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HOWELLS, REES (1879 - 1950), missionary and founder of the Bible College, Swansea Brynaman in 1904 and worked as a miner but attended evangelical conferences at Llandrindod and Keswick. Soon after marrying Elizabeth Hannah Jones of Brynaman, 21 December 1910, he went to the Presbyterian College, Carmarthen, intending to enter the Congl. ministry but these plans were put aside when he received an invitation to become a missionary. He and his wife received training in colleges in
HOWELLS, THOMAS (Hywel Cynon; 1839 - 1905), collier, printer, poet, preacher, and musician latter appears in Llyfr Tonau (Stephen and Jones). He published, in 1871, a Geirlyfr Cerddorol which proved very useful. He was a soloist in one of the concerts given by the Aberdare United Choral Union; he also conducted musical festivals and acted as adjudicator. He died 15 October 1905 and was buried in the Aberdare cemetery.
HOWELLS, WILLIAM (1818 - 1888), Calvinistic Methodist minister and second principal of Trevecka College (1857-65), where he was succeeded in turn by two other men who became college principals, David Charles Davies and Thomas Charles Edwards In September 1865 he was appointed principal and tutor in divinity at Trevecka, with John Harris Jones as tutor in classics. He was a successful teacher and an exceptionally acceptable preacher, although he confined his activities to the small English churches and
HOWELS, WILLIAM (1778 - 1832), Evangelical cleric Born September 1778 at Llwynhelyg, near Cowbridge, Glamorganshire, son of Samuel Howels. He was educated at ' Eagle School,' Cowbridge, and Wadham College, Oxford (but did not graduate). He came into contact with David Jones of Llan-gan whose curate he was for some time. On the death of David Jones, Howels went to London where he became curate of S. Ann's; he was also appointed lecturer at S
HUGHES, ALFRED WILLIAM (1861 - 1900), surgeon and professor Born 31 July 1861 at Aberllefenni, Meirionethshire, youngest son of Robert Hughes, quarry manager. He was educated at the National School, Corris, and Dolgelley grammar school. He was apprenticed to a draper at Dolgelley, but returned to work in the slate quarries at Aberllefenni. He started his medical career with Dr. J. Jones at Corris, and later became a student at Edinburgh University where
HUGHES, ANNIE HARRIET (Gwyneth Vaughan; 1852 - 1910), writer Born at Bryn-y-felin, Talsarnau, Meironnydd, daughter of Bennet Jones, miller; educated at Llandecwyn school. In 1876 she married John Hughes Jones, a physician, of Clwt-y-Bont, Caern., but the surname Jones was dropped. She lived at one time or another in London, at Treherbert, and, until the death of her husband in 1902, at Clwt-y-bont. She then moved to Bangor and, in spite of her poverty
HUGHES, ARTHUR (1878 - 1965), writer Born 2 January 1878 at Bryn Melyn near Harlech, Meironnydd, the son of John Hughes Jones, a physician, of Clwt-y-Bont, Caernarfonshire (who dropped the surname Jones) and his wife, Annie Harriet (née Jones; Gwyneth Vaughan, novelist. He became a ' Welsh scholar ' at St. David's College, Lampeter, where he graduated. He edited two anthologies of poetry which in their day were extremely useful to
HUGHES, DAVID ROWLAND (Myfyr Eifion; 1874 - 1953), secretary of the National Eisteddfod '. After returning to Wales he was elected treasurer (1941) and president (1944-45) of Undeb Cymru Fydd. He was one of the pioneers and a founding member both of the Caernarfonshire and of the Denbighshire Historical Societies (1925-50). His main contribution was as secretary of the National Eisteddfod Association in 1935-36, and as joint secretary (1937-47) with Cynan (Sir Cynan Albert Evans Jones
HUGHES, EDWARD ERNEST (1877 - 1953), first Professor of history at the University College, Swansea, and a notable intermediary between the university and the public Association, fostering connections between the teaching of history in schools and in his college. Although he was not able to write much himself, he constantly urged others to do so. He collected material for the magazine Y Beirniad for Sir John Morris-Jones and supervised its finances. When a studio was opened in Swansea by the B.B.C. he broadcast in English to the schools of Wales, and when the ' Welsh
HUGHES, EVAN (bu farw 1800), cleric and author of the circulating schools begun by Griffith Jones, Llandowror, and wrote to Madam Bevan in 1773 to bear testimony to their success and to ask that the school at Llanfihangel-y-pennant be continued for a further period. His replies to the queries at a bishop's visitation in 1776 were very satisfactory - he normally had seventy communicants each month at Llanfihangel and nearly 200 at Easter. He was
HUGHES, EZEKIEL (1766 - 1849), one of the early Welsh settlers in the far west of the U.S.A. Jones (1726 - 1795) of Llangadfan. In mid-July 1795, he, Edward Bebb, George Roberts, and others left Llanbryn-mair and walked to Carmarthen and thence to Bristol; on the 6 August they sailed in the ' Maria ' for Philadelphia where they arrived on the 25 October After spending the winter in the city he, Edward Bebb, and one other set off in the spring on the long trail to the river Ohio. In three
HUGHES, GARFIELD HOPKIN (1912 - 1969), university lecturer and Welsh scholar Board of Celtic Studies of the University of Wales, the committee of the Bibliographical Society of Wales, the Methodist Praise Committee, and of the Methodist History Society. In 1952 he married Kathleen Jones, and they had one daughter. He died in Brompton Hospital, London, 16 September 1969, and was buried in Aberystwyth cemetery. The field of study which first attracted him was the scholarship and

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