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EVANS, EVAN (1773 - 1827), Baptist minister Seren Gomer, 1821, 214. There were troubles in his congregation, for some members wished to invite Daniel Davies (1797 - 1876) to be their pastor; but the majority remained faithful to Evans, who in 1822 built a chapel at Moorfields. He died 2 February 1827 and was buried in Bunhill Fields.
EVANS, EVAN (Ieuan Glan Geirionydd; 1795 - 1855), cleric and poet Born at Tan-y-celyn, Trefriw, Caernarfonshire, 20 April 1795. His father, Robert Evans, was a local poet and man of letters, while his mother, Elizabeth, was a woman of some culture, being able to read Welsh and English - they were among the founders of Calvinistic Methodism at Trefriw. Evan Evans was sent to the school kept at Trefriw church by one Griffiths; from there he went to the free
EVANS, EVAN (Ieuan Fardd, Ieuan Brydydd Hir; 1731 - 1788), scholar, poet, and cleric It is now usual to refer to him under the former name, as there was a much older Ieuan Brydydd Hir. Born 20 May 1731 at Cynhawdref farm in the parish of Lledrod, Cardiganshire, the son of Jenkin and Catherine Evans. He was taught by Edward Richard at Ystrad Meurig school, but the exact dates of his stay at that school are not known. On 8 December 1750 he was entered at Merton College, Oxford
EVANS, EVAN (1804 - 1886), Independent minister and author Rise and Fall of Papacy, Robert Fleming the younger, 1849; Social Religion exemplify'd, Matthias Maurice 1862; he also published a translation by W. Williams, Talgarth, of The privie Key of Heaven, Thomas Brooks, 1845. He edited a periodical, Cyfaill Plentyn, which commenced in 1835 and contributed 'Atgofion Pedwar Ugain Mlynedd' to Cyfaill yr Aelwyd (vi and vii). [ Evans was a prominent participator
EVANS, EVAN HERBER (1836 - 1896), Independent minister and college principal Born at Pant-yr-onnen, near Newcastle Emlyn, 5 July 1836. He received an elementary education at Newcastle Emlyn, Pont Sely, and Llechryd. He was later employed as a draper's assistant at Rhydlewis, Pontypridd, Merthyr Tydfil, and Liverpool. In Liverpool he came into close contact with John Thomas (1821 - 1892), at whose invitation and that of the congregation of the Tabernacle chapel he began to
EVANS, EVAN JENKIN (1882 - 1944), physicist and university professor Born 20 May 1882 at Llanelli, son of David and Mary Evans. He received his early education at the county school, proceeding afterwards to the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth, where he graduated in 1902. He then went to the Royal College of Science, South Kensington, London where in 1906 he took the Associateship. He remained in South Kensington, becoming demonstrator first in
EVANS, EVAN JOHN (1827 - 1891), Hebraist and college tutor
EVANS, EVAN KERI (1860 - 1941), minister (Congl.) born at Pontceri near Newcastle Emlyn, Carmarthenshire, 2 May 1860, son of Evan Evans (1817 - 1902) and Mary, his wife, (1816 - 1864). Apprenticed as a carpenter, he began writing poetry from an early age, winning a chair at an eisteddfod in Crymych when he was only 17 years old, and, it is said, was carried in it all the way home to Newcastle Emlyn. He began to preach at Tre-wen Independent
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EVANS, EVAN WILLIAM (1860 - 1925), editor and publisher Born 7 October 1860 at Cae Einion, Dolgelley, son of David Evans and Jane (Roberts). He was educated at Dolgelley grammar school and then went to serve in the Herald office at Caernarvon. He returned a little later to Dolgelley, and having acquired the printing office where Y Goleuad was printed (the place of printing having been changed from Caernarvon to Dolgelley), he arranged with the Goleuad
EVANS, EVAN WILLIAM (1827? - 1874), mathematician Born in Llangyfelach, 6 January 1827 (or 1828), son of William and Catherine (née Howell) Evans. He is sometimes known as Evander William Evans. He removed with his parents in 1833 to Bradford County, Pennsylvania, U.S.A. He graduated at Yale in 1851, and was tutor there, 1855-7. He studied theology in New Haven after graduating, and was principal of Delaware Institute, Franklin, New York, for a
EVANS, FREDERICK (Ednyfed; 1840 - 1897), Baptist minister Born at Llandybïe, 21 April 1840, eldest son of William and Mary Evans, and brother of T. V. Evans. He began his career as a preacher with the Wesleyan Methodists in 1856, but in 1857 joined the Baptists. After a short time at an academy at Bryn-mawr he went to Pontypool Baptist College in 1858. In 1861 he was ordained at Llangynidr, Brecknock, where he married Frances Williams. In 1866 he

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