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JONES, DANIEL JENKYN (1912 - 1993), composer friend of Dylan Thomas. The two remained close friends until Dylan's death in 1953; Jones edited a complete edition of Thomas's poems, and recorded his recollections of the poet in his volume My Friend Dylan Thomas (1977). The two of them belonged to a cultural circle in Swansea which included the artist Alfred Janes and the poet Vernon Watkins. Jones went to University College Swansea and graduated in
JONES, DANIEL OWEN (1880 - 1951) Madagascar, minister (Congl.) and missionary Born at Tŷ-gwyn, Rhiw-Siôn, Cwm-cou, Cardiganshire, near Newcastle Emlyn, 23 February 1880, son of David and Rebecca Jones. He was educated at Tre-wen British School. At 16 years of age he began preaching in Tre-wen chapel under the ministry of David Evans (who later became his brother-in-law). He received further education at Newcastle Emlyn grammar school, the Old College School in Carmarthen
JONES, DAVID (1663 - 1724?), cleric . The only reason for including him in this work is the fact that he was the object of Thomas Brown's famous squib The Welch Levite tossed in a Blanket, 1692.
JONES, DAVID (Welsh Freeholder; 1765 - 1816), barrister and author , and practised in London and on the Oxford and South Wales circuits. In 1800 he graduated from Caius College, Cambridge (M.A. in 1803). Under the pseudonym of ' Welsh Freeholder ' he championed the cause of freedom against the attacks of Samuel Horsley, bishop of S. Davids, in a series of pamphlets: (1) A Letter to the Right Rev. Samuel, Lord Bishop of St. David's, 1791, (2) Thoughts on the Riots at
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 (Dafydd Brydydd Hir, Dafydd Siôn Pirs; 1732 - 1782?), poet, tailor, and schoolmaster Christened 29 October 1732, son of John Pierce and his wife Anne who kept the 'Harp' inn at Llanfair-talhaearn, Denbighshire. The poet Talhaiarn quotes David Jones's self-portrait: 'long, lanky, hirsute, and thirsty.' He was the boon-companion of Ieuan Fardd when Ieuan was curate of Llanfair; other cronies of his were Robert Thomas and John Powel - according to Additional Letters of the Morrises
JONES, DAVID (c. 1630 - 1704?), Puritan His parents, and the time and place of his birth, are not known. Samuel Palmer states that he was born in Cardiganshire, that he was well educated, a man of good learning, a plain and successful preacher, ordained by Presbyters. 'When he was ejected, he maintained himself and his family by keeping a grammar-school, preaching as he had opportunity, for which he was several times in trouble. He
JONES, DAVID (1789? - 1841), Baptist historian pastor of the English Baptists at Rhymney, where he died 26 July 1841; he was buried in the Baptist burial-ground at Tredegar, and left a widow and several children in straitened circumstances. This luckless man is today remembered neither for his writings in Y Greal nor for his elegy on Samuel Breeze but for his 852-page Hanes y Bedyddwyr yn Neheubarth Cymru. This work has from the beginning been
JONES, DAVID (1808 - 1854), Baptist minister and editor Born at Pen-rhiw-fach, Llanpumpsaint, 1808, son of Benjamin and Esther Jones. He started to preach at Ebenezer, Blaenavon, and entered Abergavenny Academy at the age of 20. He was ordained minister of his mother church in 1832, and in July 1834 he moved to the Tabernacle, Cardiff, where he remained until his death, 8 November 1854. During his ministry at Blaenavon, he married E. Thomas, Neath
JONES, DAVID (1793 - 1825), minister in the countess of Huntingdon's connexion, an able linguist, and one of the joint authors (with Thomas Keyworth) of Principia Hebraica, 1817 he was the son of Thomas Jones (1761 - 1831) of Carmarthen, and was born at Cwmcreigiau-fach in the parish of Llanfihangel Iorath, Carmarthenshire, 11 February 1793. He received a good education, privately to begin with and then at David Peter's school, Carmarthen, the Presbyterian Academy in the same town, and Cheshunt College, Hertfordshire; he studied Arabic, Syriac, and Persian in addition to
JONES, DAVID (1797 - 1841), missionary A missionary connected with the Madagascar Mission for nearly twenty-five years under the London Missionary Society; born 1797 at Pen-rhiw, near Neuadd-lwyd, Cardiganshire. He studied when 14 under Thomas Phillips at the Neuadd-lwyd Academy, and later at Llanfyllin and Gosport. At 16 he felt the urge to preach, and, offering himself for service under the L.M.S., was appointed to Africa and
JONES, DAVID (1834 - 1890) Wallington, local historian and genealogist Born 28 May 1834, at Llanblethian, Glamorganshire, the only child of Thomas Jones, maltster, and Hannah, his wife. He was educated at a private school at Cowbridge and after leaving Llanblethian and residing at various places in England he finally settled, in 1875, at Wallington. From that time until 1879 he seems to have held a responsible position as a clerk with Campbell, Shearer and Co

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