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EMRYS-ROBERTS, EDWARD (1878 - 1924), first professor of pathology and bacteriology at the Welsh National School of Medicine Edward Emrys-Roberts was born 14 May, 1878 in Liverpool, the eldest son of E. S. Roberts of Dawlish, Devon and Mary Evans, youngest daughter of Emrys Evans of Cotton Hall, Denbigh. Educated at Liverpool College between 1890 and 1895 he became a medical student at University College, Liverpool, gaining the MB ChB qualification of what was then Victoria University in 1902. In 1900, while still a
ENOCH, SAMUEL IFOR (1914 - 2001), minister (Presbyterian) and theological professor and remained on it until the publication of the full translation in 1988. He preached regularly in chapels throughout Wales, emphasizing the need for the church to present a strong social gospel to the contemporary world, and especially the need for it to show concern for the poor of 'the Third World'. He married Margaret Mary (Peggy) O'Connor from Ireland in 1953, she predeceased him in the year
ERBERY, WILLIAM (1604 - 1654), Puritan and Independent Newport, Monmouth, was preferred to the living of St. Mary and St. John, Cardiff. He remained there from 7 August 1633 until July 1638 (Foster's Index, N.L.W.). Together with Walter Cradoc he came into conflict with the bishop of Llandaff in 1634 on account of his Puritan activities. On 20 October 1635 Erbery and William Wroth appeared before the Court of High Commission to answer for their Puritanism
EVAN(S), EDWARD (1716 - 1798), Presbyterian minister and poet , (1) in 1744 to Margaret Thomas of Penderyn (died April 1774), and (2) c. 1776 to Mary Llewelyn of Rhigos (died 1824) - of this marriage there were two sons, Edward (1776? - 1862) and RHYS (1779 - 1867); Rhys was of some literary note and an eisteddfodwr. During his lifetime Edward Evan(s) published (1) a Welsh translation of one of Samuel Bourn's catechisms, 1757; (2) a translation in metre of the
teulu EVANS Tan-y-bwlch, Maentwrog , Hendre-mur, Llandecwyn. His heir was EVAN GRIFFITH, sheriff of Merioneth, 1770, whose wife was his cousin Mary, another member of the Anwyl family of Hendre-mur. Evan Griffith and Mary (Anwyl) left an heiress, MARGARET (died 1809), who married WILLIAM OAKELEY (1750 - 1811), son of William Oakeley, Forton, Staffs., clergyman. The heir of William Oakeley and Margaret (Griffith) was WILLIAM GRIFFITH
EVANS, ALCWYN CARYNI (1828 - 1902), antiquary wife was Elizabeth Amelia Rees (died 1867), daughter of John Morgan, and widow of an innkeeper who kept the Castle Inn in Priory Street, Carmarthen, and for several years they kept the Castle Inn, and later the Bird in Hand, John Street, Carmarthen. They had no children. He married his second wife Mary (1835-1884) in 1870, she was the daughter of William Thomas, a Llandovery ropemaker who was the
EVANS, ALFRED THOMAS (Fred, Menai; 1914 - 1987), Labour politician the Anglo-Libyan Parliamentary Group. He was elected chairman of the Parliamentary Bills Committee in 1975 and chairman of the Parliamentary Labour Party in 1977. He was a virulent anti-devolutionist. He retired from parliament at the general election of 1979. He married on 13 September 1939 Mary Katharine, the daughter of Joseph and Cecilia O'Marah. She had already predeceased him in 1981, and they
EVANS, BERIAH GWYNFE (1848 - 1927), journalist and dramatist Born 12 February 1848, son of Evan Evans (1804 - 1886), Nant-y-glo, Monmouthshire; his mother's maiden name was Mary Valentine. Educated at the Beaufort British school, he became a teacher at Gwynfe and Llangadock, Carmarthenshire, but his aspirations were from the outset towards journalism. In 1879 he broke new ground with his play, 'Owain Glyndŵr,' which won the prize at the Llanberis
EVANS, CARADOC (1878 - 1945), author Born at Pant-y-croy, Llanfihangel-ar-Arth, Carmarthenshire, 31 December 1878, and christened David, son of William Evans, auctioneer, and Mary (née Powell). He spent most of his childhood at Lanlas, Rhydlewis, and attended the board school there before he was apprenticed to the drapery trade. He worked as a shop assistant for some twelve years-in Carmarthen, Cardiff and London. In London he
EVANS, DANIEL SIMON (1921 - 1998), Welsh scholar holder of the Mary Towyn Jones Scholarship, to study classics and Welsh. As a child he had played at 'holding services' on his own, and as he grew older, the life of the chapel and Sunday school developed into mature conviction and he was accepted as a ministerial candidate in the Presbyterian Church of Wales. He graduated in Latin and Greek in 1942 and with first-class honours in Welsh in 1943 having
EVANS, DAVID (1874 - 1948), musician compositions appeared under the pseudonym 'Edward Arthur'. He married, 1899, Mary Thomas, Plas-y-coed, Morriston, and they had two sons. He died 17 May 1948.
EVANS, DAVID (Dewi Dawel; 1814 - 1891), tailor, publican, and poet Born 16 September 1814, at Cefnffordd, Pen-y-garn, Llanfynydd parish, Carmarthenshire. His father, Thomas Evans, tailor, Pen-y-garn, was drowned in the river Cothi at Edwinsford, 9 December 1833, leaving nine children. Starting life as a tailor, Dewi Dawel worked from house to house until he was married on 10 November 1837 to Mary Davies, Maes-yr-haidd, Llanfynydd (died 7 May 1867); they brought

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