praise of William Vaughan of Cors-y-gedol on the pattern of the awdlau by Gutun Owen and William Llŷn included in this
JONES, RICHARD (1771? - 1833), Calvinistic Methodist minister and writer , Richard Jones manfully held his ground - a fairly full account of this controversy will be found in Cofiant John Jones, Tal-y-sarn, by Owen Thomas, vol. ii, 560-77. Although he was not an eloquent preacher, he always found a ready hearing, for his message was satisfying and fresh. In 1829 his Drych y Dadleuwr was published. In the introduction he writes: ' My intention… is not to argue… but to
JONES, RICHARD ROBERT (Dic Aberdaron; 1779 - 1843), polyglot in literature, and it is said that he could read whole books and yet gain hardly any knowledge of their contents. The compilation of his Welsh-Greek-Hebrew dictionary occupied him during the years 1831 and 1832, but he did not succeed in securing a sufficient number of subscribers for its publication. He died at S. Asaph 18 December 1843 and was buried there; his epitaph was composed by Ellis Owen
JONES, ROBERT (1810 - 1879), cleric and author Barmouth from 1840 to 1842. In 1842 he was appointed vicar of All Saints, Rotherhithe, London, where he remained till his death on 28 March 1879. He was buried in All Saints churchyard. While at Barmouth he published a collection of Welsh psalms and hymns, and in 1864 he produced a reprint of Dr. John Davies, Flores Poetarum Britannicorum. In 1876 he published the Poetical Works of Goronwy Owen: with his
JONES, ROBERT (1745 - 1829), Calvinistic Methodist exhorter and author went to live at Tŷ Bwlcyn, near Dinas, Llŷn. The history of four of the children is known: DANIEL became a Liverpool draper and Methodist preacher; Mary married Richard Jones of Tŷ Bwlcyn and became the mother of Magdalen Jones of Waun Fawr, who wrote Rhodd Nain; Hannah married Richard Owen of Meillionen, Ceidio, and their descendants are to be found in Llŷn and the U.S.A.; SAMUEL went to Liverpool
JONES, ROBERT (WILFRID) (1862 - 1929), musician Born 5 July 1862 at Tyddyn-bach, Arthog, Meironnydd, the son of Meredith and Jane Jones. He joined a band when he was quite young and became a competent player of the cornet. He was sent to Chester to receive music lessons from John Owen (Owain Alaw), and stayed there until his teacher died in 1883. After a course of lessons given him by J. H. Roberts he went to the Royal Academy of Music, London
JONES, ROBERT ISAAC (Alltud Eifion; 1813 - 1905), pharmacist, littérateur and printer beginning of 1859 it became a monthly magazine; Daniel Silvan Evans was co-editor till 1860, but owing to lack of support publication ceased in 1863. He was a keen eisteddfodwr, and wrote a good deal of verse, but did not excel. He published and edited Gwaith Barddonol Sion Wyn o Eifion, 1861; Cyff Beuno (Eben Fardd), 1863; Cell Meudwy (Ellis Owen), 1877; John Ystumllyn, 1888; Yr Emynydd Cristionogol
JONES, ROBERT WILLIAM (Erfyl Fychan; 1899 - 1968), historian, litterateur and eisteddfodwr , Cardiganshire, in 1922 and became headmaster of Llanerfyl endowed school in 1924. A Board of Education research scholarship (1928) enabled him to study Welsh social life in the 18c. under T. Gwynn Jones and the award of an Owen Templeman Scholarship allowed him to study under J. Glyn Davies at Liverpool University. He gained his M.A. in 1939 for a dissertation on ' The wayside entertainer in Wales in the

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