Y Bywgraffiadur Cymreig

JONES, SAMUEL (1898 - 1974), journalist, broadcaster and Head of the BBC in Bangor Sam Jones was born in Clydach in the Swansea Valley on 30 November, 1898, the ninth child born to Samuel Cornelius Jones (1865-1939), tinplate worker, and Mary Ann Jones (1866-1921). She gave birth to fifteen children, but only eight survived infancy - David Robert (born 1887); Hannah Mary (born 1889); Cornelius (born 1890); Ifor (born 1892); Annie (born 1896); Garfield (born 1897); Samuel (born
JONES, SAMUEL (fl. 1715-1764), Congregational minister and tutor , Llannon, Carmarthenshire, and kept a school there for twenty-two years; among his distinguished pupils were Richard Price, Owen Rees, Thomas Morgan (1720 - 1799), and Noah Jones (Walsall). He moved to Morriston c. 1766; there also he opened a school, with his son as a tutor. He was suspected by some of being an Arian but his sermons testify to his evangelical spirit and opinion. He died 1767. The burial
JONES, SAMUEL (1681? - 1719), Dissenting Academy tutor ,' unless we are to think that Malachi emigrated twice. It is known that Samuel Jones had two nephews. One of them was JEREMIAH JONES (1693 - 1724), a minister and academy tutor (in fact, he inherited his uncle's Academy), and a New Testament scholar of some note; there is a good article on him, by Gordon, in D.N.B.; he was born at Llangollen, and was son of David Jones (died 1718 at Shrewsbury), of
JONES, SAMUEL (1628 - 1697), Nonconformist minister and schoolmaster , Glamorganshire, c. 1657. He married a daughter of Rees Powell, a person of some substance and importance in that neighbourhood. He refused to bow under the Act of Uniformity in 1662 and was deprived of his living. He moved to Brynllywarch in the same parish and opened there an Academy which became well known. Although an excellent preacher, he did not itinerate as did many of his contemporaries. As a scholar
JONES, THEOPHILUS (1759 - 1812), historian of Brecknock . He was educated at Christ College school under David Griffith (1726 - 1816); Edward Davies (1756 - 1831), his lifelong friend, was his schoolmate. Jones practised in law for a considerable period, but on being appointed deputy-registrar of the archdeaconry he gave up his private practice and devoted himself to historical research. He married Mary Price, daughter of Rhys Price of Porth-y-rhyd (near
JONES, THOMAS (1870 - 1955), university professor, civil servant, administrator, author Born 27 September 1870 in Rhymney, Monmouthshire, the eldest of the nine children of David Benjamin Jones, a shopkeeper, and his wife, Mary Ann Jones. He was educated in Rhymney Board School and Lewis' School, Pengam. At 14 he became a clerk at the Rhymney Iron and Steel Works. He was admitted to the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth in 1890 as a prospective candidate for the Calvinistic
JONES, THOMAS (1819 - 1882), Independent minister from time to time published poems in Welsh; a volume of his sermons, The Divine Order, was published in 1884, with a preface by Browning and a biographical introduction. His three sons Sir David Brynmor Jones, John Viriamu Jones and Leifchild Stratten Jones (later Leif-Jones)
JONES, THOMAS (1848 - 1900), surgeon Born at Derlwyn, Carmarthenshire, son of David Jones who kept school there. From Swansea Normal College he went to the Northern Hospital, Liverpool; he graduated in London University, and was F.R.C.S. Settling down in 1873 at Manchester, he soon became consultant and operating surgeon (one of the first to set up in that capacity). In 1880 he was appointed lecturer in surgery at Owens College, and
JONES, THOMAS (1761 - 1831), Calvinistic Methodist minister and Biblical commentator Williams, published in 1770, but the dates show that this cannot be right, and D. E. Jenkins has suggested that Jones was concerned rather with the press-correcting of ' John Canne's Bible,' in the edition published in 1796 to compete with Peter Williams and David Jones's edition of the same work. Thomas Jones became a pillar of Calvinistic Methodism in the town, and was one of the trustees of the 1813
JONES, THOMAS (1756 - 1807), mathematician Llifior.) In 1760 a case was brought against 'Catherine, wife of Mathew Jones of Trefeen, Kerry'; who had been in service in Tynycoed Llifior. However in Glansevern papers (NLW) 17840 there is a note concerning 'Jones of Trefeen illegitimate son of Davies of Ty'ncoed cousin to Miss Davies who married Owen "Welsh Uncle" to David Owen Senior Wrangler'. From Shrewsbury School he went up in 1774 to S
JONES, THOMAS (1777 - 1847), translator, schoolmaster and minister (CM) elder in Caergeiliog and began preaching with the Methodists in 1808. By 1816 he had moved to Penyrallt, Bodedern, and then to Llain-llwyd, Amlwch, where he died. He kept a school in Amlwch and published there a book on arithmetic, Rhifiadur (1827); he succeeded David Griffiths as master of the Nonconformists' school. During the last 20 years of his life he translated a number of English books
JONES, Sir THOMAS ARTEMUS (1871 - 1943), journalist, judge and historian degree of LL.D. honoris causa by the University of Wales. From 1939 until July 1941 he was Chairman of the North Wales Conscientious Objectors' Tribunal. He was a Parliamentary candidate (Liberal) in Macclesfield (1922), Swansea East (1923) and Keighley (1924). In 1927 he married Mildred Mary, (eldest daughter of T.W. David, Ely Rise, Llandaff), who edited a volume of his articles published

Canlyniadau chwilio

757 - 768 of 1514 for "david rees"