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EDWARDS, JOHN HUGH (1869 - 1945), politician and writer the statesman, 2 vols. (New York, 1929), and another edition (London, 1930). He married, 20 April 1933, Doris, daughter of Sir Samuel Faire, Glenfield, Frith Park, Leicester. During the last years of his life he lived at Hindhead, Surrey; there he was actively connected with the Free Church Council and Ratepayers' Association affairs. He died 14 June 1945 at Hindhead.
EDWARDS, JOHN KELT (1875 - 1934), artist . Hughes (Elfyn), Ellis H. Evans (Hedd Wyn), and others. After the war of 1914-18 he designed the banner and the badge of the 'Comrades of the Great War' and the roll of honour of the Royal Welch Fusiliers; he had also produced some war cartoons. He was known in his native country as a book-illustrator also. He died 11 October 1934 at Ceinewydd, which is on the road between Maentwrog and Talsarnau, and
EDWARDS, JOSEPH (1814 - 1882), sculptor Born 5 March 1814 at Ynys-gau, Merthyr Tydfil, son of James Edwards, a stone-cutter. He attended a school kept by J. B. Evans, pastor of Ynys-gau chapel, and later a school kept by George Williams, and evening classes held by David Williams at Georgetown. His love of drawing, painting, and carving, showed itself at an early age, and he had already executed a headstone in Merthyr churchyard, when
EDWARDS, LEWIS (1809 - 1887), principal of Bala Calvinistic Methodist College, teacher and theologian Born 27 October 1809 at Pwllcenawon, Pen-llwyn, Cardiganshire, the eldest son of Lewis and Margaret Edward. He attended the local schools at Glanrafon, Pen-y-banc, and the Calvinistic Methodist chapel, Pen-llwyn. He was also educated at the Llanfihangel-genau'r-glyn schools, at the school kept at Aberystwyth by John Evans (1796 - 1861), and at Llangeitho. In 1827 he opened a small school of his
EDWARDS, MILES (1743 - 1808), Baptist minister Born at Goytre, Monmouthshire, in 1743. His father (Rev. Thomas Edwards, Llanwenarth) died in 1746 and his mother removed to Pontypool, where (at Pen-y-garn, in 1766) he began to preach. Trained at Trosnant, at Leominster, and at Bristol Baptist Academy, he was ordained in 1775 as assistant minister at Bethedsa (Bassaleg, Monmouth). In 1776 he was elected minister of a new church which was
EDWARDS, RICHARD (1628 - 1704) Nanhoron, Llŷn, Puritan squire A member of an ancient family, his immediate forebears allied with Abércain and Pénllech, his first wife a daughter of Saethon, it was his second marriage with a niece of Thomas Wynn of Boduan (or ' Bodfean ' - see under Wynn of Rug) that brought him within the orbit of the higher gentry. Proofs of his active Parliamentary sympathies are scanty, but the new Restoration powers definitely placed
EDWARDS, RICHARD FOULKES (Rhisiart Ddu o Wynedd; 1836 - 1870), poet Born 14 January 1836 in the Bodfari district of Denbighshire. At an early age he removed with his parents to Plas Llanychan, Ruthin. He started writing poetry when he was very young, and in 1856 gained second place at the Bangor eisteddfod for his awdl, 'Yr Amaethwr.' In 1858 a volume of his poems, Y Blaenffrwyth, was published by Thomas Gee, Denbigh. He won the chair at the Llandudno eisteddfod
EDWARDS, ROBERT (1796 - 1862), musician -four years, as precentor there, he succeeded John Ellis (1760 - 1839). He composed ' Caersalem,' 8.7.4., one of the most popular hymn-tunes in Wales. Written in 1824, it appeared in Peroriaeth Hyfryd (John Parry), 1837, and became known as ' Tôn Bob y Felin ' (Bob of the Mill's tune). In 1878 it was published in Y Cysegr a'r Teulu (Thomas Gee), and there attributed to E. Roberts, but information
EDWARDS, ROGER (1811 - 1886), Calvinistic Methodist minister Lewis Edwards, a founder-editor of Y Drysorfa, continuing as joint editor (for the last ten years with Owen Thomas) until 1865. His greatest service was perhaps rendered as editor of Cronicl Oes, 1835-9, the first political newspaper in Welsh. He showed audacity and courage in venturing openly to espouse Radical principles, thereby incurring the wrath of John Elias and defying the official
EDWARDS, THOMAS (1649 - 1700) Rhual,, Puritan controversialist Born at Rhual 9 October 1649, son of Thomas and Elizabeth Edwards. On 2 August 1672 he married Jane, fifth daughter of Robert Davies, Gwysaney; they had no issue. Thomas Edwards was a member of the Dissenting church at Wrexham, and in the controversy about the views of Daniel Williams he supported the Independents and High Calvinism. His chief contribution to the controversy was the book, The
EDWARDS, THOMAS (Caerfallwch; 1779? - 1858), lexicographer Chymraeg, An English and Welsh Dictionary (Holywell, printed and published by P. M. Evans, 1850). In this dictionary will be found a host of words invented by himself to correspond to new English words appearing in the various spheres of knowledge. Now, a century after his death, committees are engaged in trying to do the same thing. Incidentally, it would appear that Caerfallwch himself invented the
EDWARDS, THOMAS (1652 - 1721), cleric and Coptic scholar New Testament held up by the death of its editor Dr. Thomas Marshall in 1675. Owing to the death (1686) of John Fell, bishop of Oxford, his patron (credited by Schwartze with persuading him to take up Coptic), further publication of the Coptic N.T. was suspended, and he was never able to publish even a specimen of his manuscript Coptic lexicon compiled from various sources and preserved in the

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