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JONES, DANIEL (1788 - 1862), Baptist minister Cristionogol (1845). Daniel Jones was one of the greatest of Welsh Baptist preachers. His daughter Jane married Nefydd (William Roberts, 1813 - 1872).
JONES, DANIEL JENKYN (1912 - 1993), composer Festival. His opera The Knife was performed at Sadler's Wells. His choral works are lyrical and singable: The Country Beyond the Stars, to words by Henry Vaughan, was written in 1958, and in 1977 he composed a series of choral settings of William Blake, entitled Hear the Voice of the Bard. He received a number of commissions from the BBC, the National Eisteddfod and Welsh music festivals. In 1961 he
JONES, DAVID (1788 - 1859), Independent minister Born at Pant-y-blawd (or ' Bryn-blawd'), Llanfihangel-Cilfargen, Carmarthenshire. He was a great-grandson of Thomas William (1697 - 1778), minister at Capel Isaac, and became a member of that church. He was well educated, and became a skilful veterinary surgeon - according to Gwilym Lleyn (in Enw. F.) he published a book on the horse. He was a married man, living on his freehold, Pant-arfon, when
JONES, DAVID (1708? - 1785) Trefriw, poet, collector of manuscripts, publisher, and printer printer at Trefriw. The first output of this press appeared in 1776, the first major work being Histori yr Iesu Sanctaidd in 1776, a Welsh translation of the 'History of the Holy Jesus,' by William Smith. He continued to print until his death on 20 October 1785. His uncle, John Davies (Siôn Dafydd Las, died 1694), is separately noticed.
JONES, DAVID (1834 - 1890) Wallington, local historian and genealogist the older inscriptions in the churches and churchyards and made extensive extracts from such records as parish registers and the remarkable diary kept by the schoolmaster William Thomas (1727 - 1795). The value of his transcripts and abstracts is greatly enhanced by the detailed indexes which he prepared, and in some respects his collections cover a far wider field than the county of Glamorgan
JONES, DAVID BEVAN (Dewi Elfed; 1807 - 1863), minister (B, and Church of Christ and Latter Day Saints - Mormons) the influence of Mormonism. But even before he left Rhymney it was rumoured that he fostered unorthodox ideas, leaning towards Unitarianism. An investigation was held by the Glamorgan Baptist Association at Aberdare, November 1850, and he and the congregation of Gwawr were excommunicated from the Association. In 1851 Dewi went to William Phillips, president of the Saints in Wales, and received (with
JONES, DAVID JAMES (1886 - 1947), Professor of Philosophy Born 22 December 1886 at Y Pandy, Pontardulais, Glamorganshire, son of William and Jane Jones. Educated at Gowerton, Cardiff University College, and Emmanuel College, Cambridge, he took firsts in Philosophy and Hebrew (Wales, M.A., 1912) and became a Fellow of the University of Wales. Ordained to the ministry of the Presbyterian Church of Wales in 1915, he was Chaplain to the Forces in France in
JONES, DAVID JOHN TAWE (1885 - 1949), musician extensive to be included in this article. He suffered a great deal from the effects of World War I when he was gassed and received a shrapnel wound in his head. Shortly before his death he completed a five-act opera, The Enchantress, based on the biblical theme of ' Jezebel ' - the libretto by J. Dyfnallt Owen and an English translation by ' Wil Ifan ' (William Evans). The opera is scored for full
JONES, DAVID MORRIS (1887 - 1957), minister (Presb.) and professor Born 14 March 1887 at Maes-y-groes, Maenan, Caernarfonshire, son of William Maurice and Elisabeth Jones. He was educated at the elementary and free schools in Llanrwst, the University College, Bangor (where he graduated with honours in Welsh and philosophy), Bala College, and Cambridge. He joined the armed forces in 1915, but was recalled from Salonica in 1916 to receive a commission as chaplain
JONES, EDGAR (1912 - 1991), minister, pastor, scholar a lively preacher. He published a number of short books on the Old Testament, e.g. The triumph of Job (1966), Profiles of the prophets (1968), God, man and community (1974), and several on the psalms, Testimony from the Temple (c.1976), Songs of the Sanctuary (c.1977), Statutes and songs (1984), Psalms for pilgrims. He has been compared to William Barclay for his gift of presenting the Old
JONES, EDGAR WILLIAM (1868 - 1953), educationalist and broadcaster
JONES, EDWARD (fl. 1781-1840), member, from 1781 of the London Gwyneddigion . He had two brothers, OWEN ('Owain Môn ' and ' Cor y Cyrtie ' - a nickname which may indicate that he, too, was a lawyer's clerk), who was secretary (1789), vice-president (1792), and president (1793) of the Gwyneddigion, but was dead when Leathart wrote his book, and WILLIAM ('Bardd Môn'), who died in July 1820 (Leathart, op. cit., 57) - William was a member of the Cymreigyddion Society, and had

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781 - 792 of 1867 for "William Glyn"